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The Planet Was There Before Us and Will Be There After Us

DAAJI shares how caring for Mother Earth begins with eliminating thought pollution from the mind and nurturing the attitudes of love and reverence. When love and reverence are there, will we intentionally hurt anyone or anything, especially our Mother Earth?

Join the Peace Games

WILLIAM URY is an author, anthropologist, and one of the world's leading negotiators and mediators. He has spent his life building bridges in conflict situations and teaching other people how to do the same. His book, Getting to Yes, is a worldwide bestseller, translated into thirty-five languages. This is part 3 of an interview conducted by GUILA CLARA KESSOUS and JULIAN PÉLABÈRE on the occasion of the 2021 United Nations and NERA Humanity Prize, which was awarded to William for his efforts in promoting innovative thinking to change the world for a better future, to help us better understand what is negotiation, and how we can all live together for a better life, a better future.

A STORY OF Everlasting Love

V. RAMAKANTHA retells the legend of Savithri and Satyavan, which is centered around the Banyan tree, also known as the Tree of Life in India. The story is accompanied by a beautiful mural by the German artist, CHRISTIAN MACKENTANZ.

Billy Collins

“Read. Just Read,” advises Billy Collins. “The best teachers are not lecturing behind some seminar table, but are instead sitting quietly on the bookshelves of your home.”

A Better Friend

Victor Parachin dives into the Buddha’s advice for being a better friend.

Self-Care Tips from Slow Animals and Helpful Droids

Meditate with (rev) Sarah Bowen and her favorite creatures at sacredsendoffs.com/ meditations.

NO WRONG ANSWERS

CONFUSED ABOUT ORACLE CARDS? ORACLE EXPERTS EXPLAIN WHAT IT’S ALL ABOUT.

Follow your curiosity, find your purpose

My mother’s death at one hundred years old rocked my world.

SAMBA

FABIO KOEHLER is an artist and a musician who has been living away from his native Brazil for over six years. Here he shares the joy of samba and describes how people from all cultures have danced and made music to connect with life, transform pain into happiness, and come together in community.

Love animates the World

CHARLOTTE DUFOUR is a veteran in the fields of international cooperation and sustainable food systems. Here she is interviewed by KALPANA SAI of the Heartfulness Institute about the role of Yoga and spirituality in mental health and wellness. She shares some solutions for a world that seems more anxious and disconnected than ever

Live Life the Best You Can

FOUR ARROWS, aka DON TRENT JACOBS, Ph.D., Ed.D., is the author of numerous books, peerreviewed articles, and chapters on applications of the Indigenous Worldview as a proven solution to our existential world problems. Former Director of Education at Oglala, Lakota College, and currently professor at the School of Educational Leadership for Change at Fielding Graduate University, his academic work, spiritual life, and social/ecological justice activism have received international recognition. In part 3 of this series, he speaks with JUDITH NELSON from the Heartfulness Institute about how to work with worldviews and be the best person you can be.

Discover your TRUE NATURE

SAMUEL EISZELE explores the depths of happiness, reminding us that happiness and suffering coexist, and that true happiness is about intentions, integrity and innateness.

HAPPINESS IN AN Interconnected World

A common piece of advice is, "Don't let your happiness depend on others." KARISHAM KARA, a college student in South Africa, recognizes that as much as we strive to be independent we are inevitably interconnected and need one another to thrive and survive. Here she offers 8 tips to find happiness while balancing independence and interdependence.

Why We Need Negotiation

William Ury is an author, anthropologist, and one of the world's leading negotiators and mediators. He has spent his life building bridges in conflict situations and teaching other people how to do the same. His book, Getting to Yes, is a worldwide best seller, and is translated into thirty-five languages. In part 2 of his interview by Guila Clara Kessous, William speaks about what causes conflict, how men and women bring different qualities to negotiation, and how conflict resolution has evolved.

Sounds True

Tami Simon is the founder of the multimedia, Sounds True, and the educational program, The Inner MBA. Tami has grown Sounds True into North America's leading publisher of spoken-word spiritual teachings, and one of the world's very first organizations to operate along genuinely integral principles, with the emphasis on "multiple bottom lines" of purpose, profit, people, and planet. Here she speaks with Emilie Mogensen about the origins of Sounds True, and her own journey of disseminating spiritual wisdom.

Create Happiness Now

This month, DAAJI recommends three happiness habits. He also shares wisdom from the Bhagavad Gita, and from modern writers, to inspire us with confidence and help us on our way toward lasting happiness.

Lessons From an Underwater Monastery

“IF YOU LEAVE this earth before me, I’m becoming a monk,” I once told my husband, staring over the impossibly high-cliffed walls of Greece’s Meteora monasteries.

Jess Polanshek

S&H editor Ben Nussbaum spoke with artist Jess Polanshek about drawing porcupines, working at an art supply store, and embracing layers. Look for her work throughout the issue.

Hedonism and Spirituality

ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE FOR THE SPIRITUAL TRAVELER

NEW HOME, OLD TRADITION

KATE MADDEN YEE describes her spiritual journey, which took her back

JULIA CAMERON

“WE ARE NOT CREATED to be thwarted. Rather, we were made for full flowering,” creativity doyenne Julia Cameron writes in her new book, Seeking Wisdom: A Spiritual Path to Creative Connection. And Cameron’s career is testament to this: Beginning with The Artist’s Way, the creative unblocking primer she published in 1992 (it’s sold more than four million copies since), Cameron has not only nurtured her own creative life over decades, but she’s also sparked that of countless others through the use of down-to-earth tools such as daily writing and weekly Artist Dates—practices that, in her case, have led to more than 40 books of nonfiction, fiction, and memoir; four poetry collections; seven plays; and a feature film.

5 Care Tips: Pineal Gland

The pineal gland, which is about the size of a grain of rice, is located in the center of the brain (although technically it is not part of the brain). Its main function is to receive signals from the environment about the amount and quality of light so that it knows how much melatonin to produce to help us wake up in the morning and go to sleep at night. Melatonin is involved in much more than sleep, however. It plays a role in sexual development and is a strong antioxidant, among other functions.

Walk With Wonder

Welcome wellness through new practices for the mind and body.

Your Anxiety Isn't All in Your Head

Ellen Vora, MD, is a psychiatrist, a yoga instructor, an acupuncturist, and a witch—and she’s on a mission to radically change the way we approach mental illness. Her groundbreaking new book is The Anatomy of Anxiety: Understanding and Overcoming the Body’s Fear Response.

Seeing Is Empathy

Mixed-media artist Morgan Harper Nichols explores how art can lead to empathy.

What's Strong With Me?

The Soul of Therapy

¿Vive con expectación?

¿Qué significa la [palabra] expectación? Es como una madre que espera el nacimiento de su hijo.

Un llamado a la oración

En sus esfuerzos por definir la oración, F.B. Jevons dice que la oración es una invocación o acto que busca activar una relación con un objeto de adoración a través de una comunicación deliberada.

Huyendo por Su vida

Sixto Ramírez nació en Veracruz, México, y entregó su vida al Señor a los 21 años. Estudió diseño gráfico en la Universidad Autónoma de México. Se mudó a los Estados Unidos en 1981 para trabajar en la Casa de Publicaciones Ala Blanca, y actualmente trabaja como diseñado gráfico en las Oficinas Internacionales de la Iglesia de Dios de la Profecía. Él y su esposa Edith Cano, viven en Cleveland, Tenesí, y juntos tienen dos hijos y cinco nietos.

La oración es un estilo de vida

Saludos desde mi hermoso y querido país, la República de Ruanda, a todos mis hermanos y hermanas de todo el mundo.