“If you stuff yourself full of poems, essays, plays, stories, novels, films, comic strips, magazines, music, you automatically explode every morning like Old Faithful. I have never had a dry spell in my life, mainly because I feed myself well, to the point of bursting.” —Ray Bradbury (Source) …
Meditation
I read this article about Transcendental Meditation - a "no-frills mantra-based meditation" - by Marisa Meltzer, The New York Times. Plus, I came across these two great quotes today: "Meditation is a powerful tool. If we were standing in your physical shoes, we would meditate on a regular basis …
Religion vs. Spirituality
"In religion, god is a secret hidden within some people and places but not others. In spirituality, god is revealed in all living things." - Gloria Steinem, My Life on the Road …
Music as Medicine
I came across the "Music and the Brain" podcast a few weeks ago when I was browsing the app on my phone. This episode caught my eye, so I saved it to listen to later. I got around to listening to it yesterday. It's an interview with Dr. Deforia Lane, Director of Music Therapy at …
Spiritual Activism
You may have seen in the news that a Dutch church had been holding round-the-clock services for over three months to protect a refugee family from deportation. The church took advantage of an obscure law that prohibits police from disturbing a religious service. Happily, this week the Dutch …
My Favourite Books of 2018
This is my third annual list of favourite reads of the year. I upped my reading game this year after reading On Writing by Stephen King (for reasons explained below). The first four books in this list just happen to be by Maine authors, which wasn't planned. I hope you'll enjoy these books as …
Sound Therapy for Anxiety
I saw this article on John's Fully Expressing Souls Facebook page about how neuroscientists have discovered a song that reduces anxiety by 65%. This song was developed by musicians and sound therapists from the British Academy of Sound Therapy. On a related note, you can read more about sound …
The Three-Sentence Bible
I listened to the audiobook version of To Heaven and Back by Dr. Mary C. Neal on the overnight ferry from Shetland on my way back to the States in September. It's a 14-hour boat trip from Shetland to the Scottish mainland. I didn't have a cabin, and I don't sleep well on the boat. So I loaded my …
Singing to the Deer
When I first moved to Maine, five years ago this week, I got the shock of my life when - looking out the kitchen window - I saw four guys with shotguns walking by the end of our dirt road. I had just been initiated into my first Maine hunting season and I wasn't happy about it. Up until then, …
Choose Love! A Personal and Global Movement
During our session this week, Nantene opened our discussion with the topic of love and its transformational quality. Nantene particularly highlighted what would happen for humanity, and our planet, if we humans started a personal and global "Choose Love" movement (as opposed to our current dominant …
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