At first I wasn’t sure what to make of Deborah King’s new book “Be Your Own Shaman”. Coming from a fundamentalist Christian upbringing a word like “Shaman” made me wonder “is this some strange occult book?” And while I now have a much more liberal spiritual orientation my first impression was that King’s book could be on the fringe side. …
Monthly Archives: April 2011
On Thursday night I was treated to a concert featuring two of my favorite artists of my teen years. Olivia Newton-John hosted an evening of song and memories of John Denver, as part of Denver’s posthumous induction into the newly formed Colorado Music Hall Of Fame. I was never much into music as a teen in the early 70’s. Until …
Only the strong survive! Survival of the fittest is the fundamental law of nature! Winning isn’t everything, it’s the only thing! We’ve all be raised with these ideas. Since Charles Darwin’s time assumptions like the above have been key to our understanding of the way the World works. The new documentary “I Am” challenges these long standing beliefs. The film’s …
I was never much into meditation. As I continued to pursue the spiritual path, though, I found the subject kept coming up from teachers and authors I respected. “A consistent meditation practice is the foundation of spiritual growth” was the message I’d get from one source or another. In the past I made attempts at meditation. In classes I have …