Practical Wisdom for Extraordinary Living
Too many have dispensed with generosity in order to practice charity. ~ Albert Camus From last week’s Seven, like the current Mercury retrograde, we seem to be going backwards. Returning for a visit exactly one year later, the Six of Pentacles appears this week of the Full Moon, in the middle of global financial crisis. [...]
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As you know, on Wednesdays, I usually take a break from opinions and rhetoric. But this is just too important, and it is mostly a graphic, not an essay. According to The Atlantic and The New York Times, any coherent, honest discussion of the debt ceiling should include this chart. It is a graphic of [...]
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Every human being is the author of his own health or disease. ~ The Buddha Prompted by our discussions last week, astrologer Lynn Hayes, offers additional insight about the Sixth House. Hopefully, we can coax Lynn, who is a very busy woman, to add some more commentary as we go along. Naturally, I also invite [...]
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The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work. ~ Emile Zola As we discussed yesterday, the Sixth House may be thought of the House of Duty and Health. It is often spoken of as the House that concerns your day job (as compared to the Tenth House which many [...]
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As you know, on the weekends, I like to turn my blog over to the creativity and views of other artists, visionaries, and thoughtful voices. Today, I am posting some news from Jason-Pitzl Waters’ blog of Pagan news, The Wild Hunt. It includes a powerful quote from my friend and colleague at Cherry Hill Seminary, [...]
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Past the seeker as he prayed came the crippled and the beggar and the beaten. And seeing them…he cried, “Great God, how is it that a loving creator can see such things and yet do nothing about them?”… And God said, “I did do something. I made you.” ~ Sufi Teaching Yesterday, I talked about [...]
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There is a sufficiency in the world for man’s need but not for man’s greed. ~ Mahatma Gandhi As we continue our visit in the Second House of the astrological chart, we are discussing possessions, the deep human impulse of ownership and our material side. Of course, this is such a volatile area for most [...]
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As you know, on the weekends I like to share the views and voices of other visionaries. I don’t indulge in expressing my political opinions here as much as I used to, as I am increasingly discouraged with politics even being relevant to how we must progress as a species. But for today, I backslide [...]
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As you know, on the weekends, I like to highlight the words, views, and creations of other visionaries. Today’s excerpt from a speech by Dr. Martin Luther King comes a week before his U.S. birthday celebration, but I think we need to be reminded now. from The Power of Non-violence Martin Luther King, Jr. June [...]
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Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live. – Exodus 22:18 On this day in 1985, the American House and Senate dropped the “Helms amendment,” which would have specifically barred the IRS from granting tax-exempt status to groups that promote Witchcraft. And on this day in 1998, only twelve years ago, the Vatican finally took [...]
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