Is the Pope still relevant?

September 21, 2015
I was raised Catholic, although the religion never resonated for me. I'm no longer Catholic or even Christian, even though I think Jesus was a great man. That is, if...

Teachers of life, teachers of love

September 5, 2015
I ran across this bag in Maui on the weekend that Oliver Sacks and Wayne Dyer began their next great adventure. It struck me that they were two men who made their work...

How to die

July 10, 2015
 Dying is one of the ceremonies of life. - Ram Dass Most of us run from the idea of death as if it were the devil itself. But as we age, we can't escape the thought...

Using chakras to heal

June 27, 2015
This chakra banner hangs on the wall directly across from my bed so I see it every day. And in fact, I lie in bed and my eyes are drawn to it, constantly. Chakra as a...

Dead or alive, it’s all the same

June 24, 2015
My spiritual journey has been going on a long time...a very long time. After decades of exploration, I ended up with a belief structure that's not particularly...

Did you have a past life?

June 15, 2015
The wild stories of traditional religion are something we've gotten used to. A virgin birth? Walking on water? Fishes and loaves? Raising the dead? They don't seem so...

The sweet sorrow of parting

May 27, 2015
Any and all forms of separation, disconnects, divides, partings, breakups, and goodbyes, Carol, are temporary. Very. You'll be together far, far longer than you will...

Sandy: no coincidence

May 10, 2015
And everywhere I go There you will find Sandy So the other day I was driving down Highway 17 toward the Los Gatos hills, thinking about my mother. It was the day of...

Love those who treat you right…

April 15, 2015
Love the people who treat you right. Forget about those who don't. I'd make a tweak in that "Love the people who treat you right."   I'd say "Love everyone. But...

Before he left us

April 12, 2015
There was once a young neurosurgeon at Stanford who, as an undergraduate and master's student,  had been an English lit major. He could write, oh, could he write. But...

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