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Hitch a ride on the magic carpet
Posted on February 18, 2020 7 Comments
“Enchantment is never in short supply.”—Bayo Akomolafe I live in a college town. Right across the river is a funky little downtown with a wide assortment of late-night entertainment—bands, comics, pubs, deejays. Let’s just say adult beverages are frequently consumed. If you show up the next morning, there’s always money laying around. Sometimes even $100 […]
Yet another trio of tales from the annals of magic and enchantment
Posted on July 18, 2019 22 Comments
“What power is this. I can’t say. I just know that it’s there.”–Alexander Graham Bell I have a magical inbox. It delivers miracle stories from readers of my books. Anytime I need a boost, l simply open my email and voila! an inspiring new story shows up. Lately, these stories often include pictures of 222. […]
More stories to rock your world
Posted on September 10, 2018 12 Comments
“I pray for the change in perception that will let me see bigger and sweeter realities.”–Ann Lamott My favorite thing in the whole world is miracles. I’ve been a student of ‘A Course in Miracles’ for more than 25 years. The TV series I created is set in an ecovillage called Milagro Springs. Milagro, of […]
Miracles and the four-minute mile
Posted on August 7, 2018 27 Comments
“I do not believe in miracles, I rely on them.”— Yogi Bhajan So you might wonder why I’m always sharing miracle stories here on the blog. Those stories that tend to begin with some version of “You are never going to believe this.” I feel it’s my duty to point them out (and throw massive […]
Small sign, ginormous implications
Posted on May 23, 2018 31 Comments
“Facts, my dear Sancho, are the enemy of truth.”—Miquel de Cervantes The brain, as cool as it is, mainly serves as a reducing valve. It takes the overwhelming flood of information available and filters it down to a trickle. It’s efficient for survival, I suppose, but it screens out most of life’s wonderment. That’s why […]
Proud to be high on the woo-woo-spectrum
Posted on May 20, 2018 14 Comments
“Your thoughts are the strongest currency at your disposal.”–Alan Cohen A reporter from Fast Company asked me once, “So what do you say to skeptics?” She was interviewing me on the power of visualization. Although I probably cited one of the many scientific studies proving its effectiveness, I was tempted to repeat a line from […]
More miracles from the annals of magic and enchantment
Posted on March 26, 2018 18 Comments
“One of the greatest paradoxes of your physical senses is that your eyes actually show you what you believe, not what you see.”—Mike Dooley So I’m sitting in a French café in Mexico, having just finished a travel article on a Brazilian steakhouse I visited in the United States. What a small world! ACIM Lesson […]
Turning Mr. Hyde back into Dr. Jekyll
Posted on March 19, 2018 39 Comments
“People show up in our lives as opportunities to reach out in love. In spite of what we see, there is fullness and glory. Our job is to call it forth, to strengthen it, to honor it, to pray for it to rise.”—Michele Longo-O’Donnell You may have heard about Dr. Hew Len. He’s a former […]
Turns out we ARE sitting on a pot of gold
Posted on March 18, 2018 10 Comments
“Being born’s a hell of a lottery”-David Mitchell Every year, at least $800 million in lottery prizes never get claimed. That’s a lot of serious cash that some lucky stiff could be enjoying right this very moment. Just imagine all the unaware ticket holders who, instead of sitting on a beach in Bora Bora, are […]
Unfurling a new map
Posted on March 13, 2018 12 Comments
“The quality of your consciousness at this moment is what shapes the future.”–Eckhart Tolle One of the key reasons I accept all invitations to present workshops (what I call play shops) is because I meet the most amazing people. I hear the most miraculous stories. In Seattle, for example, I met a woman who used […]
