The world is my child. My child is a poet.
There may be beliefs worth dying for, but none worth turning against each other. Many false dichotomies are prevalent nowadays, putting pressure on us to take sides. Mainstream media is … Continue reading Local Culture-Beyond Taking Sides
Happiness beyond the body is given. Perception is not. It is won. Anyone who meditates knows that attention develops the will. However, more forces vie to command our attention than … Continue reading Boycott as a Spiritual Practice
The truth always includes it’s opposite, which is why unity and duality are incomplete views. Reality is paradoxical, multi-valent and relative. Her-story embraces history like a womb swaddling the universe, … Continue reading God’s Counterpart
Have you ever thought of how you would like to be when you die? What would you like to be feeling, doing, thinking? Who would you wish to have beside … Continue reading Planned Ancestorhood
A few things are common to every civilization throughout history. Art is one of them. Some people argue, “Art is anything you want it to be,” the anything-goes attitude, but … Continue reading Art ≠ Entertainment
What is God? The ‘New Age’ movement, and the evolution of western thought, has progressed to a point when many people are confident enough to say “I know the Divine … Continue reading Divination
Creating a just society starts with honoring our elders. Just like I am wiser than I was when I was younger, people older than me are wiser than I am. … Continue reading Remembering We Learn
Rudolf Steiner, the 20th century Austrian philosopher who founded Anthroposophy, said, “the opposite of love is not fear; the opposite of love is power.” The true Human Being, from an … Continue reading Respect for insects, bacteria and viruses
When I was four or five years old, I started practing Metta, loving kindness, before falling asleep, my sangha of stuffed animals and dolls lining the wall beside me. It … Continue reading A Contemplative Life
Because we all have a body and a mind, we carry the trauma of all our ancestors within us, the trauma of being abandoned by our fathers because our mothers … Continue reading The Sacred Feminine and Trauma
Many people who appear to be functioning completely normally are actually suffering from a debilitating disorder which causes them to not recognize what is happening while it happens. It is … Continue reading The Truth is Positive
While giving someone one of my business cards the other day, I stopped to look at it. I had forgotten how enigmatic my stated profession sounded: Self-Healing and Self-Expression. The … Continue reading What is the self?
Asra Zahn 