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  • Silex Scintillans

    By William T. Hathaway

    “Seek and ye shall find,”
    I keep telling myself,
    seeking along in my sneakers,
    trying to find the way back to you,
    my source, course and goal.
    The path gets steeper
    as I clamber over scree slopes of past deeds.
    In this deep karma the sneakers have no hold,
    so I boot it in hobnails
    until the path disappears midway
    into flinty rocks of despair.
    The sun drops, light deserts me,
    but in the dark night my soles
    strike sparks from the flint
    to show the way. But I stray
    and am lost. I cry out,
    and the sound bounces back from you,
    steering me by sonic echoes.
    Again I slip away, and they fade.
    Bereft of hope, I can only surrender.
    Body sinks to the ground;
    mind sinks to its ground –
    awareness without thought,
    consciousness without an object.
    There, humming and glowing, is your name, (more…)

  • Surf the Apocalypse | Jamming in Prime Time

    By William T. Hathaway

    Surf the Apocalypse

    We stand on doomsday’s beach
    watching waves rise and crash,
    breathing the brisk and final breeze.
    Shiva holds in one of his four arms
    a surfboard carved from a bodhi tree,
    His partner Durga and their son Ganesh
    stand beside him, boardless.
    I clutch a battered styrofoam body board,
    knuckles white.
    Over the waves gallops a white mare –
    mane and tail streaming.
    Kalki, the last avatar, rides her –
    white beard streaming,
    blowing his conch and shouting,
    “Time’s up!”
    Shiva paddles with four hands through the surging surf.
    Shivering, I flop onto my board and try to keep up with him.
    Durga and Ganesh mount the air and drop onto the waves.
    She rides them barefoot on a cushion of kundalini;
    he skims them on ivory skates.
    The sea swells and circles us,
    whirling in rings that seem to rise,
    but it’s we who are sinking into them.
    The ocean becomes a funnel of fire
    that doesn’t burn but caresses in farewell (more…)

  • 3 Unique Meditation Practices You’ve Probably Never Heard Of

    dr James

    3 Unique Meditation Practices You've Probably Never Heard Of

    In the vast tapestry of human existence, meditation has been an ancient practice that has stood the test of time and been embraced by countless souls seeking solace and enlightenment. This sacred art of self-discovery has unfurled its gentle tendrils across the globe, transcending boundaries and cultures, nurturing both the psychological and physical well-being of those who embark upon its transformative path. 

    Amidst the variety of meditation techniques, there exist profound treasures awaiting exploration. In this blog post, we’ll explore three unique meditation practices that you can use to go deeper in your self-awareness and reflections.

    May these sacred practices become lighthouses of spiritual awakening, guiding you towards the expansive depths of your truest self. (more…)

  • Mahdi And Messiah Alone Will Not Cool A Hot Shot Planet

    Rabbi Allen S. Maller
    The week of Passover was celebrated during the month of Ramadan again this year, so Jews and Muslims should concentrate on the challenges facing our world.
    March 2023 was Earth’s second-warmest March in 174 years.
    Both Judaism and Islam teach their followers to take care of the earth. Muslims and Jews also believe that humans should act as guardians and trustees (stewardship and khalifah) four our planet, and that they will be held accountable by God for their actions. So what will a half degree Celsius of warming do to our planet?

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  • Vacanas

    Vacanas are short, informal poems of devotion to Shiva. They originated in South India during the tenth century, a time of social upheaval, and they took the side of poor against the rich, of spontaneous free expression against established orthodoxy, of passion against propriety. Our times are similar to those, so they speak to us across the millennium and are now enjoying a revival by contemporary poets. (more…)

  • God’s 5000+ Signs Of Exoplanet Life

    Rabbi Allen S. Maller
    In the 20 years before NASA launched the Kepler Space Telescope in 2009, about 325 exoplanets were discovered. Kepler was a full-time planet hunter that revolutionized astronomers’ understanding of exoplanets. It was particularly interested in finding Earth-sized planets orbiting sun-like stars at a distance where water on the surface could be stable in liquid form — the so-called habitable zone.
    In the 14 years since 2009 almost 5000 confirmed exoplanets have beeb found and we now know  that there could be more planets than stars in the Milky Way. Many of them are in multiple-planet systems like our solar system, and a large share of the exoplanets appear to be super-Earths — a class that’s bigger than our planet but smaller than Neptune.

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  • The Tide has Turned

    By William T. Hathaway

    Humanity has entered a new era, the culmination of a gradual shift of power from negative to positive that has been going on since the 1960s. This intensified into crisis three years ago and is now climaxing as the darkness makes a frantic last stand against the oncoming light. The negative forces are assailing us with war, disease, governmental oppression, economic savagery, environmental catastrophes – truly a time of torture.

    We began to exit this purgatory with the five new moons from November to March leading up to the entrance of the transformational planet Pluto into transformational sign Aquarius on March 23. This will reach completion on the new moon at the end of Aries on April 20. (more…)

  • The new thoughtful generation

    By William T. Hathaway

    Philosophy hasn’t been a popular topic in recent years, but that seems to be changing. Many young people now are interested in exploring the fundamental questions of life. The majority were born between 1995 and 2008, the years when the planet Pluto was transiting the sign Sagittarius. Pluto is the astrological generation marker and represents transformation. Its passage through the zodiac indicates humanity’s gradual, progressive transformation to higher stages. Sagittarius is ruled by Jupiter, representing expansion, benevolence, spirituality, philosophy. Many people born with this combination, now between 15 and 28, are interested in these issues.

    This is demonstrated in their environmental and gender activism and in the popularity of a series of video discussions between neuroscientist and philosopher Dr. Tony Nader and other experts in these areas. Nader is the author of One Unbounded Ocean of Consciousness, which integrates Advaita Vedanta (the ancient philosophy of unity, nonduality) with contemporary quantum physics. (more…)

  • Who Out There Has The Truth? 

    By Rabbi Allen S. Maller

    Twelve years ago the U.N. General Assembly proclaimed the first week of February as Interfaith Harmony Week for all religions; with a resolution that recognized “the imperative need for dialogue among faiths and religions in enhancing mutual understanding, harmony, and cooperation among people.”

    So this Reform Rabbi offers to the religious public this article about religious TRUTH in the Qur’an.

    All wise religions praise modesty; and modesty requires that religious believers do not claim that they or their religious beliefs are the one and only TRUTH. This is why the Qur’an states: “To each of you We (God) proscribed a law and a method. Had Allah so willed, He would have made you a single people, but (God’s plan is) to test you in what He has given you: so compete in all virtues as in a race. The goal of you all is to (please) Allah who will show you (on judgment day) the truth of the matters in which you dispute.” (Qur’an 5:48)

    “O Children of Adam! Indeed, We have bestowed upon you from on high [knowledge of making] garments to cover your nakedness, and [clothing] as a thing of beauty; but the garment of God-consciousness [modesty] is the best of all. Herein lies a message from God, so that man might take it to heart. (Qur’an 7:26) (more…)

  • Spirituality and Hope In A Time Of Oppression

    by Rabbi Allen S. Maller
    The Gospel of John reports that Jesus came to Jerusalem for the Festival of Dedication — Hanukah: “The Festival of Dedication took place in Jerusalem. It was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple in Solomon’s portico” (John 10:22-23). What was Jesus celebrating during that eight day period that Jews world wide still celebrate?

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