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…

Reflections on Miracles

By Brian Luke Seaward When Matt was 16 years old, he was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor. As you can imagine, the diagnosis left Matt and his entire family devastated. His father, Jack, was a physician who became especially involved – and concerned – with the medical treatment. One day after an exchange with…

Three Aspects of Time

By Genevieve Paulson Genevieve Paulson is a profound and practical spiritual teacher, author, and great, great, grandmother. This excerpt is from her fifth book, JOURNEY INTO COSMIC CONSCIOUSNESS, which has the subtitle – Through Reincarnation, Time and Space, Inner and Outer Worlds, Universal Laws, Spirit, Nature, and many other energies along the way. Before trying…

Lessons From Dr. Gladys

By Celia Coates If an author chooses to honor a special person or to dedicate their book to those who have supported their work, there are several ways this can be done. Sometimes it’s just by adding a set of initials after the word “For” on one of the first pages. Sometimes it’s a long…

David’s Light

By Lucia Thornton [This post by Lucia Thornton was originally published in 2009 in BRIDGES Magazine. I’d like to introduce you to Lucia here although many of you will have already met her. She and I co-edited that issue of ISSSEEM’s member magazine and she wrote this in her editorial comment, “I have been interested…

Fallen Heroes and Healthy Egos

By Brian Luke Seaward When Joseph Campbell travelled the world collecting stories, myths, and fables that solidified his understanding of what he called The Hero’s Journey, he was made aware of the occasional hero who was caught up in the glory of the quest, overtaken by greed, and who refused to complete the journey by…

To Learn About Energy Healing

By Brian Luke Seaward About 10 years ago I went downhill skiing at Copper Mountain, about 70 miles west of Denver. I am a fair-weather skier. I prefer blue skies, great vistas, and powdered snow and because I live in Colorado, I can often ski with these conditions. This day was one such day. However,…

Daniel Benor, M.D. and Healing Research

By Celia Coates Dan Benor, who was a ground-breaking leader in his research into the nature of healing, left this life in July at the age of 81. In a WINN post in 2016, he wrote, “I started out as a complete skeptic about healing. … All of my training and experience left me certain…

Getting What You Want

by Celia Coates Here’s the first verse of a cheer-filled gospel song, Jesus is on the main line, you can tell him what you want, You can tell him anything you want. And then there’s a joyful chorus, Call him up, call him up, Tell him what you want. It’s from the days when our…