Spirit Quest Travel to the Land of the Thunder Dragon – Part 2
Quest travel might mean you are hurrying to get to the monastery, but the Thunder Dragon will not be tamed that way. Try a smile. The Bhutanese smile is infectious, and when returned, it grows ten-fold! Read more…
Egyptian Spirit Guides – Mohamed Nazmy & Emil Shaker
This is the 2nd excerpt from my work-in-progress memoir, Travels Through Egypt. This is the last part of chapter 3. If you have a suggestion for the name, let me… Read more…
Sea Turtle Rescue at the Casa Magna
His window is very narrow, just three hours, so the first thing he does is sweep the beach looking for signs of the wavy flat tracks the turtle flippers make as they move away from the surf and towards their urgent business. Once the turtles dig their pits and lay, which can take an hour or more, they sweep sand across the hole until their eggs are buried in a foot of fine blond sand, then lumber back towards to ocean to hope their progeny survives. The biologist, clock ticking, is just Read more…
A Spiritual Vacation to Bali (part 4 of 4)
On our spiritual tour of Bali, we have just received beautiful massage treatments and pampering in a couples suite. It's helping me to feel like I've found some balance for the first time in a while... Read more…
Spiritual Lessons from The Gun Control Debate
Whether you believe in people's rights to own guns, are a rabid Second Amendment fan, or think all guns should be locked up, we can probably all still agree that things have gotten a little bit out of control. The question is, who should make these decisions, and when do we stop believing in our personal freedoms over the common good? From a spiritual standpoint, are we learning the lessons we need to learn by Read more…