My life is in transition, moving from here to there, from there to here without a solid date on the final destination. I left my job, my house and my prior life behind 2 weeks ago, spent one week in New Jersey with Janet, My...
What Is It? Its a beautiful ancient symbol or pattern found in many places all over the world and with various designs and uses. The design itself can be found on jewelry, basketry, pottery, body art, instruments and wall etchings, but the most sought-after forms are...
Ladies and Gents, I spent 1 week with my daughter at home for the first time and had a more than a few epiphanies. You will most likely notice from the below that I don’t read parenting magazines or watch shows about it, I play...
Lotus: A Bright Shiny Jewel "Om Mani Padme Hum” is the most powerful Buddhist mantra and it means “Jewel in the lotus”. If meditated on or recited daily, this Sanskrit mantra is believed to clear negative karma and thoughts as it contains all of Buddha’s teachings...
Singing Bowls Within the practice of meditation, many tools and instruments are used and enjoyed. Some 2,600 years ago (560-480 B.C.) in Tibet, Buddha implemented in his teachings the use of free-standing bells called Tibetan or Himalayan singing bowls. These bowls are usually manually hammered and vary...
What is prayer? Praying is a solemn request for help or expression of thanks addressed to God or an object of worship that has been practiced for over 5000 years. The most commonly used synonyms are an invocation, devotion, interception. In the abstract, it is...
The Moon has always been a special symbol for me. It is always there in a subtle way. It plays with being coy and being magnetic at the same time, a magical balance. As Earth's only natural permanent satellite, it's 29.5-day cycle mirrors the rhythm...
Hamsa (meaning five), is a hand-shaped amulet or talisman, believed to protect from "evil eye" (universal negative energy) while providing health, happiness, healing, and miracles to whoever wears it. Thought to have originated in ancient Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq) under the Phoenicians between 1500-330 BCE, many...