Environment
Today is Blog Action Day. The organizers have chosen to highlight the environment. Here’s my contribution: Everything Around Us Environment. What does it mean? The word itself is derived from Middle...
View ArticleAwakening
Between birth and death is the hopscotch of daily despondency. Dimly in the background, the whoosh of eternity is coursing through my cells. The alarm clock of awakening is on perpetual snooze. It...
View ArticleYes We Can
No matter how you feel about the presidential candidates, where your loyalties are, how jaded or inspired you may be about the state of the world, this is one of those time-outs we can take from the...
View ArticleDo you still want to eat meat?
Graphic video warning! Largest Recall of Ground Beef Is Ordered New York Times By ANDREW MARTIN Published: February 18, 2008 A California meat company on Sunday issued the largest beef recall in...
View ArticleEarth Hour 2008
I just signed up to the new Earth Hour website for 2008 and I thought you might like to take a look and possibly sign up too. Earth Hour is on 29 March 2008 at 8pm, and it looks like it’s going to be...
View ArticleGive Wild Turtles a Break
From The Center for Biological Diversity Please help us protect wild freshwater turtles in the southern United States from collection by commercial wildlife dealers. The Center has organized a...
View ArticleReiki for gas efficiency
Reiki to increase gas mileage Today I purchased gas at $3.79 & 9/10ths (what’s that all about?!) using a website that helps you locate the best prices in your area. More to the point, I’ve...
View ArticleLandmark Statement on global warming
The Union of Concerned Scientists released a landmark statement, signed by more than 1,700 prominent U.S. scientists and economists that calls for swift and deep reductions in our nation’s global...
View ArticleWeather, earth & humanity
June 1 marked the start of the Atlantic Hurricane season. Recently we’ve witnessed the cyclone in Myanmar (Burma) and the earthquake in China. Weather events especially tornadoes have been ongoing in...
View ArticleUnleash the Future
A video series with journalist and storyteller Miriam Horn who shares the story of some of the leading innovators and entrepreneurs on the cutting edge of the clean energy vanguard. Horn—co-author with...
View ArticleBlog Action Day: Poverty
October 15, 2008 is Blog Action Day, an annual nonprofit event that aims to unite the world’s bloggers, podcasters and videocasters, to post about the same issue on the same day. The aim is to raise...
View ArticlePractical karma
Last night in the monthly dojo (teaching hall) meeting I hold with Reiki practitioners I’ve trained, the subject of karma came up. Karma, like some other key words and teachings from the world’s wisdom...
View ArticleBiodiversity and the United Nations
There’s no time like the start of the year to plunge headlong into conservation issues. The United Nations thinks so too. Read on to find out why. But first let’s talks about dolphins. “Dolphins have...
View ArticleManifesto of Peace: A prose poem
Heart Light© Pamir Kiciman 2010Click to view full-size We are a community of men, women and children. We live, breathe and exist together in our community. Our community is our home, even though we...
View ArticleThe shifting world
Global shifts are happening at an accelerated rate and bringing all of us right into the midst of events happening thousands of miles away through worldwide communications, fueled by new technologies...
View ArticleShifting the world the healing way
I feel compelled to write about the global sociopolitical events of the past few weeks. In the previous post, I mentioned that recent events are scary, especially on the surface. Under the surface,...
View ArticleEgypt 2.0
It’s impossible to ignore the shifting sands of current global events. The previous two posts (The shifting world and Shifting the world the healing way) attempt to make sense of what’s going on and...
View ArticleWhat is it to be Empowered?
In its simplest, most direct manifestation, to be empowered is already happening if you’re consciously involved in working on yourself. If this work is psychological, spiritual or better a combination,...
View ArticleThe Bliss of Ignorance or the Bliss of Awake Spirituality?
The spiritual/religious experience has been basically the same in all epochs and cultures. It has always been an experience of oneness and belonging. William James described it as the sense of entering...
View ArticleThe Nature of Peace
Peace is an active state. It isn’t a blissed-out state of inaction. Peace isn’t ignoring what is, denying the facts or some sort of escape. It seems peace is often mistaken for aloofness or disengaged...
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