Category: Spirituality/General

Recently my computer decided to start running in Safe Mode. At first I wasn’t too distressed. I could still receive and send email. I could print documents as long as I closed all other running programs. I could even do word processing. The only limitation I had was in viewing graphics. So what if my beautiful blue-sky desktop was now a mottled gray and white, this was purely cosmetic. So instead of dealing with this new computer-glitch head-on I decided to adjust my expectations.

Tantra and Evolutionary Biology

by Liz Estrata

Though I’ve been studying, experiencing and writing about sacred sexuality for years, a mist still surrounds tantra itself. The many tantra books I’ve read all have different bottom lines. Some experts advise the man to avoid orgasm while the woman can (or even should) have as many orgasms as possible. Others, the “cake-and-eat-it-too” teachers, insist that cosmic bliss is the goal and both partners can have conventional orgasm once they’ve blissed out. And a few “no-cakers” (almost always direct translations of Eastern works, rather than Western interpretations) say both partners should avoid conventional orgasm to clear the decks for a mystical experience of union that cannot be forced.

The Universal Law Of Creation
by Michael Carpenter

Before we can learn to create our goals, dreams, and desires on a conscious level, we need to understand and identify the key ingredient in creating any of our desires.

When Positive Thinking Doesn’t Work
by Michael Carpenter

We’ve all heard it said, “Think positive, think positive, think positive!” The fact of the matter is that forcing ourselves to think positive has very little value when it comes to making any permanent changes in our lives. Sure, we can force ourselves to think positive for a few minutes or a day but as soon as we encounter any type of obstacle, opposition, or friction, positive thinking goes right out the door. Or for those of us who are truly determined, we continue to try to force ourselves to think positive in light of the fact that we are not feeling positive at all.

Soul Restoration At Sunrise
by Johnny Gillespie

Not long ago, a simple trip to the beach to perform yoga asanas at sunrise proved to be both a cleansing experience as well as a sacred one. This came about as a result of my search for peace and spiritual well-being during the turmoil of transition. After mentally succumbing to the emotional and physical fatigue of a rapid succession of life changing events, I had lost any optimism that spirituality had ever instilled within me. Because of all the familiar faces and settings changing and leaving my life, I was convinced that I was alone, vulnerable to the ills of life, overwhelmed with choices, and that if there was a connection to a universal Source, that I had permanently lost alignment with it.