Living Mindfully
Now is the Time to Turn Up the Light
I am standing in a long line waiting to vote again in the GA Senate run-offs. The stakes are a little different now from my last long wait line, and although the wait is not quite the valiant 5 hours I stood to vote for the 2020 general elections, it is still long and just…
Read MoreThe Choices we make: Confronting Racism, The ‘Other’ and The Fear Within
I remember the day in 1985 when I officially became an American. Standing proud with my new little American flag in hand, together with about 50 others from all over the world, I recited the Oath of Allegiance to what I hoped, no assumed, was a country and a future that stood for freedom of…
Read MoreThe Promise of Passover and Easter
It is the beginning of Passover, and soon it will be Easter. Despite their differences, both of these holidays tell profound stories of movement from limitation to spiritual expansion. In Judaism at the Passover Seder, we remember what it was like to be enslaved, and we recite the steps that were needed at the time…
Read MoreCrisis or Opportunity
We are living in strange and uncharted times. Our genetic programming is to be on alert when we enter unknown territory. The ancestral aspect of our brain, our limbic system, or reptilian brain, is designed to keep us safe from predators and other dangers. But we are not only primitive organisms. We are complex people,…
Read MoreWorkings of the Conscious Mind
This article was first published in the Atlanta Conscious Life Journal on November 13, 2018. Click here to read the published article. Workings of the Conscious Mind Our mind works in interesting ways. Our conditioning and past trauma create beliefs that have very real consequences for the way we make choices. When we are…
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