It’s impossible to ignore the shifting sands of current global events. The previous two posts (The shifting world and Shifting the world the healing way) attempt to make sense of what’s going on and make it meaningful beyond all the
Shifting the World the Healing Way

I feel compelled to write about the global sociopolitical events of the past few weeks. In the previous post, I mentioned that recent events are scary, especially on the surface. Under the surface, however, there’s what can’t be denied and
The Shifting World

Global shifts are happening at an accelerated rate and bringing all of us right into the midst of events happening thousands of miles away through worldwide communications, fueled by new technologies and social networks. Some of these shifts are downright
Manifesto of Peace: A prose poem
We are a community of men, women and children. We live, breathe and exist together in our community. Our community is our home, even though we also have a roof over our own family. Gathered under such roofs, we form
Biodiversity and the United Nations
There’s no time like the start of the year to plunge headlong into conservation issues. The United Nations thinks so too. Read on to find out why. But first let’s talk about dolphins. “Dolphins have been declared the world’s second
Practical karma
Last night in the monthly dojo (teaching hall) meeting I hold with Reiki practitioners I’ve trained, the subject of karma came up. Karma, like some other key words and teachings from the world’s wisdom traditions is misunderstood and bastardized. Today
Blog Action Day: Poverty
October 15, 2008 is Blog Action Day, an annual nonprofit event that aims to unite the world’s bloggers, podcasters and videocasters, to post about the same issue on the same day. The aim is to raise awareness and trigger a