the trouble with old dog/new tricks

I’m sure the intern, volunteer, or president of Integral had the best intentions trying to build a presence on twitter, but ya gotta watch for style, content, appropriateness (or perhaps this tweet’s a hack). It made me smile to think of the Swami instructing us about autocorrect, though!

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Birth of Christ (consciousness)

Paramahansa Yogananda on the meaning of Christmas:

In these twenty centuries Christmas has been celebrated 1,935 times—yet how few have realized the true significance of the birth of Jesus! Every year, God and the angels recognize this occasion with celestial celebrations for the good of all. So let each one of you, by prior weeks of deep meditation, prepare his consciousness to celebrate this coming Christmas. Continue reading “Birth of Christ (consciousness)”

Here’s the thing

…there’s something about being an artist — being a musician, being a painter, being a sculptor — when you’re doing it, you’re in the exact moment of your life. And that’s rare, you know. When you’re not in that mode, you’re thinking about yesterday or tomorrow or … but when you’re doing it, you’re so right on the moment.

— Herb Alpert on Here’s the Thing, with Alec Baldwin