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Cosmic Consciousness: Functioning Within the Wellspring of Fullness In my last post, Part Two of this series, I talked about the first of the higher states of consciousness, Transcendental Consciousness. In this blog we will talk about the next higher state of consciousness, Cosmic Consciousness, which unfolds naturally through the…

Last summer I had the opportunity to hear Pearl Means, the wife of the Indian activist and artist Russell Means, speak at an event sponsored by the Global Mother Divine Organization in Fairfield, Iowa. Pearl, who is carrying on the legacy her husband started, believes that matriarchy is the main…

As women, many of us are the heart of holiday preparations, making sure everyone is fed, comfortable and entertained. We give, give, give, often to the point of exhaustion. Yet, could our silence also be a gift? Not that we stop speaking or giving orders (although that may be a…

Stephen Hawking, the man often considered to be the most intelligent person on the planet, wrote a book detailing the origins of the universe. In a passage excerpted in the Times of London, we read: “Because there is a law such as gravity, the Universe can and will create itself…

Anyone who has been an adolescent girl knows the kind of crazy and negative thought patterns that can circulate through the brain when a girl thinks of her own body. I remember spending hours in front of the mirror, trying to change my hair, my face and every part of…

My mom was not a feminist. You could say she was a 1950s Donna Reed sort of mom, not the kind who had a job outside the home or marched in feminist rallies when I was growing up in the 60s. She was a great cook, and because she made…

Thirty-eight % of all deaths in women are related to coronary heart disease (CHD), more than the next seven causes of death combined. For almost three decades women have outperformed men in the raw numbers linked to cardiac mortality. While both women and their doctors once associated CHD with older…

What does it mean to live sustainably? Is it recycling diligently? Driving an electric car? Growing your own organic veggies? According to the dictionary, sustainable means “able to be maintained at a certain rate or level.” Or “conserving an ecological balance by avoiding depletion of natural resources.” Other people might…

An estimated 80 million Americans suffer from chronic pain, according to the American Chronic Pain Association, but women experience pain more often and with greater intensity. Research also shows men and women respond differently to pain medications, and in fact use separate mechanisms in the brain to achieve pain relief.

I guess I have to come out with something. Even though I once taught children in grades 2-4 and trained elementary school teachers in the language arts, wrote articles for a children’s column for Plain magazine and am a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, have…