by Lauren Simon

Imagine the face of someone you love or have loved dearly.  Energy that quickly forms in the mind and body is a powerful resource in attracting what you desire. Creating the energy of love attracts and magnifies love.

First, you must decide what it is you want or desire.

There have been some wonderful films lately that have looked at those of us who present what we might call our “wounded” face to the world. People who seem angry, self-absorbed, and/or unapproachable. As we discussed in last month's column, GRAN TORINO and GHOST TOWN both illuminate the pain, sadness, and vulnerability that lie just beneath the surface of those wounded faces and personalities.

Starring Feliciano Pop

Shooting people - with a camera that is - in a foreign language that you don’t understand encourages an ability to listen beyond the words.

After meeting Feliciano Pop, I found that I didn’t actually need to know what he was saying. There was something else. Something far more powerful. My hope is that you too can see it.

Seva, or service, is the selfless giving of oneself for the betterment of others and the world around. At Seva Cafe, the concept of service takes the form of a "pay it forward" restaurant, where every meal is cooked and served with love.

Thich Nhat Hanh's Plum Village Monastery are opening a centre in Hong Kong. See letter below for details of when its open and mediation and retreat schedules.

by Corinne McLaughlin

Despite the worldwide financial crisis, you still can thrive if you transform your consciousness.  Why?  Because consciousness is causal and creates what you experience in life, according to new research by quantum physicists such as Dr. Amit Goswami.

by Kylie Holmes

'Intuitive Children, Children Who See beyond the Veil' is about children who have imaginary friends.  This book provides an intriguing insight into just who that friend might be.  Based on personal experience and hundreds of interviews with children, Intuitive Children investigates and offers answers for a range of questions including the journey of the soul and more specifically, understanding and raising children who have ‘been here before’.

by Ms Shari Brown

Help Yourself to A New You!

My first experience with the new and exciting self-help modality called EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) came in the summer of 2007. I was working on the computer in the early evening, when I suddenly began to crave ice cream, particularly Bud’s San Francisco ice cream, vanilla flavor.

by William Bloom

A few weeks ago I met a bewildered woman. She was a successful civil servant in her forties who was waking up to her spirituality and had begun to attend some psychic development classes.

'I just don't know what I'm supposed to be doing with my life,' she said. 'I don't seem to have a purpose.'

by Helene Liu

Have you made your list of new year resolutions yet? Does motivation usually somehow seem to dwindle as the year goes by? :(

How do I keep the motivation going?  :)