We have this life. We live it day by day. It passes quickly. Sometimes not quickly enough- we get despondent, sullen, downcast. Those are good words. In those slow moments something might appear- a chance to fall through our blistering fast-paced lives to the other side, where we can turn around and view ourselves, take a curious interest. Underneath everything we long to know ourselves. We wouldn’t know it though by the way we act- chugging down another whiskey, not listening to our daughter at breakfast, going sixty in a twenty zone. Reaching to get away; longing to come home. In writing, in sitting, in slow walking, a flash, a moment appears when we fall through and what we are fighting, running from, struggling with becomes open, luminous- or, even better, not a problem, just what it is. Look for those small openings.

~ Natalie Goldberg

Natalie Goldberg, 65, is an American popular…

Life is too short. Grudges are a waste of perfect happiness. Laugh when you can, apologize when you should and let go of what you can’t change.

Love deeply and forgive quickly. Take chances. Give everything and have no regrets. Life is too short to be unhappy. You have to take the good with the bad. Smile when you’re sad.

Love what you got and always remember what you had. Always forgive but never forget. Learn from your mistakes but never regret. People change and things go wrong. But always remember life goes on. — Unknown

…Just how many planets are there?…There could be about 23 billion stars in our Milky Way galaxy, each harbouring Earth-sized planets with life-friendly temperatures on their surfaces. Twenty-three billion, give or take a few…Some studies produce numbers of Earth-sized planets closer to 17 billion…Others suggest a figure as low as 6 billion or so, but these are just the planets close to Earth in size. If we extend our reach to slightly larger worlds, the places now known as ‘super-Earths’, we’re back into the tens of billions. No matter how you slice the cosmic cake, you end up with a vast wedge of planets that we’d be happy to go and study, perhaps even land on and cautiously tiptoe about. These are mind-blowingly huge numbers…

So, given the enormity of the number of planets in the galaxy, the question Caleb Scharf tries to answer in his essay is: Are We…

It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and impossible to find it elsewhere. — Agnes Repplier

I always go to my local farmers market when it in season, to get my Organic local produce and check out whatever goodies people are making and selling. There is a small used book vendor that I can never pass up, Always finding a couple gems to come home with me.

A couple years ago, while browsing the Spirituality section, I came across “Be Here Now” by Baba Ram Dass aka Richard Alpert.

The book took me by surprise when I read  through it, Its  got a couple small chapters, an introduction, then chapters on spirituality, meditation and yoga.  The majority of the book is full spread pictures, amazing pictures,like Mandalas, Sigils, enlightened beings, deities goddess,and demon-esque type creatures. With the large text flowing through the pictures like a river . I had an Amazing experience just reading this book. I also picked up “Autobiography of a Yoga” by Paramahansa Yogananda (this…