The Top 10 Things I Wish I Knew Before I Was 30
July 27, 2010
By Guest Blogger
A Baby Boomer’s Letter to Millennials and Gen Xers Fifty isn’t what it used to be. For my generation, it’s like a brand new decade. Because we are living longer, healthier lives, I may reach 100. I’ve lived a great life so far and have even bigger plans for its second half. However, I lived too many years chained to The Man. I thought the American Dream meant consumption, and I bought it – hook,… Read More >
Detour out of Fear
July 7, 2010
By Gabrielle Bernstein
I once heard a live cover of the R. Kelly song, “What a Relief.” The unique iteration resonated with me deeply. The chorus goes: “What a relief to know that we are one What a relief that the war is over What a relief to know that there’s an angel in the sky What a relief to know that love is still alive” I was overwhelmed by this performance. As I listened to the lyrics… Read More >
5 Lessons for the Aspiring Entrepreneur
June 2, 2010
By Guest Blogger
By Ayinde Howell In 1999, when I was barely in my 20s, I opened my first café in Seattle called Hillside Quickies Vegan Sandwich Shop. My thinking was that this was exactly what Seattle needed–a place to get hot fresh vegan sandwiches. The only problem was that I was the only one who thought that. Since I had worked in my parents’ business from the age of 13 (delivering cold sandwiches to stores in the… Read More >
30 and Unemployed
April 15, 2010
By Guest Blogger
By Sierra Brasher I have spent the last 30 years viewing the world from a standing position and believing that my career was a definition of who I am. This false perception misled me to thinking that it’s okay to allow fear and anxiety to rule my world, as long as it is in the name of “success.” I recently read that pandas upend themselves into handstands to show their peers that they are bamboo-thrashing… Read More >
Spiritual Intimacy
March 23, 2010
By Guest Blogger
By Cora Poage “I just don’t know if Ben is spiritual enough for me.” I found myself saying this to a fellow Spiritual Psychology student last weekend regarding my partner of 8 years. “Or maybe he doesn’t go as deep in conversations or something. I just don’t feel like I am completely heard or seen by him. I don’t think we have much spiritual intimacy. It’s almost like we speak different languages about this stuff.”… Read More >
Power of Positive Thinking and a Healthy Diet
February 25, 2010
By Guest Blogger
By Meg Wolff It’s been two months since I had reconstructive surgery on my leg, and I believe it was successful. I’m flying to New York City today to be evaluated for a new prosthetic leg, and I’ll soon be walking on two legs again. Woo-hoo! While healing, I experienced the power of positive energy. My mother-in-law, Alice, came to stay with me the week after the surgery. It sure helps to have a positive… Read More >
A Red State
September 29, 2009
By Sera Beak
Today, when I walked my dog through one of my favorite parks in SF, I came across a man standing still on the path, looking up at a tree in total awe, a soft smile playing across his face. As I respectfully approached him I realized I was witnessing a man witnessing something truly awesome. The moment felt holy, hushed, magical. When my dog barked, the shaman-like man turned to me and exclaimed: “Can you… Read More >
The Lovetarian Diet
August 26, 2009
By Gabrielle Bernstein
Four years ago, I decided to clean up my mind and become a loveatarian. Choosing loving thoughts over fearful delusions was a tough transition at first. Giving up fear is like giving up sugar. Much like sugar, fear is a sneaky ingredient that hides out in everything. And just when you think you’ve got it under control all of sudden it pops up again. Therefore releasing fearful patterns requires you become a loveatarian. One of… Read More >
Divine Dreaming and Spiritual Superheroes
July 29, 2009
By Sera Beak
A few nights ago I had one of those A-HA dreams. The message is a wee bit typical, but the experience was quite inspiring. Here it is: My landlord moved me to a new apartment building outside of San Francisco, on a remote forlorn beach. It was a strange building, to say the least, filled with dark passageways and heavy unlocked doors, odd shaped rooms with hooks coming out of the walls, and concrete…lots of… Read More >
Walking in the Footsteps of our Ancestors
April 21, 2009
By Parashakti Alsultany
It is a hot summer day, eleven years ago. I am a twenty-three year old Israeli woman who, along with other seekers, is on a trek into the Judean desert, south of Jerusalem. Our guide, a thin bearded man with intense, burning, blue eyes, is a Haredi, a “trembler” — the Hebrew word for an ultra-Orthodox Jew – and a Hasid, one immersed in the mystical traditions of Judaism. Within the Hasidic world, spiritual leadership… Read More >
The Psychology of Fear
April 16, 2009
By Sandhi Ferreira
You may not expect this from looking at the pictures of me dangling from the ceiling on a pair of aerial silks, but I’m actually afraid of heights. This is why I climbed up there in the first place…I don’t want to be afraid of anything! One thing I’ve learned from practicing yoga (specifically Jivamukti Yoga) these past 14 years is that we have to dance with our fears if we are to move past… Read More >
I Hold A Space For Love
April 10, 2009
By Gabrielle Bernstein
I love my life. Today I see my world through shimmering golden lenses. Lenses, that filter my vision with love, inform my thoughts, fuel my emotions and support my vibrations. Today I choose love over fear in all situations. I feel abundant, happy and free. I was not always this enthusiastic about life. Four years ago I was trapped in a dark space trying to scream my way out. I identified closely with a story… Read More >
