Tara Brach

Tara Brach’s teachings blend Western psychology and Eastern spiritual practices, mindful attention to our inner life, and a full, compassionate engagement with our world. The result is a distinctive voice in Western Buddhism, one that offers a wise and caring approach to freeing ourselves and society from suffering. In 1998, Tara founded the Insight Meditation […]

Dr. Steve Taylor PhD

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Steve Taylor, PhD is a senior lecturer in psychology at Leeds Metropolitan University, and the author of several best-selling books on psychology and spirituality. For the last two years he has been included (this year at no. 38) in Mind, Body, Spirit magazine’s list of the ‘100 most spiritually influential living people.’ His books include […]

Laura Alden Kamm Inspire Someone Everyday!

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by Laura Alden Kamm: Your words and actions have authority and wisdom. Occasionally, we all experience internal vacancies and discouragement as life pushes us into ourselves.

Sandra Ingerman

Sandra Ingerman, MA, is the author of eight books including Soul Retrieval, Medicine for the Earth, Shamanic Journeying: A Beginner’s Guide, How to Heal Toxic Thoughts, How to Thrive in Changing Times, and Awakening to the Spirit World: The Shamanic Path of Direct Revelation.  She also has 5 audio programs including “Shamanic Meditations: Guided Journeys for Insight, […]

Quotes by Rickie Byars Beckwith

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1. Spirit encourages me to be a voice of inspiration.” 2. “To have soul, you must somewhere be connected to the divine presence. People who ‘have soul’ have a certain way of expressing themselves. What they’re saying is real;they have the facility, the ability to touch you. There’s the sense that they’re not trying to transmit anything.” 3. “…a soulful person may […]

Mooji The Power of Self Inquiry

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A talk by Mooji: When I simply relax in your presence and close my eyes, something very deep opens up in me and peace and joy come back again. 

Quotes by Dan Millman

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1. “The journey is what brings us happiness not the destination.” 2. “There are no ordinary moments.” 3. “There is no need to search; achievement leads to nowhere. It makes no difference at all, so just be happy now! Love is the only reality of the world, because it is all One, you see. And […]

Dan Millman

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Dan Millman is a former world champion athlete, university coach, martial arts instructor, and college professor. After an intensive, twenty-year spiritual quest, Dan’s teaching found its form as the Peaceful Warrior’s Way, expressed fully in his books and lectures. His work continues to evolve over time, to meet the needs of a changing world. Dan’s […]

A Conversation with Louise Hay

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I had the opportunity to speak with Louise L. Hay on the first day of the Raw Lifestyle Film Festival 2008. Here are some of the highlights. What an amazing person!!

Rickie Byars Beckwith

Rickie Byars Beckwith is one of the 21st century’s most revered singer-songwriters whose transcendent music opens the heart, touches the soul, and uplifts the spirit. Rickie’s extensive music catalogue is heard on the radio and on soundtracks for movies and television.  Her songs of unconditional love and spiritual transformation are the highlight of consciousness raising events […]

Quotes by Rabbi Rami Shapiro

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“If you want love, act lovingly; if you want justice, do justly. This is the wisdom of Mahatma Gandhi: be the change you want to see, not the New Age nonsense of Rhonda Byrne: see the change you want to be.” “Organized religion is sane and not silly when read as myth and poetry rather […]

Rabbi Rami Shapiro

Rabbi Rami M. Shapiro is widely recognized as one of the most creative figures in contemporary American Judaism. A graduate of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, he also holds a Ph.D. in Religious Studies from Union Graduate School. An award-winning poet, liturgist, and essayist, his prayers are included in worship services across the […]

Jean Houston: The Mystery of Human Consciousness

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by Virginia Lee: More than a cultural historian, more than a transpersonal psychologist, Jean Houston is one of the foremost pioneers on the frontier of human consciousness to live in the 20th century.

Aristotle’s Metaphysics

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First published Sun Oct 8, 2000; substantive revision Mon Jun 11, 2012 by Marc S. Cohen: The first major work in the history of philosophy to bear the title “Metaphysics” was the treatise by Aristotle that we have come to know by that name.

Aristotle’s Pyschology

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Aristotle (384–322 BC) was born in Macedon, in what is now northern Greece, but spent most of his adult life in Athens.