Dr. Jean Houston, a scholar and researcher of human potential, is a leader and teacher who has distinguished herself by melding ancient wisdom with contemporary living. She was a friend of French visionary Teilhard de Chardin, protege of the late anthropoligist Margaret Mead, collaborator with the late mythologist Joseph Campbell, and spiritual guide to multitudes of leaders and seekers around the world. She has specialized in ways to improve learning and creativity, and her work is central … [Read more...]
Notes from Edge Life Magazine
Meet & Greet: Edge Life staff members will be present to share ideas and discuss opportunities at these upcoming events:Body Mind Spirit ExpoFebruary 25-26 Earle Brown Center6155 Earle Brown Drive, Brooklyn Center MNBody Mind Life ExpoMarch 4-5 Mpls Convention Center1301 2nd Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN New Distribution Stands:Look for the new, green Edge Life magazine stands at these fabulous locations in the Twin Cities, with many more forthcoming:EDINA: Edina Art Center, 4701 W. 64th St.MAPLE … [Read more...]
Are you being the Authentic Self?
Authentic: Being actually and precisely what is claimed. Conforming to an original so as to reproduce essential features. Implies accordance with an original or type without counterfeiting, admixture or adulteration. - Webster's New College DictionaryAre you actually and precisely being true to the original essence of Self? Edge Life Editor Tim Miejan in his September editorial stated, "We are the one's we have been waiting for." My question to you is: Have you identified the authentic … [Read more...]
Can You See Me, or Only Yourself?
It is funny that Edge Life is wondering this month what it means to live with no hidden agendas. Just the other day, I wrote this down: "It's too bad that so many only see opportunity for their own ambitions when they look at someone." This short phrase nuzzled itself up to me as I thought about an incident involving someone who I thought of, or at least who I wanted, as a friend. Melissa (not her real name) and I met her at the park when I was there playing with my daughter. She was … [Read more...]
Spiritual Centers
Spirit United Church names new lead ministerMINNEAPOLIS - The Council of Stewards of Spirit United Church have announce the selection of Rev. Carolyn Cahill as new lead minister. Rev. Cahill comes with rich experience and credentials in healing and spiritual practices. Her first formal service will take place on Martin Luther King Sunday, January 15. The public is invited to attend.Rev. Cahill, B.A., M.F.A., was ordained through the Light of Christ Community Church in 2004, and continues her … [Read more...]
Six Principles of Authentic Living
A few years ago, I was invited to give a commencement speech to a group of students at a California high school. That honor remains one of my favorite speaking experiences. I believe what I said then and there is pertinent to all of us, even today. I'd like to offer it as my New Year blessing of good wishes.Mahatma Gandhi was approached one day by a woman and her young son. She asked, "Mahatma, can you please tell my son to stop eating sugar. It's not good for him, and he won't listen to … [Read more...]
The Arts
"Spirituality and the Arts" SeriesMAPLEWOOD, Minn. - Believing that art and creativity is a doorway into divine language, the Benedictine Center in Maplewood is launching a new series on Spirituality and the Arts. It consists of special exhibits and classes offered by area artists.The first exhibit will feature Virginia Matter, OSB, a renowned potter and spiritual director, who will describe how clay "tells me where it wants to go," and how the creative process brings balance … [Read more...]
Love is the Truth, the Way and Your Life
Just sit there, don't do a thing, just rest. For your separation from God,From Love,Is the hardest work in this world. - Hafiz, Sufi mysticThe closest thing to my authentic nature is Love. Love is the soothing balm that frees me from fear, the warm breath that makes it all okay, and the flowing river that lets me come and go just as I am. Love often is forgotten as the source of all healing, the bringer of all calm and the way out of what seems like an endless hole. Love is actually a spirit, a … [Read more...]
Authenticity And Integrity: One Connected Loop
Living in integrity is living an authentic life, and living an authentic life is living in integrity. For me, authenticity and integrity are interchangeable and inextricably linked. Authenticity - integrity - is the foundation of my life. A few of the components of this way of being are: joy, peace, love, compassion, gentleness, strength, energy, vitality, serenity. The question of how I live in authenticity and integrity helps me "empty the trash" of what I do not want in my life. … [Read more...]
Mystery School series in Chaska; Social Artistry in Oregon
Dr. Jean Houston, internationally-known philosopher, author, cultural historian, seminar leader and educator, is bringing her popular seminar series "The Mystery of Making a Difference: Mystery School" to Minnesota for the first time in 2006. Now in its 23rd consecutive year, "The Mystery of Making A Difference: Mystery School" 2006 seminar series will take place on four weekends - March 3-5, May 5-7, September 15-17 and December 1-3 - at the Oakridge Conference Center in Chaska, Minn. The … [Read more...]
A First Step To Unfolding Spiritually
Each year many of us make a New Year's resolution - a resolution to accomplish certain goals that are important to us. Undoubtedly, some of you have designated 2006 as the year for greater spiritual unfoldment. In other words, you plan to set aside more time this year for introspective reflection: meditation, contemplation, mantra, yoga or other forms of spiritual exercises. Your resolution might include attending spiritual seminars and retreats in exotic parts of the world, or just practicing … [Read more...]
Correct Creation
"...And to everything there is given its nature, free from all insincerity." -The I Ching "What is correct creation, master?" "You know it when you see it. It is perfect. Whole. Divinely balanced. Harmonious. To create correctly requires that the channel through which divine energy flows be sincere, without fault, elegant in the sense the word is used in physics."Today, the ideal of elegance is upheld almost universally among theoretical physicists. In this realm, … [Read more...]
To Whom Do We Look For Realness?
"All I can do is be me, whoever that is." - Bob Dylan When we think of greatness, some of us cite Martin Luther King, Jr. Perhaps Mahatma Gandhi. And what about Leonardo di Vinci, Michelangelo, Galileo, and Benjamin Franklin? We can all agree that there has been much greatness in the annuls of history. But great people can be completely contemptible, even downright dishonorable, in their everyday relations with the people around them. Perhaps it's the pressure of continually trying to … [Read more...]
When the Levee Breaks
A levee that lacks integrity washes away in the aftermath of a hurricane. The purpose of that levee is to hold back the water and to keep it from washing away people, culture and history. Without integrity, it cannot fulfill that function, and its reason for being is lost along with the lives it was meant to preserve.Just like the levees that failed New Orleans, each of us has a reason for being, a purpose that will fulfill us. But that purpose can only be fulfilled if we have integrity. Without … [Read more...]
On Authenticity and Integrity
Each of us begins with a unique and dynamic essence. It is the irreducible midpoint of self. When you are in touch with that center, it feels "just right," like Goldilocks in baby bear's bed. Contact with your inner truth allows knowing beyond analysis, hedonic concerns or spiritual connection. That center has no shape, color, odor or weight. It is immense and infinitesimal, ephemeral and essential, the purist expression of self. It is the source of true spiritual, intellectual, … [Read more...]
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