As I proof read this in the sun on the Q-Barn deck, the Divas trumpet and squeak, their songs ringing out over the entire valley. They are greeting Julia, (their lead caregiver) who is on her way back through the valley on her four- wheeler. We must help them, protect them, love and respect them, but most of all look what we can learn from these amazing elephants. What gifts they bestow.

As the leaves are changing so is the world around us! In this month’s newsletter we bring you articles on His Holiness The Dalai Lama recieving the Congressional Medal of Honor, Al Gore’s award of the Nobel Peace Prize, as well as Part 2 of the Heather Cumming Podcast, podcasts with Gene Krackehl and Dr. Steven E. Hodes, book reviews of The Mystery of 2012 and The Quiet Heart, the latest article from Sahar’s Spiritual Lifecoaching, AND an article by Judith Orloff! Don’t miss this month’s Fall-tastic newsletter!

In this Podcast interview, Dr. Jude Currivan talks with Merryn Jose about her new book entitled , The 13th Step.Dr. Currivan is a scientist, healer, sensitive and cosmic geomancer with a lifetime’s study of consciousness and metaphysics. She holds a PhD in Cognitive Archaeology and a Masters Degree in Physics. Dr. Currivan has also worked with and learned from the elders and shamans of many wisdom traditions and is the author of three books The Wave, The 8th Chakra, and The 13th Step.

Beautifully written, Karuna’s poetic language is filled with symbolism and metaphor yet remains lucid and simple, honest and true. Beginning with Praseed (a word used in prayers to the Divine Mother which means “be pleased”) and ending with the title poem Surfacing, each page takes the reader through an ever expanding landscape of the inner psychology. Some of the other titles in this work include: Brahman of the Upanishads, Guru, Inner Mystic, Voices of Vedanta, Revelation, Lotus, Chant, Dissolution and Glory, Hills of Frankincense and Asana.

“Thanks to overwhelming support in Congress, the US House of Representatives on September 13 voted to award His Holiness the Dalai Lama the Congressional Gold Medal, the nation’s highest civilian honor. The award is in recognition of the Dalai Lama’s advocacy of religious harmony, non-violence, and human rights throughout the world and for his efforts to find a peaceful solution to the Tibet issue though dialogue with the Chinese leadership.”

In my book, Five Wishes, I share the whole journey with you, all the ups and downs along the way to seeing my five greatest wishes come true. I’m about the same age now as my benefactor was when he asked me that powerful question. I think his great value in my life was not just the question–it was that he held a space for me in which all my dreams could come true.

As a Universal Field, the Akashic Records holds information for all of life. This Field of Everything can be likened to an Energetic Universal Library holding both Personal Records and Universal or Collective Records. The Personal Record holds the journey of one’s soul as well as all that has happened in one’s past, one’s present and the holding of one’s future possibilities and potentials. The Collective Record holds all information throughout creation as well as the infinite future possibilities also known as the collective unconscious.

In this podcast, Philip discusses with Merryn Jose growing up psychic, how he came to have tea with the Queen of England, his relationship with Hans Holzer, his latest book: Beyond Death – Conditions In The Afterlife, his work with charities, and his other business endeavors.Philip Solomon has been described by Hans Holzer as one of the finest Spiritualist mediums in the world. He is also an author, writer, and broadcaster, for many years operating for the BBC at their Pebble Mill studios in England. Today, he has clients worldwide and his own radio programme on WCR 101.8 FM and writes the back-page feature column for Psychic News, the oldest established and most respected publication of its kind in the world. Philip always describes himself as just a very ordinary who just happens to have a very special gift.

Sahar shows us how to stay young … for free and without cosmetic surgery! This column first appeared in Prediction magazine, part of Spiritual Life Coaching column. “Recent study by Harvard instructor Dr. Sara W. Lazar, and fellow corroborator, Dr. Herbert Benson — the Mind Body Medical Institute Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, has shown that “mediation can help to increase brain function, reduce the effects of aging on the brain, and improve concentration and memory”. This is not all.”