August 20, 2010 - In my experience questing for understanding of spiritual aspects of the human community, I have had occasion to encounter some unusual synchronicities. One such event emerged while perusing a lecture by noted Initiate and spiritual scientist, Rudolf Steiner. 
Marcus Aurelius asked “What am I doing with my soul?” He suggests we interrogate ourselves to find out what inhabits our “so-called” mind and what kind of soul we have right now; that of a child, an adolescent, a predator orits prey? 
August – 20, 2010 - Lucid Dreaming is Conscious Dreaming and is the ability of awareness that you are dreaming. In a nutshell, you are aware that all the occurrences you are experiencing are actually within a dream, while you are dreaming. 
August 20. 2010 - I've been getting a lot of emails to join prayer groups for the healing of the oceans, the forests, the earth; and just when it seems to me that people are starting to actually wake up, I get other emails that say 'the gods are angry', 'the earth is angry', 'these catastrophes are happening in areas where people have been evil for too long and god is teaching a lesson'. They reek of judgment, fear, and projection. 
August 19, 2010 - It’s hard to turn away from spirit, and not become egotistic.
August 17, 2010 - For ages, cultures all over the world have worn and used charms, amulets, and talismans as a way to protect them from harm and other unknown forces. A great common example is the crucifix. 
August 16, 2010 - Everyone wants to get the best out of their lives as life is short and you have millions of things to do in your entire lifetime. Therefore, it is said that enjoy as much as possible because no one knows what is going to happen tomorrow. 
August 16, 2010 - Def: respect; to admire, to place in esteem, to regard, to be considerate of
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What Can We Learn From Tiger Woods' Troubles?
"There was never a doubt that we live in a celebrity-driven culture," said Brown, a certified life coach and author of Choices, from Dog Ear Press (www.wgranvillebrown.com). "As Tiger gets ready to play in the Masters, his every move and word is already being scrutinized. One columnist found irony that Tiger is rebooting his career in Augusta at a country club that doesn't allow females to join as full members. Others are picking apart his short TV interviews. It all points to the fact that people still aren't comfortable with the choices he's made since his troubles became public, but we don't need to gang up on him. I think it would be more productive if we could take a lesson from his troubles and apply it to our own lives." Brown believes that hidden in the forest of lurid interest in Tiger's issues is a nugget of personal truth awaiting us all. Temptation -- a big factor in Tiger's string of personal choices -- can be valuable, according to Brown, because of the potential lessons in how to avoid it. "All of us, no matter how much we succeed in life or who we are, can still fall prey to temptation, lust, greed and having our faith and beliefs shaken - if not tumbled," he said. "But in the end, we are people of free will, not puppets, and no one can make us do anything we don't wish to do, as long as we have the faith in ourselves to persevere. We have to face the truth that we all live imperfect lives, and that our celebrity-driven culture has the notion that our idols, our celebrities, are supposed to embody the perfect lives we cannot ourselves achieve. This is why we are disappointed so often. Instead of taking that disappointment in sorrow, however, we seem to exhibit this almost sadistic glee when we experience it. This is because somehow we perceive that when the mighty fall, it somehow lifts up the rest of us. It doesn't. The only thing that can elevate our souls is within each of us, and it begins with our choices." Brown explained that choices are inextricably packaged with either benefits or consequences, or some mixture of both. "Human beings have the ability to make their own decisions, but one thing is very clear," he added. "With choice, there is also a measure of both accountability and responsibility. Too many times when we fail, we mask the result in excuses, trying to cast them as reasons for failure. The irony is that the films that elevate performers to celebrity status typically depict a classic hero's journey, where the adversity their characters face reveals the measure of their character. Life truly imitates art in that respect. A person's character isn't determined by how they conduct themselves when life is easy and comfortable, but rather, it is determined by how they conduct themselves when the solid fecal matter makes contact with the rotary air device. How we make use of our gifts, countering our liabilities against them - and find a way to survive the adversity - is how we discover the stuff we're made of." Tony Panaccio is a staff writer at News & Experts.
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May 1. 2010 - W. Granville Brown doesn't want everyone to pile on Tiger Woods, but rather, he thinks we should try to learn from the mess he has created for himself.
