Features

The Difference Between Different Ways of Differentiating
Lama Marut scrutinizes the act of judging and shares more beneficial ways of drawing distinctions.  Read more >> 

An Introduction to Christian Retreats
Reverend Anne Deneen discusses how Christian retreats, like Christian communities, come in all shapes and sizes, with a variety of personal practices.  Read more >>

True Nature
Cindy Lee explores the subject of Buddha Nature through video and visual art, pondering the question of whether it is an absence or a positive.  Read more >>

Retreat Practices

Eating as a Practice of Awareness
In the second part of Awakening Journal Publisher Shadi Mogadine's article on eating for retreat, she looks at how the act of eating itself can be a spiritual practice.  Read more >>

Quick Tips

Finding the Right Retreat Sites 
Awakening Journal Editor, Brian Reid, offers some helpful suggestions for finding the right place to do a personal or group retreat.  Read more >>

Book Review

"A Brief History of Everything" by Ken Wilbur
This fascinating book by prolific author and thinker Ken Wilber is a challenging but worthwhile study of common patterns that help predict what might lie ahead for humankind.  Read more >>