Putting the Positive in Power

Putting the Positive in Power

Good has power. Groups of people aligned in a common vision have power. This is true for a vision of productive, generative good and for a vision of control and limitation. Therefore, we decide how we repress or express our innate power. Power is often defined as the...
Let Go of the Banana and Be Free

Let Go of the Banana and Be Free

In the October 1989 issue of MACROBIOTICS TODAY, Herman Aihara, a great teacher and founder of the Vega Study Center, gives an example of what happens when we do not let go and hold on too long: “Southeast Asian people take a hollow gourd and make a hole just...
Thinking Anew #3

Thinking Anew #3

In Thinking Anew 1 and 2, I shared ideas on how to give ourselves the space to allow ideas and inspiration to float up to our awareness. Working with this awareness and the goodness within us, we live fully and joyfully while contributing to the well-being of others....
Thinking Anew #2

Thinking Anew #2

In Thinking Anew 1, I shared the first step in how to think anew: do not engage in contentious conversations. Take your energy out of the negative back-and-forth talking that deteriorates so quickly into meaningless meanness. Work to find people with whom you can...
Thinking Anew #1

Thinking Anew #1

For years, my friends and I have known that we need to think anew; see from different perspectives; and allow the broken ways to end. However, we are part of ‘systems’, such as family, work organization, school, and community. Most of us tend to operate within the...