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by Jelaluddin Rumi

 

 

 

 

This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival.

A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
as an unexpected visitor.

Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they're a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture,
still, treat each guest honorably.
He may be clearing you out
for some new delight.

The dark thought, the shame, the malice,
meet them at the door laughing,
and invite them in.

Gordon Neufeld, coauthor of Hold On to Your Kids, talks with Sil Reynolds, coauthor of Mothering & Daughtering, about discipline and the effects of digital media on our kids. Neufeld and Reynolds are part of Omega’s Hold On to Your Kids conference.

Gordon Neufeld

Gordon Neufeld, coauthor of Hold On to Your Kids, talks with Sil Reynolds, coauthor of Mothering & Daughtering, about the need for children to be dependent on their parents in order to become fully independent later in life. Neufeld and Reynolds are part of Omega’s Hold On to Your Kids conference.

This month’s astrology gets steamy—that is, transition-from-water-to-fire steamy. As Eric Francis describes, New and Full Moons this April are potent astrological events that bring us into the growing sensation of "all chaos, all the time," along with a mixture of passion and getting lost in ideas of how things should be, or should have been. Fortunately, with an eclipse in the mix, there’s also a theme of letting go that, over the next few weeks, we’ll all get a chance to explore.

Chef Robert Turner shares some easy ways to use maple syrup, a favorite natural sweetener, in your everyday cooking.

Each year I eagerly await for the event that signals winter is definitely turning into spring: silver tin buckets that suddenly appear hanging from the side of trees, as if woodland elves came in the night and hung a sign saying, “sweet spring is in the air.”

Baron Baptiste

Here's an exercise from yoga teacher Baron Baptiste, based on an old Cherokee story, to help you take a stand for an extraordinary life.

Advice for Couples

Harville Hendrix offers valuable advice to couples for successfully navigating the currents of life when in a deep relationship.

The question I am asked most often is: "What do you do if your partner doesn’t...(do any imaginable thing)?” or "What if you are married to someone who is...(any imaginable bad trait or behavior)?"

Each year, a growing number of cancer patients seek an approach to medicine and health care that is more comprehensive, more holistic and integrative, and more compassionate and sensitive to their needs as a whole person. In this article, Jeremy Geffen—author of the highly acclaimed The Journey Through Cancer: Healing and Transforming the Whole Person and creator of the leading-edge integrative medicine and oncology program, The Seven Levels of Healing®—offers an insightful look toward the future of multidimensional approaches to cancer care.

Carla Goldstein

Carla Goldstein talks about building a stronger partnership between women and men; partnership that acknowledges and embraces our interdependence, and that builds on our mutual interests in achieving gender equality.

International Women’s Day is celebrated around the world to honor women's accomplishments and name the work that still lies ahead to bring about gender equality.

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