http://www.examiner.com/x-806-SF-Spirituality-Examiner?cid=exrss-SF-Spirituality-Examiner en-us Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:29:55 -0700 Wed, 05 Aug 2009 19:44:57 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-806-SF-Spirituality-Examiner~y2009m8d5-The-light-the-dark-and-the-center?cid=exrss-SF-Spirituality-Examiner   I've continued to have conversations these past few days about light and dark and how the last 2500 years of spirituality have mostly motivated people to fly up toward the light and leave everything dark behind or beneath them. One comme... the light the dark the center Wed, 05 Aug 2009 19:44:57 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-806-SF-Spirituality-Examiner~y2009m8d5-The-light-the-dark-and-the-center?cid=exrss-SF-Spirituality-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-806-SF-Spirituality-Examiner~y2009m8d4-Animal-realization--smelly-allies?cid=exrss-SF-Spirituality-Examiner   I was talking with someone newly interested in our work today, a young mother, a medical doctor by profession and also, interestingly, a graduate of a several-year course in shamanic training in South Africa. She mentioned she had had an awak... Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:21:06 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-806-SF-Spirituality-Examiner~y2009m8d4-Animal-realization--smelly-allies?cid=exrss-SF-Spirituality-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-806-SF-Spirituality-Examiner~y2009m8d3-NASA-moonbombing-project-a-Cyclopean-solar-victory-for-hypermasculine-consciousness?cid=exrss-SF-Spirituality-Examiner   Linda and I are preparing for our first teaching journey in the UK, in the latter half of August. One of our new contacts there, a wise and radiant woman named Tessa Maskell, sent me a note this morning with the subject, "NASA bombing th... solar lunar ages hypermasculine consciousness Mon, 03 Aug 2009 20:07:44 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-806-SF-Spirituality-Examiner~y2009m8d3-NASA-moonbombing-project-a-Cyclopean-solar-victory-for-hypermasculine-consciousness?cid=exrss-SF-Spirituality-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-806-SF-Spirituality-Examiner~y2009m5d12-The-passing-of-a-lion-of-humane-humanity?cid=exrss-SF-Spirituality-Examiner Leonard Schlain at his home in Mill Valley not too long ago My heart sagged and tears came to my eyes when I saw news this morning of the passing of a truly great man of our time, Mill Valley resident Dr. Leonard Schlain. Schlain died at home M... Leonard Schlain's death Sex Time and Power Tue, 12 May 2009 14:25:58 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-806-SF-Spirituality-Examiner~y2009m5d12-The-passing-of-a-lion-of-humane-humanity?cid=exrss-SF-Spirituality-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-806-SF-Spirituality-Examiner~y2009m5d11-One-who-is-truly-intelligent-simply-allows-all-of-this-to-be-so?cid=exrss-SF-Spirituality-Examiner I Great scripture, over the millennia, has invited not only great commentary but also great poetic or didactic fresh expression. This often works best, or at least goes down easiest for traditional readers, when the material being expressed anew or... Bhagavad Gita dealing with negativity Mon, 11 May 2009 19:21:34 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-806-SF-Spirituality-Examiner~y2009m5d11-One-who-is-truly-intelligent-simply-allows-all-of-this-to-be-so?cid=exrss-SF-Spirituality-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-806-SF-Spirituality-Examiner~y2009m4d16-Secession-threats-recession-realities-and-American?cid=exrss-SF-Spirituality-Examiner   Some time back, maybe around election time or shortly thereafter, I read an article in an international financial newspaper about how some group in Russia had come up with, for them, a hopeful notion.They felt there was a serious possibility ... secession threats split-ism in America Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:02:19 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-806-SF-Spirituality-Examiner~y2009m4d16-Secession-threats-recession-realities-and-American?cid=exrss-SF-Spirituality-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-806-SF-Spirituality-Examiner~y2009m3d11-What-will-it-take-to-grow-enough-spiritually-to-outgrow-partisan-polarization?cid=exrss-SF-Spirituality-Examiner   Stephen Dinan, the former director of marketing and membership at the Institute of Noetic Sciences in Petaluma, is working on a wonderful book called Sacred America. Though it's still a manuscript in progress, he's kindly given me permission ... transcending political polarities fundamentalism Wed, 11 Mar 2009 14:37:38 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-806-SF-Spirituality-Examiner~y2009m3d11-What-will-it-take-to-grow-enough-spiritually-to-outgrow-partisan-polarization?cid=exrss-SF-Spirituality-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-806-SF-Spirituality-Examiner~y2009m2d19-A-simple-way-to-create-loaves-and-fishes-in-challenging-times?cid=exrss-SF-Spirituality-Examiner  A recent oh-by-the-way footnote to the daily news was that GM is closing 5 factories and laying off some 47,000 workers.  Not so long ago that kind of news would be top headline disaster stuff. Now, we're already numb to it. It's more of ... Thu, 19 Feb 2009 13:20:36 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-806-SF-Spirituality-Examiner~y2009m2d19-A-simple-way-to-create-loaves-and-fishes-in-challenging-times?cid=exrss-SF-Spirituality-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-806-SF-Spirituality-Examiner~y2009m2d3-Support-our-children?cid=exrss-SF-Spirituality-Examiner  "Support Our Troops." Even in the darkest days of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, at least so far, few Americans would seriously contend against supporting our men and women in uniform. Whether we support the wars themselves or not,... school closings teacher firings children Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:36:30 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-806-SF-Spirituality-Examiner~y2009m2d3-Support-our-children?cid=exrss-SF-Spirituality-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-806-SF-Spirituality-Examiner~y2009m1d25-The-small-d-democratic-Inauguration-of-a-new-humanity?cid=exrss-SF-Spirituality-Examiner Quite the day indeed! Humanity won't forget it ... ever Shortly before the Inauguration of our first African-American President, Barack Obama, I was invited by Corey de Vos, the Managing Editor of Integral Naked and Audio Manager of Integral Lif... Obama Inauguration Sun, 25 Jan 2009 21:34:54 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-806-SF-Spirituality-Examiner~y2009m1d25-The-small-d-democratic-Inauguration-of-a-new-humanity?cid=exrss-SF-Spirituality-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-806-SF-Spirituality-Examiner~y2009m1d14-How-to-pray-during-the-Inaugural-Invocation?cid=exrss-SF-Spirituality-Examiner I I wrote recently about what I feel are the huge and unnecessary errors in Obama's choice of Pastor Rick Warren to give the Invocation at his Inauguration. (See my most recent post, "The spiritual tragedies in Obama's choice of Pastor Ric... Obama/Warren/Robinson pray during Invocation Wed, 14 Jan 2009 03:26:38 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-806-SF-Spirituality-Examiner~y2009m1d14-How-to-pray-during-the-Inaugural-Invocation?cid=exrss-SF-Spirituality-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-806-SF-Spirituality-Examiner~y2009m1d7-The-spiritual-tragedies-in-Obamas-choice-of-Pastor-Rick-Warren?cid=exrss-SF-Spirituality-Examiner Most people aren’t thinking a whole lot, right now, about the Pastor Rick Warren/Obama Inauguration controversy. Other issues, both serious and trivial, are currently capturing the nation’s and the world’s attention. But multipl... Obama's inauguration Rick Warren GLBT Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:11:40 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-806-SF-Spirituality-Examiner~y2009m1d7-The-spiritual-tragedies-in-Obamas-choice-of-Pastor-Rick-Warren?cid=exrss-SF-Spirituality-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-806-SF-Spirituality-Examiner~y2008m12d23-The-pledge-that-repels-you--a-curious-story-and-strange-gift-for-the-season-and-beyond?cid=exrss-SF-Spirituality-Examiner A gift that, ahem, bites...   Have you ever struggled to fulfill a commitment you’ve made to yourself, only at last to backslide and fail? Duh. Has any of us NOT? If you’re among that infinitesimal percentage of humans who hav... commitments disciplines gifts season of giving Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:32:32 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-806-SF-Spirituality-Examiner~y2008m12d23-The-pledge-that-repels-you--a-curious-story-and-strange-gift-for-the-season-and-beyond?cid=exrss-SF-Spirituality-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-806-SF-Spirituality-Examiner~y2008m12d5-Obama-and-recognition-of-God?cid=exrss-SF-Spirituality-Examiner  A North Bay friend who's an accomplished spiritual practitioner, in fact a realizer or "finder" rather than a "seeker," and is equally accomplished in business experience, is seeking a place in the Obama administration.We we... Obama and God faith his character Fri, 05 Dec 2008 16:04:16 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-806-SF-Spirituality-Examiner~y2008m12d5-Obama-and-recognition-of-God?cid=exrss-SF-Spirituality-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-806-SF-Spirituality-Examiner~y2008m12d4-Positive-Sinking-a-new-spiritual-trend?cid=exrss-SF-Spirituality-Examiner  I was talking with a longtime spiritual client recently and intended to use the phrase "positive thinking." But it came of "positive sinking." We both laughed. And then I realized it was one of those weighty slips of the ton... embodied awakening non-dual wisdom inner war Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:30:16 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-806-SF-Spirituality-Examiner~y2008m12d4-Positive-Sinking-a-new-spiritual-trend?cid=exrss-SF-Spirituality-Examiner