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On my latest episode of The Conscious Reality Show , I interview four members of the anonymous 12-step recovery group, Workaholics Anonymous (yes, that’s a real thing), about what it is like to be a workaholic or activity addict, why they got into … [Continue reading] about Are you a retired workaholic?
If my readers could take away anything at all from today’s post, it’s this: no matter what long-term pain, condition, or inexplicable set of symptoms you’ve been living with, there is relief available. And maybe even an out-and-out cure through … [Continue reading] about My Life-Changing Health Practitioners (To Inspire You to Keep Looking for a Cure)
Did you ever have one of those snaps of yourself that you judged at the time of taking, wishing it didn’t exist, but then years later you see it again and think—hmmm, I looked great back then, I wish I knew it? What if that were true about your whole … [Continue reading] about Cooperate with the reality you want (not the one you don’t)
how an angel in rainbow scrubs once helped me Hey, do you believe in angels? Irish mystic Lorna Byrne does. Diagnosed as “retarded” as a child, best-selling author Byrne maintains she has always seen angels in physical form her whole life. Not … [Continue reading] about What if there are unemployed angels all around us?
we are not about war At Saturday’s 7,000-strong Hands Off rally/picnic in Sacramento, I was saddened that many of the speakers, especially those much younger than I, continued to use the metaphor of war to activate the crowd to action to protect, … [Continue reading] about We must meet physical force with soul force
“Oh no,” said Matthew, “Toby is eating the ‘sacred sticks’!” Matthew wanted to help me, but his housemate’s dog was busily destroying something important to him. Matthew had recently returned from a pilgrimage to New Mexico, where he had stumbled … [Continue reading] about Chewing on Sacred Sticks
As we proceed through life, we assume that our thoughts, beliefs, feelings, and body sensations are our own. I’m willing to believe that some of my thoughts and beliefs, while masquerading as mine, are heavily influenced by the collective … [Continue reading] about Is this my pain? (or is it someone else’s?)
Last Sunday our New Thought Gospel Choir and I (a humble soprano) performed the song Oh Happy Day (our performance can be seen and heard here starting 1:00:05 minutes in) at the Center for Spiritual Awareness in West Sacramento. As I sang it, Oh … [Continue reading] about Oh Happy Day in this Season of Lent
As we read the news and watch the yard signs popping up around us, we may hear much about the importance of the "rule of law" and whether it's being obeyed. This makes me ponder, do I respect the rule of law? If so, which one? human or … [Continue reading] about Do You Respect the Rule of Law? If So, Which One?
If our new presidential administration has shown us anything, it's that each of us has phenomenal power that we're not using because we think there are limits while someone else does not. Instead, we abridge our own rights and wait for that "someone … [Continue reading] about Stop Waiting for Permission to Use Your Power
Lately, I've felt a bit like Rodin's Three Shades on the Gates of hell pictured in the permanent collection of San Francisco's wildly under-appreciated Legion of Honor museum on the bay's edge. "Abandon hope all who enter here," reads Dante's … [Continue reading] about Meditate, Agitate, Do What Brings You Joy: Above All Don’t Abandon Hope
(:)(:)(:)(:) I finally saw the movie Wicked (part 1) the other night (several weeks after most people probably did), and it sparked many thoughts: History decides who on the world stage is "good" and who is "wicked" or evil. My entire lifetime, … [Continue reading] about Four Snouts Up for Wicked: Who Is Good & Who is Evil These Days?