I travelled to Dharamshala, India with six friends to meet with The Dalai Lama. It was cell-altering and heart-expanding. (The story is here.) The week before our arrival, there had been a horrible event in which some monks were murdered — most shockingly, by other monks. The story was on everyone’s mind and in our
Every week or so, I notice this guy on my street sitting on the curb between parked cars. Crossed-legged. Spine straight. Facing the same side of the street every time. White guy with a beard. He looks like a hipster carpenter or mechanic, with black geek glasses and army boots. He’s concentrating. Serious. He doesn’t
I’m about to make a major admission of error. I am hereby fessing up to a seriously flawed paradigm that has informed much of my adult life, and, (crap, sorry, apologies in advance,) too much of what I’ve espoused. I’ve come to this revelatory humility through two important practices in my life: 1) getting ready
Whenever I talk to Hiro Boga, I know I’m in the presence of…true presence. Rare and lucid is she. Hiro is a master intuitive who has helped thousands of clients, including me, fire up their creative sovereignty — the ability to rule your inner world, with dignity and intention. Hiro just released How To Rule
Kris Carr has a kind of shine that you want to hang out in and soak up. I’ve come up with this theory on her radiance: she was born with it (everyone is, many of us severely dim it down and that’s just tragic,) but she is one of the rare ones who surfaced her
I was at an event that kicked off with a group meditation. (Before I tell you how it went down, allow me to say that I think you should approach all meditations guided by strangers with caution. I’ve been to many a gathering where someone wants to lead us down the golden path – and
It took me a long time to ask for help and not feel weak about it. I thought I needed to behave for God to deliver. I didn’t want to ask too much of my cosmic board of advisors, lest I wear out my welcome. I’m over it. I figure I have an astral tribe
What book – fiction or non – touched you? Where were you when you read it? Have you bought and given away multiple copies? The Unfolding Now: Realizing Your True Nature Through the Practice of Presence by A.H. Almaas A.H. Almaas is the creator of The Diamond Approach work, which Ken Wilber calls “a superb
One mile south of Georgia O’Keefe’s beloved Ghost Ranch in New Mexico, thirteen miles down a cliff-hugging dirt road in the heart of Chama Canyon, you will find Christ In The Desert. The Benedictine Monastery is cloister to about twenty monks. I’d fantasized about retreating to the remote monastery for about fifteen years. And when
Saraswati is my #1 Goddess. She rules what I dig most. I’m surprised she’s not up there with Kali and Aphrodite in mass popularity. Saraswati is regarded as the Goddess of knowledge and the arts. She represents consciousness and wisdom, is regarded as the goddess of sound and speech, and is revered as the dispeller
