This page is designed to share various books, websites,
practices, products that can be used to expand your wellbeing or be beneficial
to the environment. Obviously, not everything will work for or appeal to everyone,
but none is meant to be harmful or offensive. I do not have a financial interest
in any item or group listed here.
View a message
from some friends at the San Francisco Lodge of
the Theosophical Society regarding a meeting with the
Dalai Lama . Includes a simple 10 minute daily
practice requiring no previous experience or expensive paraphenalia.
Ideal for those on the go.
Here's a way to change your mind.
The twenty-sixth chapter of the Ribhu Gita,
part of the phenomenal literary-philosophical-religious treasures
of India, was considered by the great saint Sri Bhagavan Ramana Maharshi
to be a wonderful practice when read daily. View a
picture of Ramana.
A lovely way to access the intuition
is through the tarot. Joan Bunning has put together an
online tarot course that
you can download to study at your leisure. It has wonderful illustrations,
insights, and exercises valuable for both the beginner and the more experienced reader.
Clean up your act. A friend turned me
on to Dr. Bronner's soap in 1973 and I've used it ever since. It's of a
very high quality and environmentally sound in its formulation and manufacture. They have some
products for household use, too. The bottles have amazing affirmations crammed every which way on the label.
I think of all these bottles as an American's version of Tibetan prayer flags,
repeating his "All-One-God-Faith" philosophy, which has something for everyone to agree with.
Alternatives for pesticides do exist and are
easy and convenient to use.
Ant chalk can
be purchased at some Chinese grocery stores. You simply draw a line where the ants are
entering the house; the ants don't like the chalk and won't step on or cross it. Works on walls and
around pet food bowls. It's supposedly safe for pets, but I don't know what the active ingredient is.
Cockroaches get completely blitzed by catnip and die.
Put it behind the stove and refrigerator, any place they hide out.
Of course, if you have cats, there could be a problem.
Black mold on outdoor plants can be treated
non-toxically. Mix 1 cup mouthwash, 1 cup chamomile tea, and 1 cup Murphy's
Oil Soap (or Dr. Bronner's) and fill your 20 gallon hose-end sprayer. Spray all your plants
and lawn every other week. Mold and scale will disappear.
Aspirin is not only good for
preserving cut flowers, but also strengthens houseplants. Add it powdered to the soil.
Make sun tea with tobacco instead of tea.
Water houseplants that get mealybugs or aphids (ants carry these, so get out
your chalk, too) with the tobacco tea -- nicotine is bad for bugs, too
-- probably its original purpose. Label it as poison and keep it out of children's reach.