Category: Art, Articles, and Book Reviews

This edition’s poetry selection is from Rumi’s Little Book of Life- the Garden of the Soul, the Heart, and the Spirit, translated by Maryam Mafi and Azima Melita Kolin. The book review is that of The Natural Alien, by Neil Evernden. The YouTube link is to the trailer of The Fantastic Woman. Poetry “Give up …

In April, 2014, shocking details emerged about the political corruption that led to Flint’s water crisis. A small city, but always a big news’ headline, Flint, Michigan is considered one of the most violent cities in the U.S. But in this spirited, photographic essay, Laurie Thompson reveals the Flint that embraces its past and present, …

 Soul Collage. I’d been hearing about it for the past two or three years.  Then during our breakfast date in Oaxaca, Mexico, in the spring of 2017, a friend and art therapist, Nancy Clingan, asked me if she could order a book and send it to my house in Philadelphia to bring back to Oaxaca …

While many of us may be familiar with the belief in separation and unity consciousness, few may be familiar with a growing community of teachers who have transcended the separation, so to speak, and who represent the guides to global awakening. These are teachers of Advaita Vedanta and their role is to move us beyond …

Do you know where you come from? You come from the divine sanctuary. Do you not remember passing through    those ecstatic spiritual stages?    Since you have forgotten them   Now you feel bewildered and lost. You have sold your soul for a handful of dust.   What a cheap bargain you have struck! Give back the dust …