Our Sacred Planet Mother Earth in all of it’s Amazing Beauty and the Quote of the Day 121

“Beauty surrounds us but usually we need to be walking in a garden to know it.” – Rumi
Sandra Ingerman How to Cultivate a Rich Inner Garden

by Sandra Ingerman: Many of us attach the experience of joy to what is happening in our outer world rather than allowing joy to flow through us.
6 Ways To Find Solitude, And Why It Matters

by Michael Pietrzak: On a wet Saturday morning in 2011, I dragged myself into the election office to pick up my list of voters…
Ecology And The Human Heart

by Dalai Lama: Human beings are basically gentle by nature…
What is Kundalini Yoga?

by Hannah Aylward: While traditions have changed throughout the years,..
Ray Kurzweil’s Four Big Insights For Predicting The Future

by Sveta McShane: Self-driving cars, virtual reality games, bioprinting human organs, human gene editing, AI personalities, 3D printing in space, three billion people connected to the Internet….
The Golden Buddha Inside You – Tara Brach

by Tara Brach: In this excerpt from her new book, Trusting the Gold, Tara Brach shares how to break out of the “trance of unworthiness,”
Dr. Wayne W. Dyer The Path of Least Resistance

by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer: You live in a universe that has limitless potential for joy built into the creation process.
Awaken Interviews Qigong Grand Master Fan Xiulan Pt 2 – The Divine Feminine

David Welch: One last question. How do we get society to recognize, embrace and incorporate the divine feminine?
Learning To Respond Not React – Tara Brach

by Tara Brach: When stressed, we often react with looping fear-thoughts, feelings and behaviors that cause harm to ourselves and/or others…
Tibetans’ High-Altitude Skills Came Via Extinct Cousin

Tibetans are able to live at high altitude thanks to a special gene they inherited from a mysterious, now-extinct branch of the human family…
10 Meat-Free Protein Sources That Are Totally Underrated

The thought of chowing down on protein might conjure images of grunting muscleheads and buckets of chalky powder,
Awaken Interviews Stephen Mitchell Part 1 – Joseph and the Way of Forgiveness

Donna Quesada: Hello and welcome to Awaken.
Our Sacred Planet Mother Earth in all of it’s Amazing Beauty and the Quote of the Day 120

My Window Painting by Scott Prior
Need a Way Back to Sanity? Transcending Today’s Lunacy.

by Steve Taylor PhD: IMAGINE IF YOU were an alien who had been sent to the Earth to live with human beings, to observe their behavior and write a study about them
The Power of Presence: A place of serenity and oneness.

by Steve Taylor PhD: WHEN I KNEW that I was going to take part in a dialogue with Eckhart Tolle, I wondered if I might be slightly nervous.
Out of the Darkness: Finding Courage to Change.

by Steve Taylor PhD: Writing my recent book “Out of the Darkness” has taught me a lot. On the one hand it’s made me realize how common the phenomenon of enlightenment actually is.
Arjuna Ardagh Love is a Practice

by Arjuna Ardagh: This is an excerpt from the new book I have co-authored with John Gray: “Conscious Men.” It will be out soon.
The Spiritual Power of Eckhart Tolle (Interview)

Eckhart very rarely gives interviews these days, so we are pleased to bring you this article with permission of author Steve Taylor PhD!
Waking From Sleep: The Causes of Higher States of Consciousness

Steve Taylor PhD: is an author and teacher, whose main interests are psychology and spirituality. His articles and essays have been published in over 30 academic journals, magazines and newspapers,
Transcending Human Madness

by Steve Taylor PhD: To an impartial observer—say, an alien zoologist from another planet – there must be very compelling evidence that human beings suffer from a serious mental disorder, and are perhaps even insane.
From the Unreal to the Real

by Steve Taylor PhD: We all experience ‘higher states of consciousness’ from time to time, when an inner peace seems to fill us and the world around us seems magically transformed.
Ray Kurzweil: Our Health Is About To Be Radically Transformed

by Ray Kurzweil: Ray Kurzweil is an inventor, thinker, and futurist famous for forecasting the pace of technology and predicting the world of tomorrow…
The Importance Of Detoxing Your Body – Dr. Alberto Villoldo

by Dr. Alberto Villoldo: Every day, we are exposed to contaminants in our food, water and air that did not exist 100 years ago…