It works or so it seemed to. In my book Secrets of Your Cells I wrote about the “coincidence” of 3s in theology, biology and our culture. I also describe this in a much earlier post. THE UNIVERSAL LAW OF 3 Examples - Father Son Spirit a Genetic Codon…
Read MoreSince I photographed mineral salts associated with the Zodiac I have been intrigued by the beauty and wisdom our microscopic molecules are endowed with. I had called this the Elemental Zodiac but wondered if the Alchemical Zodiac would be more appropriate as I have been developing an Elemental Soul Wisdom deck and guidebook. I am still working on the name.…
Read MoreThe term "tensegrity" was coined by futurist Buckminster Fuller to describe a principal of design. This principal states that in order for a structure to maintain its integrity, it must balance the forces placed upon it, inside and out. His famous geodesic dome is a human-made example of tensegrity. Tensional integrity describes structures that are kept stable by the push-pull,compression and expansion…
Read MoreIs it possible for the grape to have a spiritual purpose that impacts human life? In his best-selling book The Botany of Desire, Michael Pollan lyrically describes relationships between humans and plants, from the plant’s point of view. Pollan posits that plants have a purpose; that the purpose of the apple, tulip, potato and marijuana is to fulfill human desires…
Read MoreAfter writing Secrets of the Cells, I was so intrigued that I needed to explore more the amazing inner world of our cells and was struck even more with their surprising intelligence. I was also surprised by the lack of scientific evidence on its creation - the creation of life. That first living cell is different than the Big Bang! And so…
Read MoreLife Illuminated! In wine's life story, grape juice is transformed into spirited wine upon fermentation of the sugars to alcohol and bubbles. Transformation only occurs here with outside help - the microscopic yeasts. Well, there's other outside help, the sacred igniter. From my photographer's perspective, when looking at juice compared to wine, the material under the microscope begins to fill…
Read MoreBuddha was a biologist according to meditation guru Wes Nisker, author of Buddha’s Nature. Buddha was thought to not believe in God yet everything that he taught expanded a spiritual awareness and consciousness guiding people to the highest expression of self. The Buddha said that "everything we need to know about life can be found inside this fathom-long body. …
Read MoreMan is a colony of cells in action. It is the cells which achieve, through him, what he has the illusion of accomplishing himself. It is the cells which create and maintain in us…our will to survive, to search and experiment and to struggle. ~Albert Claude, Nobel Prize in Medicine 1974 (more…)
Read MoreMolecular Messengers of the Heart - is this divine love, intelligence, wisdom? Over the last decades I've learned a lot about loving, reaching out and opening up - becoming awake and aware. And I'm not through and neither are you. LOVE, to me, is ABOUT BEING OPEN, BEING Connected - Resonating together. Our cells have known it all along. Just…
Read MoreMy friend Rabbi David White (co-founder of WineSpirit) in teaching about wine and life has a wonderful question - What are you saving it for? IT could be a bottle of wine you brought back from Italy. A special piece of chocolate. A year old pie in the freezer. The first time I asked that question to myself, it was…
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