According to Australia’s ABC NewsOnline, [tag]His Holiness[/tag] the [tag]Dalai Lama[/tag] of [tag]Tibet[/tag] intends to semi-retire in the next few years, surrendering his political leadership to unnamed successors (”the elected leadership”) while retaining [tag]spiritual[/tag] leadership over [tag]Tibetan Buddhism[/tag].
Being recognized as the reincarnation of the previous Dalai Lama (and in turn, the reincarnated [tag]Buddha[/tag] of [tag]Compassion[/tag]) does [...]

A dear friend of mine in British Columbia sent me this link today. He knows of my interest in [tag]quantum physics[/tag] and [tag]string theory[/tag] (a layperson’s interest, obviously — though I’m always delighted by how these two speculative sciences end up sounding so much like [tag]spirituality[/tag] and [tag]mysticism[/tag]) and indeed, I found a lot to [...]

From The International Herald Tribune:
KATMANDU, [tag]Nepal[/tag]: Paintings of [tag]Buddha[/tag] dating back at least to the 12th century have been discovered in a cave in Nepal’s remote north-central region by a team of international researchers after being tipped by a local sheep herder.
A mural with 55 panels depicting the story of Buddha’s [tag]life[/tag] was uncovered in [...]

…which, with a title like that, always makes you wonder: Did it used to be old and defunct?
Ahem. In any event, there have been some extensive changes to some of the content available on this site. If you haven’t already, please check out our Articles page. These articles were written before MFL had a blog [...]

Apparently, [tag]Dan Brown[/tag] and his [tag]Da Vinci Code[/tag] are no longer the last word in the encrypted secrets alleged to be in [tag]Rosslyn Chapel[/tag].
Rosslyn Chapel holds a musical mystery in its [tag]architecture[/tag] and design. At one end of the chapel, on the ceiling are 4 cross-sections of arches containing elaborate symbolic designs on each [...]

(No, unfortunately it’s not for Kira. This came through in my email this morning, so I thought I’d pass it on.)
May 3, 2007
Good News Travels Fast!
Your [tag]activism[/tag] just saved supplements from being turned into “untested drugs”! [tag]Big Pharma[/tag] will be back, but today, we can do a victory dance!
Thank you 435,005 times. That’s the number [...]

This article on the [tag]FDA[/tag]’s attempts to end access to [tag]vitamins[Tag], [tag]minerals[Tag], [tag]herbs[tag], and other supplements came to me in email today. I’m passing it on here in hopes the wider outreach will spur those of you who use alternative healing modalities into action to protect what’s left of your rights to do so.
Comments [...]

Just popping in here to mention that in the mail today was the first earnings check I’ve ever received from our [tag]POD[/tag] [tag]publisher[/tag]!
Okay, so 7 Mysteries isn’t endangering anyone on the [tag]Times[/tag] [tag]Bestseller[/tag] list yet — but it sure was nice to see $omething come back for all that hard work.
Don’t know what the [...]

Of what use is it, I wonder, to speak of [tag]mindfulness[/tag] to a generation that grew up multitasking? Can the quiet, subtle peace of complete surrender to the one task at hand possibly compete in allure with the bright, glittering, ubiquitous sideshows that divide attention, again and again, into minutiae?
I don’t know. These are the [...]

You know how intense the clash of disparately evolved cultures and societies is getting when you can see it by simply loading a webpage.
As I loaded my [tag]Google[/tag] homepage this morning I first saw this: Cleric’s 2nd wife sparks polygamy debate. The article discusses the reaction in Indonesia of a [tag]televangelist[/tag]-style [tag]Islamic[/tag] cleric (yes [...]