Angels on Earth
DOLPHINS!
Is there any sight more uplifting?
4 min |
July/Aug 2020
Angels on Earth
Me and the Old Oak Tree
I was 10 years old and in over my head
4 min |
July/Aug 2020
Angels on Earth
Promise of the Asian Pear Tree
Neither the little stick nor I bloomed where we were planted
6 min |
July/Aug 2020
Angels on Earth
Riptide look-alikes
It didn’t dawn on me until I was safe back on the beach
3 min |
July/Aug 2020
Angels on Earth
My Friend, King
Even as a boy, I knew he was a man well named
7 min |
July/Aug 2020
Angels on Earth
Tomatoes to the rescue
Learning to make my great-grandmother’s sauce saved me in new motherhood
4 min |
July/Aug 2020
Heartfulness eMagazine
The Kitchen of Love
JOHAN DE SMIDT is a journalist and photographer from Cape Town, South Africa, who visited the Heartfulness Headquarters at Kanha Shanti Vanam before COVID-19 struck, and documented some of the activities. Here he showcases the kitchen, which since March has been supplying meals to up to 50,000 disadvantaged people per day in the wake of COVID-19.
5 min |
June 2020
Heartfulness eMagazine
Transforming Awareness: Being a Life Coach
In October 2019, PETER J. REDING spoke with VICTOR KANNAN about being a pioneer in the field of professional Life Coaching. In part 1, they speak about the role of helping people to be authentic and raising awareness.
10+ min |
June 2020
Heartfulness eMagazine
The Second Arrow
MEREDITH KLEIN shares her thoughts and experience on self-generosity, and especially how to avoid the Buddha’s concept of the second arrow.
2 min |
June 2020
Heartfulness eMagazine
The Key to Better Connections
I was fourteen when my mother left me at boarding school in India. I’m from South Africa and I was so far away from home.
2 min |
June 2020
Heartfulness eMagazine
THE IMPORTANCE OF MAINTENANCE IN YOUR LIFE
DR. ICHAK ADIZES shares some thoughts on maintenance and how to make the most of the current corona crisis to prepare the foundation for the future.
3 min |
June 2020
Heartfulness eMagazine
Memories
ANIRUDH DHANDA explores the way memories trigger heartfelt events and people from the past, and remind us of situations that evoke emotional responses. Is this what being human is all about?
2 min |
June 2020
Heartfulness eMagazine
An Art Essay Expressions - PART 2
In this delightful interview and art essay, BHAMINI SHREE shares her journey of expression through painting with MEGHANA ANAND. Through art, gradually she was able to manage her depression, expand her self expression, and also develop her art as a career. In part 2, Bhamini tells us more about Madhubani Folk Art.
6 min |
June 2020
Heartfulness eMagazine
LOVE AND GENEROSITY
According to Google, the definition of generosity of the heart is, “One of the ways we come into balance and connection with each other; life is by giving from the heart.
1 min |
June 2020
Heartfulness eMagazine
From Tolerance to Appreciation
MARILYN TURKOVICH is the current Executive Director of the Charter for Compassion, which provides an umbrella for people to engage in collaborative partnerships worldwide. In December 2019, she spoke with MEGHANA ANAND about the organization, its partners, and the work done through the Charter in different countries. Marilyn is an educationist-author and writes about world religions and cultures, bringing out their diverse and uniting threads.
10+ min |
June 2020
Heartfulness eMagazine
A User's Guide to Living - Part 6 - TRUTH & AUTHENTICITY
DAAJI continues his series on everyday living, introducing the fifth universal principle of the User’s Guide, which is about truthfulness and acceptance of whatever hardships come our way. As a starting point, this fifth principle helps us to live a contented, peaceful life, with acceptance and compassion. Then, as we progress, it guides us towards the ultimate nature of Truth and Reality.
10+ min |
June 2020
Spirituality & Health
Lindsay Stripling
S&H editor Ben Nussbaum talked with San Francisco-based artist Linday Stripling about watercolors, dreams, and making the leap to being a full-time artist.
4 min |
May/June 2020
Spirituality & Health
MORE THAN SKIN DEEP
LAVONNE LEONG bites into the apples of the future.
6 min |
May/June 2020
Spirituality & Health
MINDFULNESS IN DIFFICULT TIMES
We interviewed SHARON SALZBERG for this issue (see page 70) to honor her remarkable career. With COVID-19 on everyone’s mind as we went to print, she graciously allowed us to share an adapted excerpt from Real Happiness.
5 min |
May/June 2020
Spirituality & Health
The Healing Power of Rumi
WHEN MELODY MOEZZI WAS HOSPITALIZED, RUMI’S WORDS, READ TO HER AS THEY HAD BEEN HER ENTIRE LIFE BY HER FATHER, OFFERED A PATH TO HEALING.
9 min |
May/June 2020
Spirituality & Health
The Ocean of Rumi
SCHOLAR OF ISLAM AND RUMI LOVER POURIA MONTAZERI TALKS ABOUT THE CONTEXT THAT’S GETTING LOST IN TRANSLATION.
7 min |
May/June 2020
Spirituality & Health
DANCING, HEALING
JULIE PETERS talks with Indigenous dance artist Olivia C. Davies about dance as a healing practice.
6 min |
May/June 2020
Spirituality & Health
The Shift at 60
The change in later life can be just as dramatic and rewarding as the change from adolescence to adulthood. AN INTERVIEW WITH CHARLES GARFIELD, PHD
10+ min |
May/June 2020
Spirituality & Health
The Way of the Soul
INSPIRED BY RUMI’S POETRY, DEEP CURIOSITY, AND A WISH TO LEARN MORE ABOUT ISLAM, KATE GREEN TRIPP, A SANTA CRUZ-BASED EDITOR AND YOGA TEACHER, TRAVELED TO TURKEY.
7 min |
May/June 2020
Spirituality & Health
Adrienne Enriquez and Alysson Enriquez
Tequia Burt tells the story of two Portland women who are welcoming newcomers and honoring their own family.
3 min |
May/June 2020
Spirituality & Health
A Blip in the Cosmos
Author and teacher RABBI RAMI SHAPIRO is encouraging Perennial Wisdom to lead us beyond alienation and isolation to integration and unity, based on Genesis 12:3: “You shall be a blessing to all the families of the earth.”
5 min |
May/June 2020
Mysterious Ways
A Change of Plans
I lay awake in bed, bleary-eyed from a night of drinking, exhausted yet unable to sleep. I hated living like this but felt powerless to stop.
5 min |
June/July 2020
Mysterious Ways
Divine Diagnosis
“Colt, I think I’m going to die.” My wife, Krystyna, struggled to get the words out. I had to lean in to hear her. Her voice was weak. She looked small in the hospital bed, her skin pale and shining with sweat.
4 min |
June/July 2020
Mysterious Ways
Mom's Bible
I was leaving work when my phone rang.
3 min |
June/July 2020
Mysterious Ways
News From Around Our Wonderful World
San Marcos, Texas In February 2019, college student Gabby Tropea’s cat, Boko, found a way to thank her for taking him in as a stray.
2 min |