Healing Light

Always when we call upon light, we need to visualize an image or presence, to feel its positive qualities, and to believe in its power to heal.

Joan Halifax and Her Robe of Many Tears

Joan Halifax reflects on her life of science, stories and spiritual search, and her work now with the great teacher, death.

Seven Years in Tibet

French director Jean-Jacques Annaud has prided himself on ambitious films, but none compares to the scope and challenge of Seven Years In Tibet.

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan on Qawwali

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan is perhaps the world's greatest living master of qawwali, a mystical Sufi music.

A Composer’s Journey from Concept to Experience

Peter Lieberson describes his creative journey from the high intellectualism of twelve-tone theory to a trust in the play between spontaneity and technique.

Sharon Salzberg and Alice Walker: The Power of Loving-Kindness

The thing about love that I've discovered in my life is that one love leads to another. It just gets bigger and bigger. You can let it start anywhere; it can be really tiny.

James Hillman says it’s not all in your head

The great Jungian analyst says America could use a healthy dose of rebellion. These problems aren't just in your mind, and they need to be fixed.

The Kosmos According to Ken Wilber

Ken Wilber discusses how to integrate many levels of knowledge from the most concrete to the most etheral into a great unified view of the living universe.

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Death and the Rebirth of Patti Smith

A series of deaths-her husband, brother and closest friend--has softened the heart of the once angry poet and singer.

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The Wild Mind of Gary Snyder

For the nineties, the celebrated Beat rebel advocates "wild mind," neighborhood values and watershed politics.