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Christmas is celebrated across the world as the birth of Jesus Christ, the light that entered a dark and divided world. Yet, when seen through the combined lenses of astronomy, astrology, and ...

We know for a fact he is in the flight logs; we’ve known that for years. We know he’ll blame proof of his guilt on…AI, on Democrats, or start a war or blame Clinton if he needs to distract us. We know ...

She would have been 93, now. Unending Love I seem to have loved you in numberless forms, numberless times… In life after life, in age after age, forever. My spellbound heart has made and ...

Everyone around us struggles in marriage. But you wouldn’t know it because most people feel bad about their struggle, so they hide it. I have yet to meet a couple who were not challenged to some ...

In one of the stamens of the flower of the world is Pemako in the shape of Vajra Yogini lying down. Outer, inner and secret levels correspond to the levels of the mind. In the secret chakra of Vajra ...

I love beautiful music and enjoy playing it from time to time, but I usually prefer no music at all in the home, on my bike, when I work. My mind is active enough, I have enough going on! Too many of ...

11 Spiritual Books that Blew my Mind. My ultimate reading list of wisdom-filled spiritual books that have made a huge difference in my own journey. Add them to your book bucket list, you won’t regret ...

“The day science begins to study non-physical phenomena, it will make more progress in one decade than in all the previous centuries of its existence. To understand the true nature of the universe, ...

“If I needed you, would you come to me, would you come to me to ease my pain? If you needed me, I would come to you, I would come to you to ease your pain.” ~ Townes Van Zandt This used to be one of ...

She was done not fully being herself. She realized she was the only self she could be—and not being unapologetically true to herself was a disservice to her soul and the world. She was done listening ...

Other articles on this subject on Elephant Journal: The Sex Lives of Monks: Confessions of Kalu Rinpoche and Sex, Death, Sacrifice & Waking Up. Comments worth the read. ~ ed. Believe nothing merely ...