Spiritual Awakening, part 1

Spiritual Awakening, part 1

Spiritual Awakening. Part 1 You may have heard it before: “She’s a very spiritual person,” or “He’s not a very spiritual person”, or ”They say they are spiritual but not religious”, or some variation on the commentary of a person’s spiritual status. But what is the...

Kind Speech Comes from an Enlightened Heart

KIND SPEECH COMES FROM AN ENLIGHTENED HEART. There’s truth in the old saying, “talk is cheap because words are easy”.  Words are an unlimited resource for dialogue. Language is at the top of the brain’s evolutionary ladder and serves us well for...
How to Make Fear Disappear

How to Make Fear Disappear

Fear is an emotion that has a wide range of manifestations – it could be vague uneasiness, a depressed attitude, a reoccurring avoidance of something threatening, or a sense of impending doom, an urgent need to run away, or striking out with body and speech....
When Does Spring Begin?

When Does Spring Begin?

According to the standard western calendar spring begins on the vernal equinox, around March 20. This is the time when the sun is directly over the equator at noon. However, traditional Chinese culture celebrates the beginning of spring with its Spring Festival in...

Go Nuts!

Nuts are the ultimate food for winter Nuts and seeds are finally getting the accolades from western science that has so long been granted to them by Chinese medicine. Now everyone agrees that these are nutritional powerhouses with a potent mix of protein, essential...