Years ago, when I was in the early throes of a passionate love affair, it looked like my new beloved was going to succumb to the "thrall of the ex" and go back to a previous partner. Devastated, I remember getting up one morning and, in tears, walking down the stairs...

Let me say upfront, I am no stranger to plant medicines. Or a lot of other substances, for that matter. In my late teens and early twenties, I did different drugs, including plants like mushrooms, peyote and mescaline, for all the wrong reasons. Between ages 43 and...

A few days ago, I was sitting on my deck, basking in the warmth of early morning as the sun rose over the northern flank of Haleakalā volcano. I'd had my morning coffee. I'd eaten breakfast. I'd downed the first quart of water, and taken my supplements. And I was...

Yeshua Ben Yosef, Jesus, right, wrong, mirror, as within so without, enlightenment I woke up at four a.m. this morning from a very intense dream in which I reminded myself over and over again, "I only exist in relationship. I only exist in the mirror. Relationship is...

Have you ever met someone who always seems to manage to antagonize you and everybody else? Nothing major perhaps ... but they definitely rub you up the wrong way, always seeming to disagree with everybody. In a minor way, of course. But still ... Or have you ever been...