In this moment of writing, I am happily ensconced in a rustic studio on a fresh little trout pond in the Santa Ynez valley (CA), where I am visiting one of my (3) younger brothers. First of all, this part of the world is gorgeous … I had no idea that going 30 miles inland [...]

Just watched a most excellent debate on the question “Does God Have a Future” on Nightline, which took place last March 14 at Caltech, between Deepak Chopra and Jean Houston on the side representing spiritual mysticism, and Sam Harris and Michael Shermer representing scientific atheism. All I can say is “Wow, thank you God!” (irony [...]

Recently, I had the pleasure to attend a John Gray weekend seminar — at his beautiful Hilltop Ranch in Mendocino. This one focused on the biological bases of gender differences. Of course, we remember John Gray as the author of “Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus“ (who was on my Pathways radio show [...]

This is a call for a little help. I’ve been asked to audition for a new Advice Column in a spiritually-oriented alternative magazine. So, now I am asking you to pretend I’m Dear Abby and ask me for some decision-making or personal strategy advice! (This column could even show up on Tarot.com in the future [...]

Last weekend, Rick and Jeff — Tarot.com’s esteemed astrologer team (and two of the best in the world) — held their annual winter retreat at Breitenbush Hot Springs in the old growth forest of the Cascades mountain range of Oregon, a spectacularly beautiful place with exceptional features. First of all, there is the largest surface [...]

Last weekend, I took myself to the Esalen Institute at Big Sur, California — probably the most beautiful hot springs spa in the world. While I was there, I sat in on a workshop on Finding True Love by Daphne Rose Kingma, author of the book of the same name. (Rather than going out on [...]

The tragedy of the commons refers to a situation in which individuals (or corporations) — representing only their own self-interest — will ultimately deplete or despoil a shared limited resource (”the commons”) even when it is clear that it is not in anyone’s long-term interest for this to happen. The traditional example is of herders [...]

One of my resolutions is to cast the I Ching oracle once a week, to ask the universe for insight on a wide question or concern and share the results. I am using the free I Ching reading feature on tarot.com — http://www.tarot.com/oracle. I decided to ask the Oracle about our dismal economy, so I type [...]

One of several profound lessons I gleaned from Gay Hendrick’s incredible book, Conscious Living, was  how intelligent it is to focus only on things you can change. As for the things you cannot change, we can learn to accept them and learn from them without letting them throw us off track. How much time and energy [...]

What a great discussion in the last blog of how we humans can create victimness for ourselves … and thank you to all who made such insightful comments! Not all victimness is self-made, and even though I focused on “victim consciousness,” I did not state that there are no true victims. Obviously, children can be [...]