By Ron Walter

Fear & Close-mindedness Are Arguably The Real Tragedy Of Death

There are those who just know how they’ll react if and when they have to confront their own mortality. They will freely admit that they’ll be petrified, and others are confident that they won’t be scared at all.

“Perhaps they’re right, or perhaps they’re projecting how they think they’re supposed to feel; in my case, neither fear nor bravery were the dominant notes, but rather one of spiritual and intellectual curiosity and edification,” says Ron Walter, a retired lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army, successful businessman and advocate of ecumenical Franciscan spirituality.

“I recently had to face my own mortality once again as I dealt with effects of multiple myeloma and ensuing chemotherapy treatment. The encounter led me to a spiritual trek through philosophy, theology and science. In our evolutionary world, I suggest a view of death for we humans as yet another transition into a new form of being.”

by Jean Wiley

The energy representing how you think and communicate, Mercury, joins Mars in Taurus on April 14th where he will transit before his long transit of Gemini beginning April 30th. Mercury brings conscious awareness and potential discussion to the Mars energy of desire, assertiveness and personal will.

The 21st and 22nd are strong days for Mercury when he first trines Pluto signaling a few days of concentration, financial flow, effective planning, and powerful discussion. On the 22nd he conjuncts Mars in Taurus (16 degrees) supercharging your mental prowess, pragmatic reasoning, communications and travel. Your words can come across more strongly than you intend on the 22nd. Others will be expressing themselves more intensely as well – be aware if you are feeling angry or frustrated.

Mercury in Taurus communicates carefully, making sure of each word before saying it. There is a slowing of your perceptions as your mind retains, steadies and consolidates ideas, this is a down to earth approach to planning and practicality. Spontaneity is tempered with your desire for a more deliberate understanding.

By Allen Vaysberg

Long ago my wife came up to me while I was watching a three-hour Cubs game and asked a simple question? “Why do you watch other people live their lives instead of living yours?” That insight from my brilliant wife hit me like a ton of bricks. Why was I investing so much of my own time watching from the sidelines? I pondered that for a moment and went back to watching the ballgame, saw the Cubs lose, got upset and spent the rest of the day sulking; which, of course, proved her point further. I should have done something else with my free time.

From that moment on, however, her question stayed with me and has become a part of my internal guidance system. I am now very conscientious of how I occupy my time and do my best to spend it wisely. I also teach how to do so to my clients. Thus, in addition to sports on TV, here are nine ways to check if you are living your life or someone else’s.

by Angela Levesque

Eating can be a sacred experience. Right before our eyes, we get to witness the transformation and transmutation of matter into energetic potential. Food gives us the fuel we need to live our best lives and the way we choose to eat can change the world. Nothing has had a greater impact on our methods of food production and delivery systems more than processed and fast food. We get a vote three times a day on how we want the world to be run. In understanding our impact, how can we best honor our world and ourselves? Well, we can eat like it is a spiritual experience, because it is.

Spiritual Nutrition – Making Your Food Meaningful

What is the difference between adding chia seeds and flax seeds to your smoothie and why would you choose one over the other? Ultimately, they both have a benefit, so why does it matter? Well, if you do your research, educate yourself, and then choose consciously based on the needs of your body, you start to create meaning around your choices. Even between these two healthy options there are subtle differences. As we fine-tune our preferences with education, awareness, and research, our choices become more important to us...

by Abhijita Kulshrestha

So there is this eclipse happening on the 4th of April. And it is a full moon day also. I can already sense breathing getting faster for people who have noticed their own patterns fluctuate with the lunar rhythm! Yes, it’s a time when emotions can go all wild and batty, with the matter layered up deep within the subterranean realm of the subconscious forcing its way up!

It’s a funny thing… because the more you know that it disturbs you, the more you want to rein it in. The more you want to rein it in, the more it wants to explode. Full moon time is a phase that is replete with energy so strong, that the best asset in this time becomes the ability to ‘handle the energy’. You need to have space – psychic space, ready and prepared within you, willing to receive it. If, on the contrary there is emotional clutter, negative energy and ignorance or unwillingness to receive gracefully, chaos is bound to happen.