2010

The New Austerity

by Amy Eyrie 12.29.2010

The famous dictionary publisher, Merriam-Webster assessed the mood of 2010 by announcing their word of the year—Austerity. Determined by the frequency of searches on Merriam-Webster.com and by the numinous instincts of a million online queries, the “A” word with the 14th century pedigree triumphed over the less dramatic but practical number two word— pragmatic. Meditate [...]

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Holiday Shoppers Hijacked by Merry Mob

by Amy Eyrie 12.19.2010

Here in the West, we have contributed some unique traditions to the holiday season; Coca Cola created the Red-Coated Santa and Adam Sandler contributed The Chanukah Song (Hanukkah Song). So why not merge the holidays and social media in a new behavior worthy of cultural anthropologists? In a strange form of performance art made possible [...]

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Radiant Awakening Sound Journey

by Sony Trieu 12.13.2010

Since the beginning of recorded history, music has been a healing therapy for those seeking balance and a means to attain higher states of awareness. Breath, posture, musical phrasing and sacred chants assist in opening the consciousness. As a yoga teacher and Thai Yoga Therapist, I seek out new healing modalities, so when I heard [...]

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Quantum Mechanics: What’s in it for you and me? (Interview with Martin Gundersen – Part 2)

by Bobbi Goldin 12.10.2010

A professor of Electrical Engineering, Physics and Astronomy at the University of Southern California since 1980, Martin Gundersen, Ph.D, has had more than a few interests in the world of science. He’s been teaching and conducting research in areas from pulsed power science and technology to lasers, applied plasma physics and quantum electronics. His work [...]

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Quantum Mechanics: What’s in it for you and me? (Interview with Martin Gundersen – Part 1)

by Bobbi Goldin 12.06.2010

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The Harvest: Cultivating the Spirit

by Amy Eyrie 11.24.2010

There are different seasons in life. A harmonious acceptance of the season we occupy is crucial to our contentment. Life’s experiences— good or bad, full of joy or sorrow— are necessary for our spiritual growth. Even when lessons are painful or seemingly unfair, it is our own consciousness expressing itself in manifestation. Pain is another [...]

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Dissolving Fear

by Amy Eyrie 11.17.2010

I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will [...]

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Crazy Wisdom: Jim Carrey Wakes Up

by Amy Eyrie 11.05.2010

In the garden of gentle sanity, May you be bombarded by the coconuts of wakefulness— Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche Comic Jim Carrey is the epitome of crazy wisdom, teaching us about ourselves through his sharp interpretation of what makes us human. Check out Jim Carrey’s Website for evidence of how crazy he can get. In such films [...]

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Samhain: The Dark Half

by Amy Eyrie 10.31.2010

The ancient Celts divided the world into two seasons, the light half took place at the April/May lunation, Beltane, and the dark half began at the October/November lunation, Samhain. The seasons of light and darkness have been celebrated in a thousand forms throughout history. As winter loomed, the survival of each individual was bound to [...]

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Emptiness: The Subatomic Universe

by Amy Eyrie 10.26.2010

When I was a kid, I played with a Russian Matryoshka Doll. The doll cracked apart like an egg to reveal a second doll, then a third and so on. Each doll grew smaller, until the final doll was the size of a tiny bean. As science develops techniques to look deeper into the structure [...]

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On Death

by Mina Nichols 10.20.2010

Everything that lives dies. Nothing in life is surer than that. Good, bad or indifferent, everyone dies—it’s the one and only promise that God has kept consistently throughout all time. All that changes from one life to the next, all that we can control or influence is how we live. I’ve been looking after my [...]

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