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Q&A Dr. Joshua Black

A CONVERSATION WITH THE GRIEF DREAM EXPERT

The Green House

I first noticed the house in the summer of 1958. It was on East Sixteenth Street in the suburb of San Diego where I lived. A new through street had been completed that spring, and I now passed by the house occasionally on my way home.

The Voice on the Mountain

I was about halfway up a cliff face on Mount Thompson, with California’s Sierra Nevada spread out behind me. But I didn’t have time to enjoy the panoramic view.

The Calling

I sat in my car, overlooking a shimmering intercoastal waterway, the night sky studded with stars. Everything around me had a vibrant, otherworldly glow. This is West Palm Beach, I realized. My family and I used to live here. But we’d moved away about a year ago….

The Detour

The phone rang. It was my son, Ryan, calling from West Virginia University, where he was finishing out his final year.

The Color of Children

TERRAN DAILY

Together is exactly what we need to be

MAMATA VENKAT mourns the devastating effect of the virus in New York City, yet is completely moved by the way we are all stepping up and taking care of each other. It is showing us what we take for granted, and how much we value the simple things in life.

THE CORONATION

CHARLES EISENSTEIN examines our current world in COVID-19 crisis, and looks at the questions we need to ask ourselves so that we can move forward into a new society. Here we offer excerpts from Charles’ essay. You can read the full story at https://charleseisenstein.org/essays/the-coronation/.

From Emergency to Emergence

DAAJI shares some thoughts and practical tips on how we can do our very best during the current coronavirus pandemic, in order to move from a state of emergency to a state of emergence.

Open Towards Love

LLEWELLYN VAUGHAN-LEE explores love in the time of coronavirus, and how those of us with a spiritual practice can turn the results into action, bringing care and compassion into our communities.

Do What Needs to be Done and Change

The guru of change management, DR ICHAK ADIZES, shares some thoughts on how to make the most of the current world crisis and prepare for the future – as individuals, families, companies, nationals and humanity as a whole.

Day 7

ELISABETH HOWER is like many other young people in the US who have found themselves suddenly out of work and wondering how to navigate the new landscape of their lives. Here she shares her experience of Day 7 of quarantine.

A more refined Humanity

DR. V. RAMAKANTHA is a former Indian Forest Service officer and member of the Green Kanha Initiative at the Heartfulness Community’s Meditation Center at Kanha Shanti Vanam in India. Having spent most of his working life living in forests and jungles, in tune with the natural world, his slant on our current corona crisis is steeped in nature and also in the stories and traditions of ancient India.

What Lies Beyond Corona?

Sanjay Sehgal, CEO of MSys Technologies, looks to the future. How are we preparing now for what is to come after the corona crisis passes? And what do we need to learn about ourselves in order to create a “new normal” that is a better future?

A New Vocation

Emma Ivaturi shares some ideas on how we can make ripples of change in the world, through a silent revolution of hearts joining together around the world. We have the opportunity now to discover how connected we really are!

Heroes of the Camping Ministry

You may be familiar with the saying, “The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach.”

Three Foundations for Discipleship in Small Groups

Although the ministry, teaching, and influence of Jesus reached thousands, Jesus spent the majority of His time working with only 12.

The Excellent Steward

“And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to me.” COLOSSIANS 3:24

Shaping Disciples: Understanding How Christians Grow

The process of growth can be somewhat deceiving to the human mind.

Making Disciples in a Post-Christian Culture

A post-Christian society is not merely a society in which agnosticism or atheism is the prevailing fundamental belief.

Discipleship: God's Call to Every Believer

What is discipleship? The term discipleship never appears in Scripture.

Discipleship - The Forgotten Command

As I think about my childhood upbringing, I can recall specific commands that my parents gave me that were linked to certain lessons they wanted me to learn.

Disciples Making Disciples

Before His ascension, Jesus gave the Great Commission to His disciples.

Facing The Music

Remembering the revolutionary sound that helped bring meditation to the West.

This magic moment

Bestselling authors Elizabeth Gilbert and Jennifer Pastiloffhave joined forces to bring enchantment and serious self-care to the women who need it most. Here, they teach us what it means to embrace creativity for embodied living beyond fear.

The Postcard

A faraway stranger took a chance and reached out across time

THE ANGEL AND THE FISHERMAN

Both were on the beach that night

message in a Bottle

One whiff and I knew

My Junkyard Angel

My friend and I were young and looking for adventure…until we found ourselves in a tight spot

Homemade JAM

For this new mother-in-law, a sweet old tradition comes in handy