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Broadening of Consciousness

Beauty and Seduction of Flowers

by Nicolette Beard on May 6, 2011

in Broadening of Consciousness

Film­maker Louie Schwartzberg shows us the beauty and seduc­tion of how flow­ers evolve. Watch the stun­ning time-lapse pho­tog­ra­phy from his film “Wings of Life,” inspired by the van­ish­ing of one of nature’s pri­mary pol­li­na­tors, the hon­ey­bee. Revel in fields of but­ter­flies and bee-filled skies. Schwartzberg believes that “we will pro­tect what we love.” Flow­ers to share […]

Mother of All Things

by Kim Coggin on March 10, 2011

in Broadening of Consciousness

For EVE so loved the World, She became the Mother of ALL Things, Bringer of all Kings, the Mag­net of Stars, Mother of cool breeze, song of all birds, Renewal of each rain­drop, ebb of humanity’s painful waves, Tran­scen­dent spirit of Nur­ture and Nature, Nomen Nescio anony­mous ONE who sAVEs, For­got­ten in History’s writ­ing, but […]

What if You Were Sacred?

by Nicolette Beard on February 2, 2011

in Broadening of Consciousness

Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control — these three alone lead to sov­er­eign power. ~ Alfred Lord Ten­nyson Those of us who are spir­i­tu­ally inclined rarely revere our­selves, do we? But what if you were sacred? How would this belief and thought­form con­di­tion your every day life? When we revere some­thing or some­one it means to hold that object […]

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Labor Day 2010: Turn Off. Tune In.

by Nicolette Beard on September 6, 2010

in Broadening of Consciousness

I am not an early adopter of tech­nol­ogy. In fact, I rarely answer my cell phone. As a soci­ety, tech­nol­ogy has become so enmeshed in our daily lives, that I doubt few of us even ques­tion its value. The dan­ger of always being on and avail­able 24/7 is that it cre­ates an illu­sion of activ­ity and con­nect­ed­ness when, […]