Leh, India — By day they lay sprawled out asleep in the shade, only getting up every now and then to munch on some trash. By night they spring to life, turning the streets into a high-energy...
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Parks Canada is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. Established as the Dominion Parks Branch in 1911, it is the oldest and one of the largest national park services in the world...
A stray cow is walking toward me. I cross the street to give it space, careful to avoid stepping on a tail of one of the many sprawled out, potentially rabid, dogs that lay on the other side.
I yearn to know your many sides
No, you are too vast
Embrace the mystery, I remind myself
It is in not knowing you that I can truly know you
Forget maps, I wish to see you with child’s eyes
Drop the judgment
You are perfect in your many imperfections
You are my greatest teacher...
“To be or to do, that is the question” of The Mindful Word’s new blog “Aimless in India.” The meaning...
While meditating today I started by focusing on whatever my senses picked up in the environment. I tuned into the various sounds of nature without fixating on any of them. After a short while...
Voluntary simplicity is a way of life that puts personal, inner growth ahead of material, outer growth. Also known as simple living, it advocates living with less, not as a result of poverty, but as...
After a series of events challenged my perception of trust, I decided to put trust to the test. Hitch hike...
I got a late start on the day, arriving at Fernie’s eastern edge at 1PM. The combination of bad timing and location proved to be an issue as it took me about four hours to get my first ride...
A standing room only crowd of 100 packed Fernie's Arts Station to see Canadian naturalist Charlie Russell. I couldn't believe that on a Saturday night more than 2% of the town's entire population...
“Devotional Hip Hop” sounds an oxymoron. It’s not. On his debut release, MC Yogi craftily fuses modern America (Hip Hop) and ancient India (devotional chanting) to form a unified whole: Elephant...
An adult heart pumps up to 2000 gallons of blood throughout our body every day, without any need for conscious thought. The flow of life is much like blood being pumped throughout our body...
"You have arrived, you are home” a sign informs me as I drive past the entrance to Deer Park monastery. Indeed, I am home. Having practiced in the Plum Village Buddhist tradition for a few years...
As my train pulls away from Toronto’s lime green St. Patrick subway station and fades to the darkness of the underground tunnels, it's my turn to strip. Bending down...
Stepping into the tasting room, dubbed the Liquid Center, at New Belgium Brewery in Fort Collins, Colorado, I felt a vibe unlike almost any I get from a large business in Corporate America...
As stealthily as my size 13 hiking boots allow, I creep along the dry underbrush of Northern Colorado’s Bobcat Ridge. I’m following a high-pitched bird sound, a...
“Don’t worry about me. I’ve got lots of people here offering to help me out,” environmentalist-communitarian Jeff Gold says, reassuring a friend over the phone...
“We live just like the white folks,” permaculturist Arvo Thomson comically replies, when I ask if he has enough power in his off-grid...
Taming the wild mind is a difficult task and it’s one of the primary reasons why meditation focuses so consistently...
“If at first an idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it.” — Albert Einstein Ideas often...
After spending the summer living and working at the Shambhala Mountain Center I didn’t get a chance to return for three months after I left. Quite longer than I...
I cross the flight path of the snowflake. Thwack. Cold and wet meets warm and dry. The chemical reaction tingles my cheek, waking me up to the fresh, bright...
I’ve lately come to appreciate the beauty of blank space. On a recent trip from Toronto to Colorado I opted to take the train rather than fly, looking forward to the vast...
My disillusionment with theCatholic Church set in as a child and culminated when I stopped going to church as a teen. The Church posed a number of problems in...
