It’s hard to believe that 2010 is right around the corner.  I say the same thing every year, and still haven’t become accustomed to looking at the calendar in late December, realizing there are only a few days left.  I love this time though, an obvious point of reflection on the year gone by and consideration of the year to come.  What accomplishments deserve celebration?  What did I not quite finish that would be beneficial to wrap up?  What was my greatest joy this year?  Who came into my life and what have they taught me?  What am I hoping to do next year?

In mid 2009, I dreamed of Awaken Consciousness Magazine being a place where art integrates with personal transformation, a resource of inspiration and potentiality.  I am so grateful to YOU for helping to make that happen.  It’s an honor to have published such fantastic work, and I am humbled by your commitment to art, to growth, beauty and inspiration.

ACM is on break until the new year, but I hope you’ll visit again in January for more works that articulate and explore the Great Work, that of experiencing peace and joy, remembering our authentic source, our true self.

As always, I’d love to hear from you.  Email your comments or questions to me at editor@awakenconsciousness.com or post directly to the contributors through the comment log.  If you’re interested in subscribing to ACM, please scroll down to the bottom of this page and click “Sign me up.”

Many blessings to you and yours in this season of love and light.

Mindie Kniss

Life is a spiritual path.  You may have heard people describing how they began their spiritual path, or found a spiritual path, but in reality, they’ve been on that path all along.

You cannot be on any other path except that of spirit, for, as Pierre Teilhard de Chardin noted, “We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.”

Who is more spiritual?  A devoted monk or a successful businesswoman?  A member of the clergy or a wilderness teacher?  ”Spiritual” is not something you do, it is something you are.  And we are all spiritual beings, regardless of the occupation in which we work or the belief system we’ve chosen.  We are always on a spiritual path.