There Is Nothing Wrong with Us
by American Zen Teacher, Cheri Huber (abstract)

Celebrating Our Common Humanity
Interview with Yolanda King and Elodia Tate by Steve Dahl (abstract)

Reaching the Higher Octave
By Caroline Sutherland. (abstract)

Why Money is Bad, Why Money is Good
By Siva Baba (abstract)

Extending the TransNet Tax
Taking Another Look at Proposition A (abstract)

Letters on Penelope Andrade's Bleep Comments (abstact)

 

There Is Nothing Wrong
with Us
by American Zen Teacher, Cheri Huber

If the ways we have been trying to affect change were going to work, they would have by now. If “changing” and “doing” and “improving” worked, we would be a world of perfected beings living in Utopia. But that is clearly not our experience of ourselves and the world. The great majority of us are still struggling to become who and what we believe we should be. .

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Celebrating Our Common Humanity
Interview with Yolanda King and Elodia Tate by Steve Dahl

For a white guy from North Dakota I felt kind of strange pretending to be Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Years ago I was asked by my speech coach to give a demonstration of what a passionate, and meaningful speech might sound like. It didn't take long for the voice the power of one particular masterful speaker to sprint to the tip of my tongue. It came from one of the most charismatic and persuasive speakers of all times. I stood up I shouted out, “I have a dream!” This certainly got the audience's attention. “I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed!” For a moment, I felt a fraction of the energy that must have been present on that historical day in 1963 when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his “I Have a Dream” speech.

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Reaching the Higher Octave
By Caroline Sutherland.

Given all the “feel-good” reasons for optimum health, there are none so compelling as the notion of destiny—the pre-planned spiritual mission or purpose for our lives.

In order to anchor a deep respect for the physical body firmly into our minds and to give us the motivating factor for achieving optimum health, we must then look to the idea of purpose and calling as the driving force behind our intention to be healthy.

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Why Money is Bad, Why Money is Good
By Siva Baba

Believe it or not, most people deep down in their hearts think that money is bad. It is something ingrained in the blood of the human race. One day a rich doctor told one of my students that he hated me. This is what he said to my student, “I hate myself for loving money.” I expect a Guru to hate money, I can't understand how a Guru can love money.” I understand the doctor's position; I have heard this criticism a million times.

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Extending the TransNet Tax
Taking Another Look at Proposition A

One of the more important Propositions this election is Proposition A that will extend the existing half-cent transportation sales tax for 40 years.

It's obviously important because few of us escape traffic and commuting in San Diego County. Unlike when it first passed, this time it will take 2/3 of us to approve it. It was first passed with 53% of the vote. Because tax measures such as this don't generally do well in off-year elections when fewer people vote, we need to consider it seriously now. Our next election is 2006 and this tax expires in March 2008.

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Letters on Penelope Andrade's Bleep Comments

Barry Heermann
I am writing to Penelope Andrade's re-flections on the “What the Bleep,” movie. Bottom line: I loved the movie, AND reading Penelope's assessment of how emotional factors didn't get adequately addressed provided an additional, more comprehensive understanding of being more fully “human” beings. BRAVO.

— Barry Heerman

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