Coffee, algae, and thinking outside the economic box

Gunter Pauli. If you have never heard of him, be prepared to be amazed.

Musing In the Dark

I have no idea what time it is. I’m wide awake, lying in bed, listening to the rhythmic breathing of a husband and a dog. I decide to try something I’ve not historically been great at: meditation. I feel the beating of my heart. I hear an owl call. My thoughts begin to filter in. [...]

Back to the Drawing Board

By Colleen McCarthy-Evans

“All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.” — Pablo Picasso

Creativity is as much a part of being human as walking upright, feeling compassion, and playing Scrabble. And that oh-so human urge to create is often followed by a secondary urge: to share [...]

The Principle of Vision

By Jennie Marlow

In the article in our Tools section, entitled Vision, Spotted Eagle explores the principles that distinguish vision from fantasy and goals. Here is an excerpt:

“Vision is not about envisioning the future. Vision does not foretell; it does not predict the form the future will take or what the outcome of an endeavor [...]

Motivation & the Anxious Mind

By Jennie Marlow

In my last post, Vision That Serves Us, I describe ways we might put our vision in service of what is practical.  In this post, I’ll begin a discussion about our motivation for what we desire, and how this can dramatically alter our approach to creating our lives and how effective we [...]

A Case Against Envisioning

By Jennie Marlow

Many people are going through hard economic times right now. In some cases, it’s plain old hard luck. But for many, like those who over-extended themselves, there is a fundamental problem from which the rest of us can learn. The problem is the way we “dream” about our futures.

Possibilities imagined are not [...]

Can Paradise Ever Be Truly Lost?

By Jennie Marlow

Lately, I’ve been observing what others are going through in trying to meet their challenges and actualize their dreams. There is an unmistakable undercurrent that coming here to the Earth plane represents some sort of separation from eternal, ecstatic bliss in a cosmic paradise. This is intriguing, especially when you consider that [...]

Short Story – Big Message

By Phoenix Djukic

A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held up a sign which said: ‘I am blind, please help…’ There were only a few coins in the hat.

A man was walking by. He took a few coins from his pocket and dropped them [...]

Just a thought…

By Janice Hylton

I think I understand why we cannot miss an opportunity –  why it holds true that “what’s for you won`t pass you.” All that comes toward us comes from within us. We create our reality consciously and unconsciously. We don’t attract what we want; we attract what we are. [...]