Dec 1, 2011

An interview with Zasep Tulku Rinpoche by Liam Thompson Zasep Tulku Rinpoche was born in Tibet before the Chinese takeover and has been teaching in the West for over 25 years. He speaks six languages and is the spiritual director of 12 centres worldwide. December 10-11: Zasep Rinpoche gives a teaching on “Mindfulness and Healing” at the Asian Centre...

Nov 1, 2011

by don Miguel Ruiz and don Jose Ruiz with Janet Mills I invite you to participate in a new dream for humanity, one in which all of us can live in harmony, truth, and love. In this dream, people of all religions and all philosophies are not just welcome, but respected. It doesn’t matter whether you believe in Christ, Moses, Allah, Brahma, Buddha or any...

Oct 31, 2011

UNIVERSE WITHIN by Gwen Randall-Young Are we the masters of our own fate or is there a destiny unfolding for us? We often hear ourselves and others pondering what we are supposed to be doing in this lifetime. What is our path, what is our purpose? Some just seem to know while others can spend a lifetime trying to figure it out. Then there are those who...

Oct 31, 2011

FILMS WORTH WATCHING by Robert Alstead Often, when watching a feature film, the shaping hand of the director is barely noticeable. There’s a certain sameness, particularly with Hollywood stuff, in the tone and treatment of the subject, which itself is often a rehashed or plagiarized storyline. The movie could have been made by any number of directors....

Oct 2, 2011

UNIVERSE WITHIN by Gwen Randall-Young Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of life’s longing for itself… You may give them your love but not your thoughts, for they have their own thoughts… You may house their bodies but not their souls, for their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot...

Sep 15, 2011

UNIVERSE WITHIN by Gwen Randall-Young How often have you or someone you know said, “he thinks that just because…?” These types of expressions seem ubiquitous in our communications. Let’s think about this for a moment. When we do this, we are assuming we know the thoughts and motivations of others. Essentially, we think we can read...

Aug 28, 2011

UNIVERSE WITHIN by Gwen Randall-Young If we are not happy with our lives, we tend to attribute our current state to bad luck, other people or to simply not having been blessed as much as others. We might feel bitter, disappointed, angry or depressed and it is easy to keep our focus on what is missing rather than on what is present. If happiness were a...

Aug 5, 2011

Experts weigh in on the health benefits of mind-altering plants Article and illustration by Geoff Olson Plants don’t do much compared to animals. They’re sedentary sorts, even with time-lapse photography. We’re talking about vegetative, botanical bores. Right? Wrong, according to Dennis McKenna, who argues against the standard take on plants. The droll...

Jul 29, 2011

UNIVERSE WITHIN by Gwen Randall-Young Worry is a complete cycle of inefficient thought revolving about a pivot of fear. ~Author Unknown Are you a worrier? Most people worry sometimes, but some worry most of the time. We could learn a lot from our pets. They really know how to live in the moment. They only worry when there is an imminent threat, not an...

Jun 29, 2011

by Marilyn Atkinson The experience of attending to one’s ‘self-image’ has been around since humans started to talk to each other about their personal experiences. What is interesting is that so few untrained people ever notice their visualizations of self. Even fewer think about the effectiveness of their own self-image. It usually remains as...