The V-Word

“Above all, don’t lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love.”   -Fyodor Dostoevsky

As I read the caption “disgraced” under Lance Armstrong’s photo documenting the interview of him finally...

Authentic Tantra Educator, Devi Ward, shares the power of healing ourselves through sound.TheOpeningDoor.org to listen to the full interview Saturday.

Today I had the privilege of teaching a class called Achieving Social Justice Through Positivity Consciousness at our local high school’s Respect Day where a group of local community and spiritual leaders offer workshops. I was invited because of the Positive Change Club. The principle wasn’t sure about the link between positivity consciousness and social justice, so I reconfigured the workshop to...

My stomach was so upset last night it wouldn’t rest. So it went with the rest of me. Food feels like a foreign substance, and even my beloved juice doesn’t quite taste right. Now it is time to learn what my belly has been grumbling and burping about for so long.   Why is it that we learn to live with our discomfort so well that it takes a near emergency to get us to pay attention?

I know this-...

Gangaji is a world renowned teacher and author of the Diamond in your Pocket and Hidden Treasure. She is one of the clearest and most accessible spiritual teachers of our time. She shares a simple message with the power to shift your allegiance from the activities of your mind to the eternal presence of your being. Don’t miss this opportunity to realize the truth and beauty of your own life story....

“What should young people do with their lives today?  Many things, obviously. But the most daring thing is to create stable communities in which the terrible disease of loneliness can be cured.”  -Kurt Vonnegut

Community is one of the values of living in America that has been shortchanged in our digital revolution. It’s demise began as our historic family structures have become dismantled as part...

“There is nothing to fear but fear itself.” -Franklin Roosevelt

Insecurity is a natural consequence of our mortal human experience. The most primal hardwired function of our brain is driven by a survival instinct, which is governed, to a large extent, by a negativity bias that operates without our conscious awareness. Negativity bias creates thinking mechanisms steeped in our worst fears and...

Sprititual teacher and author, Gangaji, speaks about the importance of finding the quiet.TheOpeningDoor.org to listen to the full interview Saturday.