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ON THE PATH 7KH+HDOHU:LWKLQ6SLUDO $)UDPHZRUNIRU8QGHUVWDQGLQJ<RXU-RXUQH\RI+HDOLQJ By Taniesha Garrison, EdM MIND-BODY-SPIRIT Eudaimonia and Happiness ................................................................................................................11 By Benjamin Bregman, MD MIND-BODY-SPIRIT *HQHV7KDW/LVWHQ (SLJHQHWLFV0HPRU\DQGWKH%LRORJ\RI3DUWLFLSDWLRQ By Ruslana Remennikova ASTROLOGICAL INSIGHTS :LQWHU 5HDOL]LQJ'UHDPV9HUVXV&UHDWLQJ5HDOLW\ By Misty Kuceris ACCESSING YOUR INTUITION ([FDYDWLQJ+LGGHQ-HZHOV:LWK3DVW/LIH5HJUHVVLRQ By Joanne Selinske TO YOUR HEALTH 6XSSRUW)RU$QWL$JLQJDQG<RXU/RQJHYLW\ By Helena Amos, M.Ac., L.Ac., Euro. Physician CULTIVATING COMPASSION: 5HVLVW,QWHUQDO3DUDO\VLV 'DUH7R%H+23( By Mary Olson; edited by Cam MacQueen BUILDING COMMUNITY +RZ7R&UHDWH$0XWXDO$LG1HWZRUN By Mary Zerkel, American Friends Service Committee GREEN NEWS & VIEWS +RZ9HUWLFDO)DUPLQJLV5HYROXWLRQL]LQJ8UEDQ)RRG6HFXULW\ By Ronit Sharma and Anmol Bali WASHINGTON GARDENER $1HZ<HDULQWKH*DUGHQ 6KRSSLQJIRU<RXU3ODQWVE\0DLORU2QOLQH By Kathy Jentz
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ON THE COVER: THE LIGHTNING WE SHARE, by Seth Pitt. Artist profile, page 61.
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ON THE PATH
The Healer Within Spiral: A Framework for Understanding Your Journey of Healing
BY TANIESHA GARRISON, EDM
As much as we would like the opposite to be true, the healer’s path GRHVQ¶WEHJLQZLWKFHUWDLQW\,WEHJLQVZLWKDVSDUNDFRQÀDJUDWLRQ even, moments when life tilts just enough to make pretending im- possible, initiating us with the strident clarion call to heal. This call — maybe wrapped in crisis, often painfully inconvenient — holds the SURPLVHRIVRPHWKLQJVDFUHG /LIHLVQ¶WEUHDNLQJXVGRZQ,W¶VEUHDN - ing us open. Again. %XWKHUH¶VZKDWQRRQHPHQWLRQVLQWKRVHUDZPRPHQWV A key fea- WXUHRIWKHKHDOLQJMRXUQH\LVDPELJXLW\<RX¶UHQRWVXSSRVHGWRKDYH WKLQJV¿JXUHGRXW\HWDQGFHUWDLQO\QRWDWWKHRXWVHW7KHFRQIXVLRQ is part of it. In fact, trying to understand everything right away might be the only thing standing between us and actual healing. To clarify, healing operates on two levels, and we need both. Heal- ing work UHIHUVWRWKHVSHFL¿FSUDFWLFHVWKDWKHOSXVIHHOEHWWHUDQG stronger in the moment — the energy sessions, the bodywork, the therapeutic practices that realign us when we’re wobbling. The heal- ing journey is the ongoing, sometimes maddeningly slow process of returning to our full awareness of our wholeness, especially when we feel anything but. This distinction matters because you can have a profound heal- ing session (healing work) and still be very much in the middle of your healing journey (the path). One is an event; the other is a path WKDWSUHW]HOVEDFNRQLWVHOI<RX¶OOUHYLVLWWKHVDPHWKHPHVWKHVDPH ZRXQGVWKHVDPHTXHVWLRQV\RXWKRXJKW\RX¶GDOUHDG\UHVROYHG%XW here’s the beautiful thing (and the horrible thing, depending on where \RXDUH Each time you come back around the bend, you’re not start- LQJRYHU<RX¶UHHOHYDWHGZLWKPRUHWRROVDQGJUHDWHUDZDUHQHVVDW \RXUGLVSRVDO:KDWRYHUZKHOPHG\RXWKH¿UVWWLPHEHFRPHVUHFRJ - QL]DEOH WKH VHFRQG WLPH 7KH UHFRJQLWLRQ WKDW WRRN PRQWKV EHIRUH might take weeks this time around. Wisdom traditions across cultures have been teaching this truth for FHQWXULHV WKH0HGLFLQH:KHHO¶VIRXUGLUHFWLRQV ; the cyclical descent and return of the Hero’s Journey; nature’s endless spiraling seasons. The Healer Within Spiral draws from this ancient understanding ZKLOH R̆ HULQJ D OHQV VSHFL¿FDOO\ IRU WKRVH QDYLJDWLQJ KHDOLQJ ZRUN It maps the cyclical nature of transformation, as well as the distinct support needed at each phase, helping us discern whether we need a healer, a teacher, a community, or a guide. Each phase calls for its RZQNLQGRIFRPSDQLRQVKLS healers to hold us when we Stand; teach- HUV WR DFWLYDWH RXU 6HQVH0DNLQJ ; community to help us Sync; and guides to support our Sustaining. The Four Phases of the Spiral 1. STAND: Present Yourself to Be Held The spiral almost always opens with an act of standing. This isn’t WKHWULXPSKDQW¿VWVLQWKHDLUVWDQFH , though if you’ve got that en- ergy, more power to you. This is the trembling, uncertain, “I’m-not- sure-my-knees-work” kind of stance that happens when something LQVLGHUXSWXUHVEHIRUH\RXKDYHODQJXDJHIRUZKDW¶VKDSSHQLQJ<RXU primary job here is to present yourself to be ministered to, witnessed, helped and held. When the ground feels unstable and you’re not sure ZKLFKZD\LVXSVWDQGLQJEHFRPHV\RXUJUHDWHVWR̆ HULQJWR\RXUVHOI The support that serves best in this phase comes from practitioners
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MIND-BODY-SPIRIT
Eudaimonia and Happiness
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2Q$XJXVW MXVWWKUHHPRQWKV before his assassination, President John F. Kennedy published a report ti- tled Progress Report by the President RQ3K\VLFDO)LWQHVV ,QLWKHZURWH “ 7KH*UHHNVGH¿QHGKDSSLQHVVDV the exercise of vital forces along OLQHVRIH[FHOOHQFHLQDOLIHD̆ RUG - LQJWKHPVFRSH´ , ¿UVW FDPH DFURVV WKLV TXRWH DV D teenager, and it left a lasting impres- sion, both inspiring and confusing me for many years. At the time, my understanding of hap- SLQHVV ZDV VLPSOH WKH IHHOLQJ \RX JHW when you pet your dog, hug your part- ner, get a raise, pass a test, or watch a great movie. Happiness was subjective, pleasurable, and ÀHHWLQJ ,W ZDV WKH opposite of sadness, rooted in novelty,
pleasure, comfort, and an escape from life’s everyday discomforts. It was something we were told, as Americans, that we could pursue , but never truly possess. Like many psychiatrists, I once had the hubris to think that kind of happiness could be delivered through psychotherapy and dopaminer- gic or serotonergic medications. Just treat the depression, I thought, and happiness would reveal itself. %XW-).¶V*UHHNYHUVLRQRIKDSSLQHVVVHHPHGDOWRJHWKHUGL̆ HUHQW There were no “vital forces” in my clinical understanding of mood. No “lines of excellence.” No mention of “scope.” A Turning Point That changed about a year ago. While looking up the roots of oth- er Greek-derived words, like euthymia (“good mood”) and euryth- mia (“good rhythm”), I came across eudaimonia DJDLQ'RQ¶WDVNPH why I was looking those words up — it’s one of the perks of being a word nerd with a background in psychiatry. I had seen the word be- fore, most memorably as the name of a JDPHVWRUHLQ%HUNHOH\ , but never explored its meaning. Curious, I dug deeper. What I discovered blew my mind. Eudaimonia (sometimes spelled eudaemonia ) comes from the *UHHN
mony as children, through creative play, intense curiosity, or mo- PHQWVRITXLHWMR\<HWVRPHZKHUHDORQJWKHZD\ZH¶UHWDXJKWWRLJ - nore those impulses or abandon them for more practical concerns. %XWWKRVHYLWDOIRUFHVGRQ¶WGLVDSSHDU WKH\OLHGRUPDQWZDLWLQJWR be reclaimed. To exercise these forces means to use them, actively, intention- ally, and regularly. Just like muscles, they grow through movement, H̆ RUW DQG FKDOOHQJH (XGDLPRQLD LV QRW H̆ RUWOHVV ,W UHTXLUHV FXO - tivation, training, and exertion. It’s not just about doing what feels good, or what we’re naturally talented at; it’s about moving toward what brings meaning and depth to our lives. The journey itself be- comes the reward. Excellence , in this context, doesn’t mean perfection or competi- tion. It means striving toward your own highest expression of integri- ty and capability. It means doing things well, not to win, but because they matter to you; and because the act of doing them well brings your being into alignment. And importantly, the excellence of eudaimonia doesn’t exist in a YDFXXP2XUSHUVRQDOIXO¿OOPHQWLVPRVWFRPSOHWHZKHQLWLQWHUVHFWV with the needs of the world. The “lines of excellence” along which we express our gifts should not only elevate our own lives, but contribute to something beyond ourselves. In that way, eudaimonia becomes both a personal and ethical pursuit. 6FRSH refers to the range of your life, the arenas in which your vital forces are allowed to operate. That could be work, relationships, creativity, service, play, contemplation, or even healing. Without scope, even the strongest inner forces wither. A person might have
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Winter 2025: Realizing Dreams Versus Creating Reality BY MISTY KUCERIS ASTROLOGICAL INSIGHTS
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their best interests, not yours. Still, Aries represents you, the individ- XDO DQGZLWK1HSWXQHLQ$ULHV\RXGHYHORSPRUHFRQ¿GHQFHLQWKH importance of your dreams, your plans, and your ability to implement them. There is only one drawback to Neptune in Aries and an import- DQWVSLULWXDOOHVVRQWRUHPHPEHU 2IWHQZKHQ1HSWXQHLVLQ$ULHV\RX believe you have to do things on your own. Neptune in Aries also rep- resents the ability to inspire others to believe in your dreams; so if \RXUGUHDPVDUHUHDOLVWLF\RX¶OO¿QG\RXGRQ¶WKDYHWRGRWKLQJVRQ your own. Others will be there to help you — all you have to do is ask. ,I\RXIHHODVHQVHRIFRQÀLFWZKHQWKHIXOO0RRQRFFXUVRQ)HEUXDU\ LW PD\ EH EHFDXVH \RX¶UH QRW OHWWLQJ RWKHUV NQRZ \RX QHHG their help. With the Sun in Aquarius forming a conjunction to Venus DQG0HUFXU\DQGWKH0RRQIRUPLQJDQRSSRVLWLRQWRWKHVHVDPHWZR planets, you want to be allowed to live on your terms. At the same time \RXZDQW\RXUDELOLWLHVDQGWDOHQWVUHFRJQL]HG,W¶VQRWWKDWRWKHUSHR - SOHDUHLJQRULQJ\RXUH̆ RUWV LW¶VWKDWRWKHUSHRSOHPD\QRWEHDZDUH RI\RXUH̆ RUWV,I\RXIHHO\RXQHHGUHFRJQLWLRQOHWSHRSOHNQRZZKDW you’re doing. If you don’t feel like discussing anything with others, just WDNHSULGHLQ\RXUH̆ RUWV 2Q)HEUXDU\6DWXUQHQWHUVWKHVLJQRI$ULHVDQGUHPDLQV LQWKDWVLJQIRUWKHQH[W\HDUV6DWXUQUHSUHVHQWVUXOHVDQGUHJXOD - WLRQVZKLFKGH¿QHVRFLHW\,WDOVRUHSUHVHQWVWKHVWDQGDUGV\RXVHWIRU \RXUVHOIVR\RXFDQ¿QG\RXUSODFHLQVRFLHW\%HFDXVHEHLQJDQLQGL - YLGXDOLVVRLPSRUWDQWZKHQ6DWXUQLVLQ$ULHV\RXPD\¿QGLWHDVLHU WRGH¿QHZKR\RXDUHDQGZKDW\RXQHHG%\GRLQJVR\RXPD\FRPH WRDEHWWHUXQGHUVWDQGLQJRI\RXUERXQGDULHV<RXPD\UHDOL]H\RX¶UH only responsible for those matters involving you and people you love. 5HDOL]LQJ\RXGRQ¶WKDYHWRGRLWDOORQ\RXURZQLWPD\EHFRPHHDVLHU continued on page 16
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NATURAL WONDERS
Crystals: Earth’s First Living Beings
BY ANNIE LARSON
In a crystal we have clear evidence of the existence of a formative life principle, and though we cannot understand the life of a crystal, it is nonetheless a living being. ~ Nikola Tesla Our ancestors, the early hominids, engaged in collecting minerals tens of thousands of years ago. Archaeological sites show early homi- QLGVPDGHDUURZKHDGVDQGKDQGD[HVIURPÀLQWFKHUWDQGREVLGLDQ :KLOHWKHLUPRWLYDWLRQVZHUHOLNHO\SUDFWLFDOWKHLUVHOHFWLRQRIVSHFL¿F stone types shows they understood material properties. As the opening quote suggests, Nikola Tesla’s conjecture about crys- tals being living beings highlights what was his lifelong fascination with the natural world and its fundamental forces. Tesla is well known for his inventions, such as the alternating current and the Tesla coil. The renowned inventor, electrical engineer and futurist saw crystals as potential in his quest to harness energy and develop groundbreak- ing technologies. His predecessors Jacques and Pierre Curie’s work in GLVFRYHUHGTXDUW]FRXOGSURGXFHDQHOHFWULFFKDUJHXQGHUPH - FKDQLFDOVWUHVV 7HVODEHOLHYHGFU\VWDOVHVSHFLDOO\TXDUW]KDGXQLTXH properties for energy transmission and storage. 4XDUW]FU\VWDOVYLEUDWHDQGWKH\GRVRDWDYHU\SUHFLVHIUHTXHQF\ 7KLVSURSHUW\PDNHVTXDUW]FU\VWDOVJUHDWIRUWLPHNHHSLQJGHYLFHVOLNH ZDWFKHVWKDWXVHTXDUW]FU\VWDORVFLOODWRUV7KLVSUHFLVLRQLVDOVRXVHG in space travel. According to NASA, in order to know a spacecraft’s location within a small margin of error, astronomers rely on atomic FORFNVPDGHIURPDFRPELQDWLRQRITXDUW]FU\VWDOZLWKPHUFXU\DWRPV
that can measure billionths of a second. To understand more about the fascinating world of minerals, it is es- VHQWLDOWRUHFRJQL]HWKDWWKH\VHUYHDVWKHIXQGDPHQWDOEXLOGLQJEORFNV of rocks and crystals, forming the very foundation of the Earth’s geo- logical structure. They come in an astonishing variety of forms and compositions, each exhibiting its own unique characteristics such as color, hardness, luster and cleavage. This diversity results from the various environmental conditions under which they form, including WHPSHUDWXUHSUHVVXUHDQGGL̆ HUHQWFKHPLFDOHOHPHQWV4XDUW]LVWKH most common mineral on earth, and it comes in many varieties. Each YDULHW\RITXDUW]SRVVHVVHVLWVRZQVHWRISK\VLFDODQGRSWLFDOSURSHU -
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