According to tradition . . . only one Phoenix at a time could live in our world. Its true home was Paradise, a land of unimaginable beauty lying beyond the distant horizon towards the rising sun. Nothing dies in Paradise, and here was the crux [...]
The fourth chakra (heart chakra) is that of the heart center. It serves to remind us that there is an Alchemy of Love that exists inside and around us. In fact the, Yoga Sutra spell out for us in Chapter 1.3: “United in the heart, [...]
When you are bogged down with workplace woes, family problems, or any upcoming hurdle in life, what is it that offers a soothing relief from the worries? The answer is meditation! Meditation is thought to be a powerful and effective method to help your mind [...]
It’s a question which makes us dig deeper into who we are. “ Why is music important to human beings?” Maybe it’s just like breathing. Although music is an art form, it’s so much more than that. It reaches places where no ordinary mode of [...]
Mimosa hostilis is a variety of mimosa tree that is native to the Amazon basin in Brazil and can grow as far north as southern Mexico. Traditionally used for leather tanning, dyes, and religious ceremonies, the bark, and roots of this tree have been used [...]
Have you ever walked into a room and sensed the negativity or hostility of another person? Or have you ever felt angry at someone secretly, all the while acting like everything was ok? Whenever we interact with others in the physical world, an invisible exchange [...]
Unless we understand our inner state, we cannot change our outer conditions. We have not one state of consciousness but many underneath our own mind. “The outer conditions of a person’s life will always be found to be harmoniously related to his inner state.” – [...]
Sweet flag has a long history of medicinal use in herbal traditions. Is widely employed in modern herbal medicine as an aromatic stimulant and mild tonic. In Ayurveda, it is highly valued as a rejuvenator for the brain and nervous system and as a remedy [...]
The Brazilian author Paulo Coelho was born in 1947 in the city of Rio de Janeiro. Before dedicating his life completely to literature, he worked as theatre director and actor, lyricist and journalist. In 1986, Paulo Coelho did the pilgrimage to Saint James of Compostella, [...]
All human beings understand number system. All of us live in a physical universe where things come in different numbers, and so different cultures will highlight different numbers as particularly important, ritualize them and make them culturally important. We see widespread use of the number [...]
