Gateway to the Core

Everything—both living and non-living—has a core. Every tree, every blade of grass, every animal, every rock, even the earth itself has a core. Living things grow outward from the core, lengthening as they grow, and expanding from the inside out … Read more

Getting Grounded

Here it is, the first Monday of the new year, where we are putting away the last vestiges of the holidays and getting grounded for the new year. Getting grounded pulls us down to practicalities, down to the root chakra, … Read more

New York State of Mind

So here I am in the Big Apple, attending the BEA-America’s largest Book Expo, along with tens of thousands of other authors, publishers, agents, bookstore owners, media, and book lovers in general. Walking through these halls with its millions of … Read more

Tidbits
You Don’t Want To Miss!

We live in an amazing universe—one we have barely begun to explore. As humans on the verge of entering our planetary adulthood, we are just now learning to get along with each other, to have enough power as individuals to … Read more

Creating Heaven on Earth

As we approach the 43rd Earth Day, we see that humanity has come a long way–and I mean that both positively and negatively. When the first Earth Day happened in 1970, people were barely beginning to wake up to environmental … Read more

Waking the Global Heart: IONS Interview

FOUR QUESTIONS: An Interview with Stephan Dinan, April 18, 2006 1) SD: How do you see our current global situation? AJ: I look at the current state of global human affairs with a long view. I see the progression of … Read more

I PROMISED YOU A MIRACLE!

Well, actually, I promised to write about miracles and how to create one. Even more to the point, how we all need to create miracles right now in our world, because they are so urgently needed. Is humanity ready to … Read more

ARE YOU MANIFESTING YOUR HIGHEST PURPOSE?

January was a time for new year’s resolutions. Discipline, exercise, meditation, dieting, or finishing that project are all common goals that tend to fall away by the beginning of February. How do we keep our attention focused and on track? … Read more

Churning the Ocean of Milk

Life is full of contradictions. Like a good photograph, contrast brings out the drama of an experience. Light and dark, emptiness and form, joy and sorrow, success and failure – dance partners in progress on the path– three steps forward, … Read more

Light as Nourishment

One of the basic principles of life is that gravity moves us downward and light draws us upward. This sets up a basic polarity in consciousness that orients our core along the axis mundi that connects heaven and earth, through … Read more