Vision Magazine

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Feature Stories

Revolution - Revelation - Reconciliation

by Blayney Colmore

Jon and I were seminary classmates in 1965 at the Episcopal Theological School in Cambridge, two blocks from Harvard Square. We hadn’t been close friends. In fact, Jon dissed me in our Systematic Theology class for trying to sound erudite.

Reclaiming Our Roots: A Return to the Soil
A Conversation with Dr. Vandana Shiva

by Elyssa Paige

In our world of urban sprawl, it’s commonplace for corporate names and logos to be plastered on everything that meets the eye. But what happens when corporations seek ownership of the source of people’s livelihoods, thereby removing what has been an inherent right of nature and our place within it?

Astrology May 2009

astrology sign Taurus: Emperor (Knight of Cups) 4/20-5/21 Life can sometimes seem so serious that we cut ourselves off from experiencing pleasure. Caught up in fulfilling our responsibilities, we often forget that our inner world deserves the same attention. Your list of obligations may double this month and equally, so will your need for peace. Find a way to balance work with pleasure, or you may get burned out. Around the 21st, it’s likely that a charming young man or woman will enter your life. If you’re open to dating, this is great; if you’re not, be careful not to be swept away by fantasy.

Visionary Artist

Viewpoint

The Human Revolution

by Jeff Welsh, PhD, MA, HHP

The concept of “human revolution” has been applied to many fields of study, from anthropology and biology, to computer science and linguistics.

Mind States

A New Flame, A New Earth

by Sarah Liddle

Now is the time for you to stop shedding tears over the sadness of humanity. Stop crying over all of the terrible happenings of this world. Start being the center, the soul, and the divine light of flame.

by Patricia Alfano

Their frail bodies lay prone on the gymnasium floor, like ripples on a sand dune. Two people had already died and a few others looked like they might not survive.

Living Arts

Rio de Janeiro After Dark

by Daphne Carpenter

My first encounter with the semi-automatic gunslinging little soldiers of Rio‘s Tabajaras favela was alarmingly bizarre. It was around 10 p.m. on a Tuesday night.

Shaken and Stirred:
The LifeQuake Phenomenon

evil © 2009 by Michael Raysses

Every once in awhile, a book captures what’s going on within people’s personal lives, as well within the institutions that help frame those lives. The LifeQuake Phenomenon: How to Thrive (Not Just Survive) in Times of Personal and Global Upheaval, by Dr. Toni Galardi is arguably such a book.

LifeQuake™

Ask the LifeQuake™ Doctor
Dr. Toni Galardi

Ask the LifeQuake™ Doctor Dr. Toni Galardi Dear Dr. Toni:
I have been in recovery for a marijuana addiction for about a year. I went into an inpatient treatment facility and dealt with some of the issues that were driving it. I am a 22-year-old artist who is supporting himself by waiting tables.

Holistic Products

evil It is common, if not expected, to celebrate annual occasions like birthdays and anniversaries—but how often do we celebrate ourselves just for being who we are? Soulebrate greeting cards do just that in a unique and divinely inspired way.

Alcohol Detoxifying Bracelet

evil How I love Vaishali; she is life incarnate. A teacher of Swedenborgian information, she’s got so much energy that I can rarely keep up with her. Every time I see her, I am amazed by her vitality. Vaishali recently showed me a bracelet that she’d created, which was not only beautiful, but useful if you like wine or any other type of alcohol.

Holistic Living

The Healing Power of Colloidal Silver

by Billy Whelan

The “Garden Island” of Kauai is truly paradise. I had planned this two-and-a-half-day campout in Hawaii for weeks. Picture it: The October full moon on the remote beach of Poli-Hale at the south side of the Pali with a beautiful woman. It doesn’t get much better.

Tissue Memory and Bowenwork

by Karin Twohig

The concept of tissue memory says that the body’s cells have the ability to retain memories of trauma. These memories include the emotional environment at the time of the trauma and are explicitly stored in the tissue, not the central nervous system.

Karma: What Lies Beneath the Turmoil

by Dr. Joseph Costa

The world unrest mounting today is being fed by desperation over money. Fear of having no money is spreading across the globe. What is at the root of all this unrest? Is it jealousy over land, power, and money? Is it about color or nationality?

Reviews

Our Goal Is God:
A Guide to Spiritual Awakening

breast cancer A spiritual journey is never easy, often bringing many questions and little explanations. Who are we? Where do we come from? Where are we going? Most people want to find the answers by using the same information that we have been taught for centuries. It is always refreshing to discover an alternative explanation to these important questions.

Emotional Freedom:
Liberate Yourself from Negative Emotions and Transform Your Life

breast cancer We live in a tumultuous, fear-dominated period in history and must become masters at overcoming fear and negative emotions so that they don’t sabotage our power. With skill and compassion, Dr. Orloff shows us how to become heroes in our own lives by transforming anger, loneliness, envy and more, rather than simply “reacting” when our buttons get pushed.

Vision Cafe

Preserving an Ancient Culture for a Modern Time

breast cancer Drupon Samten Rinpoche was one of the first Tibetan Buddhist lamas from the Drikung Kagyu order of Tibetan Buddhism sent to the United States in 1987 after completing the traditional three year meditation retreat. During this retreat, he remained in isolation from the outside world for three years, three months and three days.

Bay Area - Free Natural Medicine Clinic Draws Crowds

breast cancer Living in this fast paced impersonal world makes it easy to forget that being natural is simple. The vision of Be Well Integral Healing Space, located in Oakland, CA, is to provide a place for people to cultivate awareness, healthy life skills, and participate in healing experiences that are facilitated by compassionate, educated, and embodied Well Beings.

Regional

Vegin' Out - A Conversation with Tim and Dan Boissy

by Elyssa Paige

When most omnivores sit down to a meal, they’re blissfully detached from how a cow became the T-bone on their plates.

Culture

Wesak Festival
Blessings for Transforming Consciousness

As the history of mankind progresses, humanity now faces its greatest struggle: to regain a balance of life in order to secure a future for the planet.

Greek to Me

Unless and Until: Tim DeChristopher and the Infinite Egg

© 2009 by Michael Raysses

When I was in college, a friend of mine who was studying physics told me about an interesting theory. It posited that if you dropped an infinite number of eggs off a two-story building, ultimately one of those eggs would not only not shatter on impact but would actually bounce back to the point from which it was dropped.

Earthwatch

Eco-Friendly Tips to Save Money

by Carol Bozich

Our planet is a small part of the universe. The rhythmical cycle of our earth plane sustains us physically, spiritually and emotionally.

A Final Word

by Sydney L. Murray

Often I am struck by how those dead cells that grow out of our scalps can define our appearance. New World Encyclopedia defines hair as “a filamentous outgrowth of dead cells from the skin, found only in mammals.”