Earth Day: We Can Still Make a Difference!

“We won’t have peace on the Earth,until we make peace with the Earth.”—Julia Butterfly Hill  I haven’t been writing blogs for the usual holidays there’s far too many already—but Earth Day provides such a crucial focus for our times. All … Read more

In Honor of an Immense Soul

The passing of a great leader calls us to honor what they stood for—a world of equality and justice for all.  Nelson Mandela was one of the greatest archetypal heroes of our time. In his 95 years, he traveled both … Read more

Are We Syrious?

ARE WE SYRIOUS?Avoiding the Monkey Trap of War in the Middle East Having written about awakening the global heart, and its importance to our future, I can’t remain silent on the subject of Syria. Here lies a very thorny world … 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

Optimizing Sustainability

     Blessings of the Equinox! If you’ve had a long dark winter, you can take a breath now and smell the first fragrance of Spring. For a short time, the nights and days are equal, and at last, the light … Read more

Grace and Gratitude

It’s that time of year when everybody’s blog has the topic of giving thanks. While this should be an everyday practice in a universe so full of blessings, the Thanksgiving holiday harkens back to a time when the end of … Read more

Occupy the New World!

http://www.occupytogether.org/ It’s interesting that the movement that began on Wall Street, now spreading throughout the world, starts with the word OCCUPY. It seems there is something on the earth plane that we have vacated and we are at last reclaiming … Read more

Bankrupting the Idiocracy

Bankrupting the Idiocracy by Anodea Judith    I hate to write about money. It’s not my thing. And I’m tired of reading about it, hearing about it, and having it be the center of every newscast. It’s given far too much importance on … Read more

How Do We Make Change?

  Photo from Chapter 8 of Anodea Judith’s Waking the Global Heart. One way that change happens – and certainly not the fun way — is the path of adversity. That’s when we get beaten so far down that we … Read more