A Practical, Hard Work Guide to Evolutionary Consciousness
[smartslider3 slider=9] Let me begin with a story I used to tell my students: The stranger goes to New York City and asks a homeless person, “How do I get to Carnegie Hall?” And the […]
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Women, Orgasm, & Sexuality
“One night, I was lying on my bed with the window open. It was warm, and a delightful, sensuous breeze was wafting over me. I opened my legs to it and felt as if it […]
Much Needed REST: the world of sensory deprivation tanks
In a bustling neighborhood in southeast Portland, situated between an e-cigarette store and a barbershop, sits a strange little business called Float On. Each day, around fifty people walk through the shop’s front door and […]
Sacred Sexuality and Sex
Sex and Soul To define sacred sexuality, it is important to rediscover what sex means to us. Paramount for growth in this area is to break out of preconceived thinking. To help us step out […]
The Case for Animal Personhood
“There is nothing more alone in the universe than man. When we were children we wanted to talk to animals and struggled to understand why this was impossible. Slowly we gave up the attempt as […]
The Neuroscience of Suffering – And Its End
“Do not pursue the past. Do not usher in the future. Rest evenly with present awareness” (Tibetan meditation instruction) It was 1972, and Gary Weber, a 29-year old materials science PhD student at Penn State […]