If we embrace nature as our reflection we can discover patterns that will give us insight to the process of human evolution. We know a flower has reached it’s full potential when it blossoms enough to fully emit a fragrance...

Twice a year, approximately 70 countries worldwide create a collective illusion: saving time. We move the hands of our clocks, and think we’ve harnessed the sun. Cultures that live in tune with natural rhythms do not alter their clocks, because...

We caught up with Special Force band member Joel van Dijk to discuss discuss his story as an artist, and the evolution that came with being one. Special Force is a band comprising of members from all over the world...

Did you watch or listen to a morning news show after the second Presidential Debate? It’s pretty easy to see the USA has hung their laundry out to dry! WHACK! Suddenly an ‘aha’ smacked me into remembering what I already...

The path of enlightenment is the pathway home. Those with more awareness can help guide us back to that source. We have a long history of putting “spiritual” teachers on pedestals as opposed to seeing them as our reflection. This...

Life has a way of sneaking up on a guy. One moment you’re a carefree kid and the next, well, you’ve become part of your environment, shaped by the pressures of reality. Those hopes and dreams of youth have all...

The mind not only constructs the props and scenario for ongoing visuals and sensory memory, space and time, it also provides the dynamics to hold or to reject these artificial units. In the midst of the feature films inside the...

Some organizations seem to have become resigned to the Gallup finding that two-thirds of employees are disengaged, and reverted to what might be called plantation management; a reliance on control and psychological intimidation. Featured in this approach is the micromanaging...

Zen practice encourages us to ask questions. The typical questions asked are, you know, “What is the nature of being?” or, “Why do bad things happen to good people?” It’s in sort-of “bad Zen taste” to ask, “What will meditation...

Gluten-free has been a buzzword for quite some time now, and if you check the healthy-food aisles in grocery stores, you’ll see gluten free food standing right next to soy milk and green tea. Not to mention the numerous TV...

Since opening my holistic practice, I’ve had women tell me they would like to be a Lightworker, too.  Many of these women are working in corporate America and I have to laugh when they say this to me.  You see...

You have probably already heard about feng shui, but what about qi men dun jia? It’s all Chinese to you, right? Qi men dun jia is actually an ancient form of divination, originally devised to help form military tactics and...

Someone I was advising recently said, “I feel my demons are stronger than I am.” I couldn’t lie to him. I said, “You know what? I think you’re right.” I’ve been in the same situation before. For many people, dealing...

“The nuclear and space age that we live in encourages the vigorous progress of science. But man has increasingly become obsessed with science and machines and lost touch with his essential humanity. Zen works to check this estrangement and restore...

“People often think they can solve their problems, heal their wounds and solve the world’s problems by transcending their humanity and their physical body but I feel the solutions to our problems are located within this very body, on this...

When did spirituality become so self-centered???? We have the capacity to do better, Light Leaders. All of this talk about living your best life is dripping with privilege. People die everyday…due to war, famine, drugs, police state, etc. What do...

“Meditation is not passive sitting in silence. It is sitting in awareness, free from distraction, and realizing the clear understanding that arises from concentration.” — Thich Nhat Hanh As a lifelong reader who also meditates every day, I’ve had no...

Overcoming FEAR! But how do we do this without so much anger and resentment for the beautiful gifts of joy in which we call.. fears. To complete our cycles we must come into NEUTRALITY. For most of my life, I...