Appalachian Zen: Steve Kanji Ruhl

A series of mystifying moments occasioned by words that lit up before her eyes had longtime psychologist and teacher Christina Donnell profoundly engaged. As her sensory impressions of this “living language” deepened within her, she noticed her thoughts giving way to direct perception and her inner sensations yielding to a feeling of universal perception, transporting her to a level of awareness far beyond normal. No longer was there a self separate from other; infinity and eternity had become physical realities; and more.

“Astonishment is the quintessence of life fully expressed. Yet it is something we cannot will ourselves to feel. This is where poetry—the epitome of word play—steps in, suspends us above the daily drift of ordinariness and alights that spark of awe. It beseeches us to question everything. Every verse, versus, vice versa insists that we stop and revere the nuances of this human experience—to see beauty and grace in the pain and chaos. Poetry encourages us to be wilder in the midst of bewilderment. For this reason, it is an essential tool for experiencing the ephemeral nature of life and the One who created it all.” —Gina Mazza

Every day we have an inner battle going on between two parts of ourselves: our ego and our soul. When we view the world through our ego lens, life can seem tragic, random, meaningless, and painful. When viewed from our soul’s perspective, we find divine order and soul agreements in every event of our lives. Each of us has the power to uplift and inspire, to feel love and compassion, no matter how tragic our experiences may be. By viewing the world through your divine lens, you can reawaken to the wisdom and potential of your soul, see the opportunities behind suffering, and help in the collective evolution of soul consciousness.

Steve Kanji Ruhl describes a journey we all take, one that Buddhism calls “seeking our true home.” Edgy, lyrical, and lovingly rendered, this book recounts how a kid from a Pennsylvania mill-town trailer park grew up—surrounded by backwoods farms and amid grief, violence, and passionate yearning—to become something improbable: a Buddhist minister teaching Zen.

Learn about listening to the rhythms and stories of the audible body and learn how to use the voice to unlock emotional pain and suffering. Healing Through Sound takes readers on a journey into the core of their being, unveiling a revolutionary system in which sound isn't just heard but deeply felt. Her method goes beyond the surface, tapping into the body's memory, releasing tensions, and healing emotional wounds that have been hidden for years. Discover how how sound can reshape our body's soft tissue, realign our posture, and liberate us from the emotional baggage we've unconsciously carried for years.

Have you ever known, felt, or sensed something that defies rational explanation? Have you ever wondered how your intuition is able to know things that should be impossible to know? In this inspiring conversation, renowned intuition expert Kim Chestney will draw on the latest findings in quantum physics to present a multidimensional exploration of the whole spectrum of intuitive experience — from everyday occurrences such as hunches and gut feelings to “impossible” phenomena such as telepathy, remote viewing, and precognition.

This is a road map to help you create your best life, showing you how to live a life which is joyful and abundant, helping you to be all that you can be and have all that you desire to have. It is broken down into three areas: remember, reset, receive: the ‘3 Rs’.

Goddess as Mother, Crone, Maiden, and Queen. She explores each aspect with history and mythology, going back to pre-history with the Mother, describing the fall of the Goddess through the Crone, the modern resurgence of the Goddess through the Maiden, and women's empowerment through the Queen archetype.

You are here to reunite mind, body, and spirit by creating, experienc- ing, and expressing. This will always engage a beginning, middle, and end. It will often encompass a challenge that unfolds a deeper lesson. Your jour- ney to planet Earth was intended for experiential engagement. This would require both, the process of involution and that of evolution. There are parts on the inside and outside of every human being that are at war with the Self. It is the journey of victim, villain, and hero . . . the unknown, the question, the answer . . . living, being, and knowing. The greatest gift of the soul is to release fully, so that it can be all that experience offers in knowing its true expansiveness. The journey involves predetermined obstacles within the self and in the outside world. It is through being at war, in love, and of peace, the soul journey unfolds. The experience and integration of love, poured on every circumstance, brings the peace being sought. Love would have you discover that everything is loving and good, even those things that seem ugly, wrong, or bad. Love would show you the steps along the path. Love would never leave you or stop being your guide. But it requires you to be present and loving to the Self, so that you see, and can be seen, through the eyes of Love rather than distorted perceptions. This is the place that holds all illusion, reality, and truth.

A sacred romance began eons ago when One separated into two; and two became many. All of life stemmed from that origin, expanding and contracting through the sacred constructs of duality, multiplicity and alchemy. Through a multi-sensory experience of Self, 7 human graces make way for knowing the full expanse of humanity that creates the embodied experiences of unconditional loving, compassion and peace. Inner authority, confidence, creativity and authenticity awaken through presence with our most human sensory expansion and the divine flowering of essence. You are not just a rainbow in the dark. An ‘unknown’ YOU has treasures in escrow. Your body holds secrets. The sacred trickles through your bloodlines and rests within the marrow of your bones. You are the embodiment of an enormous spirit that is non-judging, everlasting and all-knowing. Your soul purpose is to reweave human experience into the embodiment and humble power of a God on legs. Deborah Beauvais, Founder DreamVisions7 Radio Network hosts an intimate conversation on Knowing Grace...