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  • Spring and Lent Promise Joyous Renewal

    Spring and Lent Promise Joyous Renewal

    We are in the middle of Lent – a time before Easter when Christians seek purification through fasting, prayer, and charitable acts. The forty days of Lent are, in many ways, similar to the Islamic time of Ramadan, which I was fortunate enough to experience while living in Egypt. During Ramadan, Moslems are expected to…

  • Posts from Christmas Past

    Posts from Christmas Past

    We are less than ten days before Christmas and the 2025 is nearly finished. Here are some past Christmas posts that you might like to read between all that you need/should/ought/want/and don’t want to do. During this time of year full of darkness, I hope you can find a moment to reflect on the beauty,…

  • Seminar Event: Reading and Reflecting for Our Renewal

    Seminar Event: Reading and Reflecting for Our Renewal

    Originally published in Italian in 1966 as Psicosintesi: Per l’armonia della vita, Creating Harmony in Life provides a fundamental overview of psychosynthesis by bringing together the early lectures of Roberto Assagioli. These lectures explore what psychosynthesis is and how it can be applied towards the practice of personal and spiritual self-development. A great book for anyone…

  • Tagore and Psychosynthesis: 5 Fun Facts

    Tagore and Psychosynthesis: 5 Fun Facts

    May 7th is the 164th birthday of Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941), the Bengali poet and Nobel Prize winner of Literature in 1913. Tagore’s ability to live a rich and fully creative life remains an inspiration. Poet, author of novels and short stories, lecturer, essayist, playwriter, song writer, founder of three educational institutions, and – during the…

  • “Here lies our human dignity”

    “Here lies our human dignity”

    I wrote and published this poem last year, and I am greatly sadden to republish it. Good Friday 2024 Democracy died in Gaza.Buried under the rubblealongside the childrentheir homes bombeddreams shattered.Love crucified. International law died in Gaza.Nailed to the crossalongside human rightswomen’s rightschildren’s rights.Starved to death with the childrenshell-shocked and orphaned. Justice died in Gaza.Buried…