by Celia Coates “Prominent designer channels a chic, organic vibe in a new, bayside abode.” That’s what appeared recently in slick marketing magazine. I am not interested in living in an abode. What about you? But I am very interested in “vibes” – vibrations. We’ve been hearing about vibrations for decades (even centuries) but “vibes”…
The Power of Community
By Celia Coates My sister Judy, who has a fine sense of humor, sent me a gift subscription to HARPER’S BAZAAR, a very glossy women’s fashion magazine. High fashion is near the bottom of my list of interests, although this banner statement on one of the articles did catch my eye, “Spring’s BOLDEST LOOKS play…
Facing Fear
by Celia Coates “Vehemently disturbed” – that was the woman’s immediate answer this week when the reporter asked her how she was feeling about what’s happening in this country. Her words caught my attention. She was not just mentioning feeling fear about the current state of things (a feeling that is painfully common these days)…
Learning About Love
by Celia Coates In the last WINN, the one about love and the meaning of life, I wrote that we need to begin with loving ourselves and that that would be a subject for a future post. It surprised me when the future arrived quickly and became this week and this post. I’ve been clearing…
Love and Fear, Community and Cult
by Celia Coates A few weeks ago, I headed for my favorite grocery store and I was not feeling peaceful – I was a little edgy. As I wandered down the well-stocked aisles, one of the cheerful staff approached and asked me what I was looking for. Flippantly I answered, “The meaning of life.” Without…
Of Brain and Mind
By Brian Luke Seaward A few years ago, I was invited to participate in a study of the effects of Cranio-Sacral Therapy on stress and relaxation. My first day in the lab I was fitted with a skull cap with countless electrodes ready to record my brain’s electrical activity. Once fitted, I lay down and…
Light, Love, and Wisdom
By Carolyn Scripps In 1990, on December 24th, I had an experience of awakening, of “seeing the light.” My husband and I lived in Lawrence, Kansas with our toddler and baby. Earlier that day, my young nieces were dropped off to spend the holiday with us. I was ready for our first “Christmas Craft Day”…
The Second “Love All Around”
By Brenda Molloy From Celia: If you have not read Brenda’s two earlier, informative posts about fractals and her art, you might scroll to the end of this third post and link to them now. On November 8th another image of “Love All Around” came in so pure and so quickly that it felt as…
Becoming Beacons of Light
By Gretchen Krivoshia It has always been the time to cultivate loving kindness but given the turmoil in our world, it is needed now more than ever. We need to do what we can to increase compassion and caring – for ourselves and others – to become the beacons of light that we are capable…
Healing With Nature
By Brian Luke Seaward When the winds blows, this is my medicine. When it rains, this is my medicine. When it hails, this is my medicine. When the skies clear after a storm, this is my medicine. -Native American Prayer One semester, while serving on the faculty of the American University, I invited a Lakota…
More Than One Ecosystem
By Celia Coates In this week filled with terrible news, a welcome email came from Dean Radin, the chief scientist at the Institute of Noetic Sciences. It included these words: “Crisis is an evolutionary driver. Crisis signals to organisms that incremental change will no longer suffice to survive. The materialistic world view that has led…
The Healing Work and Legacy of Daniel Benor, M.D.
The family and colleagues of Daniel Benor sent word this week that his work and legacy will remain accessible through his website (www.DanielBenor.com) and the continuation of his International Journal of Healing and Caring now under the editorship of Judith Swack, PhD. There were two WINN posts about Dr. Benor and his pioneering work that…