By Nancy MacMillan “I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night” Nancy MacMillan The stars are brilliant these cool nights. When I go out for my goodnight gaze, they shine down insistently. The immensity often too much. Forcing me to be with the limits of …...Read More

“Your body is precious. It is your vehicle for awakening. Treat it with care.” ~Buddha For years, I thought I was healthy. I was eating what I thought was a “balanced” diet, working out regularly (mostly cardio and HIIT), and I felt like I was ticking all the boxes for …...Read More

These are the songs Paul McCartney secretly wishes had his name on them, along with his other favourite tracks, writes Karen Rockett in the Express. (On number 3 is Chinmaya’s ‘Chance Meeting’) He’s written and released over 500 songs and has had more than 20 number one hits with The …...Read More

By Eli Bliliuos How to Learn about your Past Lives Imagine life as a video game, but instead of just one level, you get to play again and again, each time with a new character and a new set of challenges. That’s kind of what some people believe about reincarnation …...Read More

Saten recollects the successful, and less successful, experiments in our farming practices in Oregon (Part 3) I will do a story on the evolution of our greenhouses. We began at Surdas with a rudimentary south-facing passive solar greenhouse that was carved out of the hillside above the office trailer and …...Read More

“Sometimes letting go is the ultimate act of love—both for the other person and for yourself.” ~Unknown I never imagined that the same classroom where I found love would become the first chapter of a story about letting go. Ten years ago, as an undergraduate student full of dreams and …...Read More

“Here we teach how to die and get resurrected. Are you ready?” I am reminded of a disciple of Confucius. He asked Confucius, “I have heard so much about Lao Tzu….” They were contemporaries. Sometimes it happens almost like a chain-reaction.… In China there was Confucius, a great thinker but …...Read More

“Rest and self-care are so important. When you take time to replenish your spirit, it allows you to serve others from the overflow. You cannot serve from an empty vessel.” ~Eleanor Brownn My breaking point came on a Monday morning at 6 a.m. It had been the same routine for …...Read More

Written by Manny Sarduy __________ Manny Sarduy is a student I taught over 45 years ago who lost a dear friend recently. Manny was looking through old high school photos of three of his teachers. I am one of those teachers and was so inspired by this narrative he shared …...Read More

Christo remembers his involvement with music since childhood My first musical achievement was a scholarship to Sutton Valence, a minor public school in Kent where I was sent, aged 8, to endure 10 years of brutalist education or ‘character building’; learning to obey orders, repress one’s emotions and ‘be a …...Read More