In the gale-force windstorm of industry and expectation, demand and disappointment, paperwork and power plays that defines the modern workplace, it’s no surprise that a person’s sense of spiritual connection is in constant peril. But scoring inner peace on the job is an entirely achievable forecast. A half dozen tips for finding your cloud’s silver lining: • Meditate. As daunting and off-puttingly new-agey an...
So let’s say you’re a bad guy who’s done some regrettable stuff. Should that admittedly dubious reality preclude you from a spiritual life and access to guides who might be able to facilitate same? It’s a question that slipped into the spotlight recently when Canada’s federal prison system did an about-face on a decision to retain the services of certain “minority-faith” chaplains for their inmates. Declaring that...
It’s been said before but bears repeating: Our spiritual and mental selves are not two solitudes. Rather, the pair are companionable buddies, hanging out at sporting events, attending gallery openings, even hitting the sack together every night. It’s hardly surprising, then, that another scientific study has identified a link between the duo in research that points to the significant contribution the former has to...
The back-to school season has descended upon our collective reality once more and, with its advent, the usual anxiety that accompanies such a wholesale adjustment to a persons quotidian existence. All too suddenly, after months of languishing poolside, students are called upon to be present and -more than that – engaged in mind-taxing activities on which they;’ll be consequentially graded. That this...
You know the type. The guy who squints his eyes against the sun while he’s forecasting rain. The visionary who predicts a losing result for the home team before anyone’s even stepped onto the field. The far-from-idealist who is forever more preoccupied with the dark cloud itself than any skinny precious metal lining. This is the Eternal Pessimist and, while not immediately welcome at picnics or shareholder...