These certainly are challenging and contradictory times. On one hand, we witness the disheartening reality of climate change, social violence and injustice, racial and gender inequality, political corruption, wealth disparity, and an escalating disregard for life. On the other, profound shifts in ideas, perspectives, and awareness are shaping up a higher paradigm teeming with possibilities. The world is ego, and…
Author: Yol Swan
Discover Your Own Hidden Knowledge
Cyber technology and an ever-strong attachment to the physical senses (of collective ego) have allowed information and misinformation to plague our fast-paced world, so much so that it’s becoming increasingly difficult to discern between the two. Clearly, this is not new, since the ego maintains control by making things fuzzy, but the internet and social media are adding fuel to…
The Art of Discovering a Sense of Purpose
I love young children’s illustrated books (that’s the section you’ll find me at a bookstore); they’re beautiful reminders of the simple, innocent, and loving perception most of us felt forced to leave behind while growing up. They’re creatively fun and they speak to our inner child, prompting us to reclaim a more natural approach to life by restoring our inherent…
My Visit With John of God In Abadiânia
Before I moved to the US, I had an unusual encounter with a medium and psychic surgeon from Argentina through the leader of the Buddhist group I belonged to at the time. Some of us in the group went to meet him, and I also helped with organizing things for the people who somehow knew of him and came seeking…
The True Power of Prayer
Words are powerful. You can hurt or uplift someone’s spirit with the energy behind your verbal expression. But when words become prayer, they shape a bridge reconnecting you to your true cosmic nature, devoid of ego. Of course, you can use words, mantras, yantras, visualizations, emotional intent, or the concentration of a quiet mind to pray. When you do, you…
The Key To Personal & Spiritual Growth
Your life is a series of individualized experiences unfolding through big and small cycles that give you the sense of who you are, what your life path is about, and the choices you must make to move forward on this path—as opposed to running in circles or getting stuck along the way. The extent and depth of your experiences depend…
How To Reclaim Your Capacity For Joy & Wonder
Are you aware that you’re a vehicle of energy? Wherever your attention goes your energy follows—along with your creative power. But in the modern age of information, which is quickly turning into the age of confusion, your clarity is even more precious: the ability to discern what’s true, or not, allows you to make conscious, spiritually responsible choices rather than…