Sheikha Maryam Kabeer’s Spiritual Odyssey

Drawing from her memoir Journey Through Ten Thousand Veils, Maryam shares the remarkable story of her lifelong quest for spiritual transformation—from growing up in the U.S. to studying with masters in Afghanistan, India, Sri Lanka, and Tibet, and ultimately finding a home on the Sufi path of love under the guidance of Bawa Muhaiyaddeen.

“Jugando Con Fuego” Wins Big at Festivals

Robert Samuels gives one of his best acting and fight performances of his career. I really feel the writer and Director Nicholas Ortiz, gave the character…

Finding a Piece of Home in Food: Reflections on the Diaspora

by Rene J. Navarro I’ve heard about the Filipinos’ nostalgia for Philippine food after a period of stay in a foreign country, that yearning for certain…

GM Rene J. Navarro: Renaissance Man

There is so much to say about Grandmaster Rene J. Navarro, that a biography should be written to document his adventures, study, contributions to Philippine culture,…

How to Overcome Fatigue and Live Vibrantly

By Dr. Mark Wiley You know what it’s like to feel tired, even exhausted. These are normal states your body reaches that are indicators that it…

Longhushan Idyll (a poem)

Written and read by Rene J. Navarro From the author’s collection, Ascension and Return: Poems of a Village Daoist Longhushan Idyll Doing Tai Chi Chuan outside…

In West Lake, After Bai Juyi (A Poem)

Written and read by Rene J. Navarro From the author’s collection, Ascension and Return: Poems of a Village Daoist In West Lake, After Bai Juyi I…

Raymond J. Barry’s Favorite Films

     

Chlorella: Nature’s Miracle Healer

Chlorella helps stimulate probiotic growth in the gut and binds with toxins (including the pesticides and fungicides that linger on our foods) and heavy metals (from the mercury in silver fillings), moving them out of the body and keeping them from recirculating in the bloodstream.

Actor Raymond Barry Offers “Master Class” in New Memoir

Deeply moving, heart wrenching, and inspiring, Raymond J. Barry offers readers insights into what it takes to survive a violent upbringing, to excel in sports, to be swept away by theater, and to barely earn a living while trying to make it as an artist and an actor for 20 years; before finally garnering significant recognition beginning in the 1980s, in such films as Year of the Dragon, Born on the Fourth of July, Dead Man Walking, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, Made in Chinatown and on television series including X-Files, The 100, Gotham and Justified.