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The Ego is Not the True Guide or Higher-Self Most of us spend our lives navigating responsibilities, relationships, work, and countless daily demands. In the process, it is easy to become identified with a running stream of thoughts, fears, judgments, and [...]

Asking the Deeper Questions: How to strip away labels of identity Who are you when the labels fall away? When you are no longer your profession, your relationships, your successes, your failures, or the story you've told yourself for years? Much [...]

Finding Balance Through Detachment Definitely, on retreat, we work with great diligence on the hindrances of attachment and desire, which are two terms translated from ancient wisdom traditions that often confuse modern Western students. Markedly, this article aims to briefly clarify [...]

Sedona: A Conscious Community The splendor of Sedona is known throughout the world. There is no place like it on Earth. Sedona has it all: climate, location, geology, and human history. All these combine in Sedona, AZ for breathtaking results. With [...]

Change is Inevitable, Embrace It It is an old cliché that “the only thing that stays the same is change.” It may be overused, but only because it is true. While many things may appear unchanging, a closer look reveals otherwise. [...]

What Does Being Present Mean Again and again, we hear wisdom traditions ask us to “be present,” but what does this really mean? Often we associate this with lovely and nice things such as, taking a vacation, hanging out with the [...]