What better combination than sweet potatoes, cilantro, jalapeno’s, and black beans? This soup, adapted from the wonderful cookbook The Ethnic Vegetarian, by Angela Shelf Medearis –a cookbook with diverse recipes from Africa, the Carribbean, and …

Book excerpt from Living With Joy , by Sanaya Roman.
All of you have had that experience of deep love, in which you were able to set aside your personality, your own wants and desires, …

The thought manifests as the word
The word manifests as the deed
The deed develops into habit
And the habit hardens into character.
So watch the thought
And its way with care
And let it spring from love
Born out of respect …

Honey has been used as a popular sleep aid for thousands of years. An ancient Chinese saying calls for “eating honey every night,” and European folk healers have recommended drinking a cup of warm milk …

In a letter to Vita Sackville West, Virginia Wolfe wrote:
Now this is very profound, what rhythm is, and goes far deeper than words. A sight, an emotion, creates this wave in the mind, long before …

It is easy to polish your car without petroleum-based products (and especially the scented petroleum-based waxes).
Ingredients
The clove in this formula is used as a preservative. With this addition the formula can last for 6 months.
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Music Gives an Energy Boost
Research indicates that listening to music while exercising enables people to work out longer before feeling exhausted. Men increased their time by 30 percent, women by 25 percent, before exhaustion set …

For centuries, people have honored the power of the bath, not only to cleanse the body, but to heal the skin and soothe the soul. Water has been known as a healer since the dawn …

Commercial oil paints contain unhealthy petroleum solvents. Here is a recipe for making your own paint that is a true find, especially for those who are chemically sensitive, adapted from a recipe in the Kremer …

Hara is that state in which the individual has found his primal center. When we speak of the state of an individual we mean something that concerns him in his entirety, that is, something that …