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 [...]
By Jennie Marlow
When we feel stuck, getting our energy moving can feel like a Herculean challenge. It can seem as if we are glued to wherever we are, with no hope of a remedy. Here is some practical advice for getting our stagnant energy to start flowing again.
Do something constructive. This can be something [...]
By Jennie Marlow
It usually starts with our discomfort about “what is so,” and when that discomfort escalates to a higher level than our resistance to change, we can set about doing something about the cause of our suffering. Readiness for change can also come about after a series of things we tried that did [...]
By Jennie Marlow
Last night I heard several economic “experts” share their forecasts for 2010. Instead of recession, they predicted economic growth, but that growth will be barely detectable by ordinary citizens. It gave me pause, and I was left to consider the deeper meanings of recession and growth experienced by an individual on his [...]
By Jennie Marlow
I once heard a great joke about the Three Laws of the Universe. First Law: the Universe is very, very big. Second Law: people are really, really weird. And the third (my favorite), shit happens!
By the time I reached my twenties, and for almost thirty years thereafter, I fervently believed there was [...]
By Jennie Marlow
New Age spirituality began in the 19th century with metaphysical movements like Spiritualism and New Thought. In the 1960s and 1970s, many counter-culture groups gathered themselves under the umbrella of the term. Some ideas that characterize New Age thought include reincarnation, an afterlife devoted to the soul’s journey of evolution in consciousness, [...]
By Rebecca Traver
“There are some interesting parallels between being a tourist and living a life upon the Earth. First, the minute you get here, you have no doubt that you are in a place that is totally foreign to you. Second, you have arrived with a lot of baggage, namely your biological contract to [...]
By Phoenix Djukic
“May you live in interesting times.” The saying was used by Robert F. Kennedy in his Day of Affirmation Address in Cape Town, South Africa in 1966. It has been quoted in the TV series The Sopranos, Magnum, P.I., Star Trek: Voyager, was part of a speech delivered by the [...]