My Thanksgiving cooking/Christmas decorating/shipment unpacking has kind of taken over my life. But things are progressing -- I can sit down in my living room again, and my mother is here with us in a way that she has never been for the holidays. For your

This week I got a hankering for some of the live stuff. I missed my fix at Bhakti Fest this year, and OMmersion in April was just too long to wait. So, an all live set awaits you. Enjoy! SONG ARTIST CD Om Mercury Max The Eternal Om Ong Sohung Snata

This week’s podcast is about honoring Shiva, the name of the consciousness that lives within each one of us. "Om Namah Shivaya" means “I bow to Shiva.” When you chant this mantra, you honor Shiva – your true Self. It's your true Self that urges yo

When you're standing watching a tsunami of grief coming at you, knowing you can't escape, knowing it will change your life ... what is there to do? One option is to dig deep, and call on a spiritual belief system to help you withstand the pain. Over the s

The weather is changing, and it fits my frame of mind. Oregon's rainy winter has always suited my inner curmudgeon, and now the rain feels like a blessed benediction on my need to hunker down and heal. The last five months have been a difficult passage, a

It's back to Philly for me this week, I'm glad I have some very good books loaded on my Kindle. Here is one a good friend recommended, and it has been incredibly helpful in this difficult time. It's by Pema Chodrun, and it's called "The Places That Scare

What to say about this summer, except I'll never forget it -- and our family now has a new angel in Heaven. I've returned to Oregon for awhile, and I'm listening to kirtan again. It feels like re-discovering an dear old friend. All the music this week is

... is love, sweet love? Close, but no cigar. The world can always use more love, but this week's podcast is all about compassion. For Tibetan Buddhists, compassion is the most important spiritual practice. It is said that all the teachings of the Buddha

Oregon is uniquely beautiful in the summer, and I'm happy to be back here for a little while. No humidity & no mosquitoes -- yahoo. But no thunderstorms & no lightning bugs either, things I cherish as a part of spending summer weeks in Philly. If nothing

This week's podcast is a bit unique, as it was produced when I was back in Philadelphia, and is based on a podcast produced back in February. I've been in Philly for almost 3-weeks acting as primary caregiver for my Mom, and I'm happy to report that she's