Do you ever find dimes in your jewelry box, pocket change piled on your dresser, or damp dollar bills crumpled in the washing machine? This weekend, I walked around the house gathering all the bits of abandoned U.S. currency I could find. Then I got the kids to help me sort the coins so we…

May the roots of suffering diminish. May warfare, violence, neglect, indifference, and addictions also decrease. May the wisdom and compassion of all beings increase, now and in the future. May we clearly see all the barriers we erect between ourselves and others to be as insubstantial as our dreams. May we appreciate the great perfection…

I’ve been sitting on my feelings about The Atlantic Monthly’s take on trendy yoga culture for a couple of days now. The piece is not available online without a subscription, but here’s a chat about today’s yoga scene with author Hanna Rosin, a talented religion writer who has worked for The New Yorker, The Washington…

Readers sent in such interesting descriptions of their energetic exchanges with deceased loved ones that I’ll just run them here. “The night that my beloved grandmother died in 1993,” writes CM reader Nancy, “I left the hospital and went to my mother’s house to comfort her. As I approached my mother’s house, I felt a…

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