Nov 1, 2012

by Alastair Gregor Photo by Bill Pope • Ken Capon, humanitarian, musician, captain and friend to all, passed away Sunday, October 14th, 2012 at the age of 70. I met Ken Capon and his life partner Cherryl Reed in the summer of 1981. I was a skinny teenager painting his parents’ house in Kerrisdale, Vancouver. Ken quickly sized me up and when the time came he...

Nov 1, 2012

UNIVERSE WITHIN by Gwen Randall-Young • Aging seems to be the only available way to live a long life. – Kitty O’Neill Collins One of my clients confessed recently that she is afraid of getting old. She just turned 60. Some readers will think that is already old. However, I have had clients turning 30 or 40 who have the same fear. ...

Oct 1, 2012

UNIVERSE WITHIN by Gwen Randall-Young • I’ve developed a new philosophy… I only dread one day at a time. – Charlie Brown (Charles Schulz) If I had to pick one thing that causes my clients the most discomfort, I would have to say it is worry. Anxiety is a more intense form of worry and can also have a biochemical component. It can also be a state...

Oct 1, 2012

A NEW EARTH byEckhart Tolle • To read Eckhart Tolle’s latest column, please see the current print edition of Common Ground. For copyright reasons, we are authorized to publish this column in our print version only. More than 1/4 million people read Common Ground every month! Pick up your copy today. This article appeared in the OCTOBER 2012 print...

Sep 1, 2012

by Deepak Chopra • If you observe nature at work, you will see that the least effort is expended. Grass doesn’t try to grow, it just grows. Fish don’t try to swim, they just swim. Flowers don’t try to bloom, they bloom. Birds don’t try to fly, they fly. This is their intrinsic nature. The Earth doesn’t try to spin on its own axis; it is the...

Aug 1, 2012

by Michele Hall • Vancouver’s Teen Journey is heading to India to study with the Dalai Lama. After four years of life-changing programs where young people discover their unique power and gifts, Teen Journey now welcomes the invitation to connect with some of the planet’s wisest people. Teen Journey founder Ela Rezmer created Teen Journey in response to the...

Aug 1, 2012

• Kirtan is one of the oldest yoga traditions of the world. It is a call-and-response chanting genre that helps us connect with ourselves, focus our attention and achieve harmony between mind, body and spirit. Being a part of the Yoga of Sound, Kirtan produces sound waves, which you follow with your awareness. Think Omm! Kirtan Vancouver Events Society (Kirtan...

Aug 1, 2012

UNIVERSE WITHIN by Gwen Randall-Young Have you ever been listening to a song and it suddenly became so irritating you had to flip to the next song? If you had continued listening, you would have become annoyed and irritable. Sometimes your thoughts are like that when you are worrying, replaying an incident or reliving past hurts. With a listening device like...

Jun 1, 2012

It’s time to declare peace on people, places and the planet • by Geoff Olson • “War!” Edwin Starr roared in the 1969 Motown protest song of the same name, “What is it good for? Absolutely nothing!” Yet from the evidence of everyday speech, you might get the impression it must be good for something. North American social...

Jun 1, 2012

Global Elders' mission is to aid humanity by Lorraine Sims • Despite all of the ghastliness in the world, human beings are made for goodness. The ones that are held in high regard are not militarily powerful, nor even economically prosperous. They have a commitment to try and make the world a better place. – – Desmond Tutu In 1999, Peter...