PATHWAYS OF POSSIBILITY

Here Maria Pierleoni tells of how an educational game in her third-grade classroom soon turned into a much deeper exploration and...

Have you ever had a challenging time in your life when you just really needed a moment to carry you through? If so, you are not alone. Here Teresa Sullivan tells of just such a moment. Once while walking on Narragansett Beach in Rhode Island, I saw a seagull swoop down and pick up a big clam shell and fly up to a good height and drop it. I thought it was by mistake at first. But he swooped down and picked it up again, and then he flew back up to the same height and dropped it

Words are an essential part of our lives — but is there more to them than simply tools of communication? In this article, Jerry Pike...

Gail Fillion hadn't known what an aura was—until the day she suddenly saw one. Here she recalls this long ago, memorable experience. Many years ago, long before I became familiar with the term “aura,” I had the experience of suddenly seeing one for the very first time. It was during a weekend trip to Chicago with some friends who, like me, were seeking to find and follow a spiritual path in life. We had gone to spend time with a woman named Arlene who lived with her teenage s

In this article, Tina and Graeme Allan look inside our homes and introduce how home design has boxed us in, preventing us from naturally...

Here Natasha Thomsen explores the relationship between the brain and developing a spiritual life —and how we can learn to understand,...

Deirdre Chitwood has a passion for animals. She's lived with them, cared for them and worked with them for years. Here she shares her...

Often we say "thank you" without much thought—"Thank you for the coffee"..."Thank you for the change"..."Thank you for holding the...

The human design is a marvel of complex physical, chemical and energetic systems and processes. In this article, Teresa Sullivan...

No matter what we may think we know, we never really know what the future may bring until it arrives. In this allegorical story from...

Teresa Sullivan recollects spending a lovely summer day in Paris that took a decidedly unexpected turn—and led to a most memorable encounter. One summer while staying with a family friend in Paris, I paid a visit to Montmartre. The day was sunny and warm. It was a perfect day for having a portrait done, eating ice cream, meeting people and buying a painting. Being a young twenty-something, I got caught up in the day without thinking much about the future. When it turned dark,

Our responses to anything in life depend greatly upon how we see the situation at hand. Here Don Giuliano explores the matter of perspective and how with practice, it can be adjusted over time to help us see things less personally and more clearly, leading to more considered responses and fewer mindless reactions. Greater Perspective = Less Reactivity Many of us live in a hyper-sensitive, polarized state of reactivity that seems to constitute everyday life. Often, we find o