Talking Our Walk
Do you know the worst accusation made against us? (By “us,” I mean those of us who are part of this new holistic, open-minded, open-hearted spirituality.) It is that we don’t have any morals. This...
View ArticleTalking Our Walk: My List of What is Good and Useful about Spirituality
What do you say when someone asks you about your main interests? Have you ever been cautious about saying that you are interested in spirituality? I have. In general, I think this is because we are...
View ArticleA compassionate presence: A more authentic response
Several years ago I read the following: “It’s not a hot flash, it’s a power surge.” Now at the time, I had never had a hot flash. I wasn’t even sure I knew anyone who had hot flashes, but...
View ArticleTruth Is What The Darkness Most Fears – Part 3
“People will do anything, no matter how absurd, to avoid facing their own soul.” — Carl Jung Last of a three-part series Shortly after posting Part 1 of “Truth Is What The Darkness Most Fears,” a...
View ArticleThe Big Bluff
A USA Today poll revealed that: 29 percent of respondents had experienced contact with a departed loved one; 18 percent had seen or been with a ghost; and 15 percent had consulted a psychic or fortune...
View ArticleSpiritual Hunger – Part 6
Sixth of a seven-part series In this installment of the seven-part series, I will offer suggestions about how to dismantle the matrix and live a life of self-sovereignty, spiritual freedom and glory,...
View ArticleFulfills Me Up
My column did not appear in last month’s issue of The Edge. ‘Ja miss me? Instead of writing I was busy painting and organizing furniture in my new home, the story of which appeared in the September...
View ArticleAuthenticity in Every Moment
When I was in my mid-twenties, I had a dream that I was chained in a narrow causeway, hunched over, and a brother was pouring gasoline on me. He took a match and lit me on fire, while my other two...
View ArticleThe Art of Authentic Living
“This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow…thou canst not then be false to any man.” – William Shakespeare, from Hamlet Shakespeare summed it up perfectly. And so, for the past year...
View ArticleAn interview with Awakening facilitator Judith Froemming
Are what you do and say, and who you are, in alignment with your beliefs? For many of us, if we are honest with ourselves, the answer may be no. I believe that most people wish to live authentically,...
View ArticleBe Authentic This Holiday Season!
We all do it – we want others to like us and to think highly of us. We worry about what others will think if we choose a career that is unusual, or decide not to follow traditions at holiday time. We...
View ArticleThe Dream of the Magical Theatre
The tale of the Magical Theatre made its appearance in an extraordinary dream that at first seemed too fantastic to be real. But, the dream came with such power that I was forced to begin dismantling...
View ArticleWhat Heaven Can Hear
Last December, I decided to attend a retreat in Finland, of all places. A retreat in — say, Bermuda — might’ve been preferable that time of year, especially for a Minnesotan. But the Finnish retreat...
View ArticleFrom the Heart: Truth or Sabotage?
I WORK WITH a rental car agency that gets me good deals. When I began to use the agency I phoned in an order to the owner, who is a friend of mine. When he emailed me the confirmation, I discovered he...
View ArticleFrom the Editor: Stepping out…into You
QUITE SOME TIME ago I traveled solo by bus and train across England to a retreat center, a bed-and-breakfast, in Glastonbury. Arriving at the same time was a group of guests who had signed up for a...
View ArticleFrom the Editor: The Big Reveal – Sharing more of Who We Truly Are
IT’S ONLY JUST BEGUN. You don’t have to be a student of metaphysics to acknowledge that this planet — and all of us who are along for the ride — are shifting. The climate is changing to a new normal....
View ArticleFinding My Heart, My Authentic Self
The heart represents a powerful, albeit usually unfulfilled, yearning for love, happiness and connection. Gaining a stronger link to my heart and, thereby, finding greater fulfillment, is the focus of...
View ArticlePut Your Whole Self In!
Excerpt and adaptation from the book When Did You Die? 8 Steps to Stop Dying Every Day and Start Waking Up Do you remember being a little kid and dancing to the song “The Hokey Pokey,” putting...
View ArticleWild Voice: Writing with Authentic Expression
Based on the book Wild Women, Wild Voices Every writer has a beautiful, authentic, wild voice. This is where we start early on, using our imagination and our natural wildness to express the stories our...
View ArticleFrom the Editor: Snowden, Surveillance and the Military Industrial Complex
“Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t after you.” — Joseph Heller, Catch-22 This morning after reading a few more pages of Glenn Greenwald’s book, No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the...
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