As Valentine’s Day approaches I realize – after sifting through the B.S. of romance books and movies and media interpretations of “love” – that what we all deeply want is a deeply spiritually connected relationship with our spouse.

One of the things that finally clued me in – aside from denouncing all the popular culture myths of what love is – is Eckhart Tolle’s book, The Power of Now.
It always breaks my heart a little when people get a divorce. Even celebrities. It’s worth mourning.
It occurs to me when others divorce, or when I have considered ending my …read more

A tip for your self esteem during a lifestyle change. . .
Don’t weigh-in if you’re on your period and experiencing the PMS Pain Body. If you do – you will take it personally that you’re right back where you started.
Take the week off. Not from exercise – because I’ve found that if you are carrying the pain of all women, everywhere, since the dawn of time – that vigorous exercise and yoga is a really good thing to do with all that negative energy. The endorphins to the brain are priceless too.
But, definately boycott the scale …read more

I’ve been reading Eckhart Tolle’s book, The Power of Now.

He introduces the idea of a Pain Body. The Pain Body is also discussed in great detail in his other book A New Earth.

Basically, he says that one part of the human condition is a pain body. We have personal pain bodies that result from things that happen specifically to us. But, we also have collective pain bodies that come from being members of a group – women, for instance.

Tolle says that because of several thousand years of oppression, repression, violence, rape, battery, harassment, slavery and sexism baby girls are born …read more

I’m going to be on Lisa.fm. Tuesday, March 25 5 pm Central. I’ve been invited to discuss chapter 4 of A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle. Please log on and listen. I’ll post a podcast once it’s recorded in case you can’t make it.     (It’s 5 not 1 – come back in several hours. Oops. Sorry.) 

*** Don’t miss my debut discussion of A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose (Oprah’s Book Club, Selection 61) on Lisa.fm Book Club, online radio at 3 PM Pacific on March 25.Don’t forget to stop by So Sioux Me and join my A New Earth Community discussion.

Who is putting the kids to bed 15 minutes earlier tonight to make time to attend Oprah’s online class?
Me, of course.
Are you too going to make time to discuss the Flowering of Human Consciousness as Eckhart Tolle describes?
If so, please join me at So Sioux Me where I’ll be discussing the online course simultaneously over the next 10 weeks.
Awaken tonight at 8 pm Central time at Oprah.com and So Sioux Me.

I’m thrilled to invite you to participate in the A New Earth Community over at So Sioux Me. I was contacted by Oprah’s staff and invited to host a community that will run simultaneously with the online course beginning in March on Mondays.
A landmark interactive spiritual event is on the horizon.
Starting Monday, March 3rd, Oprah Winfrey and best selling author and spiritual teacher Eckhart Tolle will team up to teach a live weekly webcast centered around Mr. Tolle’s book A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose (Oprah’s Book Club, Selection 61)“.
This revolutionary webcast is being hailed “the biggest classroom …read more

Hurry, this is the last day to enter the contest to win the A New Earth Oprah Giveaway.

My last contest giving away a copy of Eckhart Tolle’s A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose (Oprah’s Book Club, Selection 61) was so much fun I decided to give another copy away over on So Sioux Me.
Leave a comment over on A New Earth Oprah Giveaway to win.
For other contests hop over to Prize-A-Tron, a blog about blog contests. Groovy.

I am thrilled to give a copy of A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose (Oprah’s Book Club, Selection 61)to Kam A! Thank you so much to everyone for entering the contest. I wish I could give you all a copy.
That said, I would point out that you can score a copy for under $10 at Amazon at through this link, A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose (Oprah’s Book Club, Selection 61). In todays’ world, $8.40 is really one super-sized lunch.
Surely, it’s worth two Grande Mocha Lattes to deconstruct yourself and be part of creating A New Earth. The online class, beginning …read more