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Dec.06.2012 Spirituality Versus Religiosity I recognize and understand spirituality more easily in the context of traditional religious rituals or the quasi-solitary contemplation of Nature or fine art, as opposed to more secular pratices such as yoga (as exercise) and tea ceremony which I view mainly as an aesthetic experience. So when a...	Jun.01.2011 Internal GPS, Celestial Nods & Your Gut Feeling “I feel there are two people inside me - me and my intuition. If I go against her, she'll screw me every time, and if I follow her, we get along quite nicely.” – Kim Basinger,Actress What if that annoying little voice inside of you was right? What if that feeling that something was wrong at work...
Jan.09.2011 She changes everything She touches... change (chnj) v. changed, chang·ing, chang·es 1. a. To cause to be different b. To give a completely different form or appearance to; transform: 2. To give and receive reciprocally; interchange 3. To exchange for or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category It’s a...	Aug.13.2010 What Elizabeth Gilbert, Jesus and the Buddha Can Teach Us About Prayer She says it’s her favorite book ever. And, lately, all my wife talks about is seeing the movie version of Eat, Pray, Love, starring Julia Roberts. So, I finally decided to check it out for myself. I wasn’t expecting much. I got to the first scene, however--the one where the...
Jul.24.2010 The seven secrets to happiness: Secret One First, you must know where to look. One of my favorite spiritual authors is Eckhart Tolle. In his bestseller, The Power of Now, Tolle tells of a stranger who walked past a beggar one day, as he held out his tattered baseball cap and muttered, "Spare some change?" The stranger stopped,...	Jun.08.2010 "The High Heeled Guide to Enlightenment" by Alice Grist -- A Book Review “The High-heeled Guide to Enlightenment is the must have book for feisty females who are looking to connect to something other than their Internet provider!” When I first read this sentence, my curiosity stood on full alert, and I couldn’t wait to find out what this book was all about. I ordered...
Jul.29.2009 Publishing Bloopers: What I Did with my First Book that I Wouldn't Now. Do Publishing Missteps Exist? You Betcha. My first book, Stepping Off the Edge: Learning & Living Spiritual Practice, is drop dead gorgeous and top of the line all the way, with exquisitely designed interior and a killer cover. It has won––to my ecstatic surprise––six national awards in major contests. Furthermore, T. Terry Whalen,...