To mark the canonization of a 12^th century German Benedictine nun, Hildegard of Bingen, by Pope Benedict XVI in October, Namaste Publishing, the original publishers of Eckhart Tolle's The Power of Now, will release a new book October 1.

By internationally acclaimed author and teacher Rev. Matthew Fox—formerly a member of the Roman Catholic Dominican order and today an Episcopalian priest— the book will examine what we can learn from this outstanding woman from the Middle Ages.

Today marks the launching of a new ezine, an electronic magazine, from Namaste Publishing. You can find it here. It's free of charge. Feel free to notify your own emailing lists about it.

There are features by a number of authors, including Marianne Williamson, Dr Joe Dispenza, Constance Kellough, and Lynn Woodland, with a focus on the Namaste book Making Miracles.

When you listen to people trumpeting the latest political candidate they are supporting, if you are at all consciousness, you realize how different you are from the majority.

As you hear political candidates, you observe the rhetoric, the spin, the attacks on other candidates, none of which sounds the least bit conscious. You realize how little these individuals really have to offer our world.

On the contrary, all of this trumpeting and attacking comes from what Eckhart Tolle refers to as the “ego,” along with its flip side the “pain-body.”

Wherever you look, you see support groups. People join them every day, and there seem to be more and more of them. When one group breaks up, another forms. Why?

Because many of us believe we need the support of a support group.

Has it ever occurred to you that support is connected with dependence? That when you need a support group, you strengthen your need to be dependent?

Support has to do with the mind, which believes it needs help in order to be okay. Consciousness has no need of support because it knows it's okay.

Why do politicians who are running for office engage in negative advertising and attacks on other candidates?

We're seeing this approach on a wide scale in the run-up to the United States presidential election in November, though it's a phenomenon that plays out the world over. Put the other person down, get one up on them, is a key strategy of politics much of the time.

The reason this kind of message is successful lies in what Eckhart Tolle calls the ego and its flip side, the pain-body.

Have you heard the term “old soul” in reference to someone who appears to be wise? Why do some people seem to be older souls than others?

It’s always possible that some have had more previous lives than others. It’s also possible that some have risen to the challenge of their experiences in this life and have gained skill in living meaningfully as a result.

A person who seems like an “old soul” may simply be someone who has faced up to the lesson in each of their experiences instead of resisting growth.

We’ve all been taught it’s important to know who we are. How can we ever amount to anything if we don’t discover our identity?

So, who are you as a person? Are you sure you really know? Have you pinned your identity down?

It’s commonly said by those who are on a spiritual journey, “Look inside for answers.” There’s certainly a truth to the idea that our answers come from within.

The divine presence works through all the circumstances of our lives—all the people and events—to open our eyes to the beautiful people we really are.

How could we be otherwise, when we have come entirely from the divine?

The only thing missing is our ability to see this, which is a function of having sufficient consciousness.

Consciousness is an evolving, emerging state of being.

It isn’t a given, and it isn’t something God can wave a magic wand to instantaneously create.

Whether your goal is crafting a new business strategy, running longer distances, scoring higher, setting a speed record or composing a new song, there are a few basic requirements for winning: physical prowess, mental attitude and energy. 

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