Two years ago, as I was mulling over the growing crisis of climate change, I realized that the only way we were going to have a desirable outcome was if we could inspire most young people to care...
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Check out my conversation with Charles Eisenstein!
Earlier this year, I found out about the work of brilliant thinker and writer, Charles Eisenstein. Quickly realizing that we were converging on similar ideas, I wrote to him and told him about my...
Dissolving Despair
You might think that, because I write articles about spiritual subjects like consciousness and the evolution of the human spirit, I don't also succumb to worry, fear, and despair at times. Wrong! I...
Cut the Cords That Bind You
Are you familiar with the work of Byron Katie? Her book, Loving What Is, has been quite helpful to me and other members of my family. In a nutshell, she teaches that we can reduce our suffering by...
Start with What Is
In my book Active Consciousness, I have often mentioned the work of my teacher, Gary Sherman. At the beginning of a weekend workshop with him at the end of April, Gary gave the class the following...
On Mother’s Day — A Message from Mother Earth: Don’t Mess with Gaia!
Over the past thousands of years, humanity has mastered the ability to sail the seas and soar through skies, cultivate plants and plow vast fields, communicate through telegraph, telephone, and...
What Is the Meaning of Life?
Recently, I was asked to contribute to a blog, Excellence Reporter, that includes articles by a variety of leaders, writers, musicians, artists, poets, CEOs, laymen, etc. that answer a single...
Habits
I woke up this morning thinking about habits; bad eating habits, in particular. The other day I was sitting in a movie theater watching a morbidly obese couple happily settle into eating their two...
Top 10 Tips for Parents and Patients: What I’ve Learned After 12 Years of Providing Advice
Every day, I get email from people from all over the world asking for advice about their homeopathic treatment. I spend a few hours each week answering their questions. I am not a practitioner and I...
Language Is A Virus
"Language Is A Virus"... that's the title of a song by performance artist Laurie Anderson. How true it is. We tend to think that the language we use, the way we express ourselves, has no impact on...