post by: Caitlin Jean Petersen In these tumultuous times, in America and abroad, let us take a moment to remember Nicholas Roerich’s Banner of Peace as a global symbol and a call to peaceful action. Since time immemorial, warriors have carried banners into war. This is a banner of peace; this ancient universal symbol is one of the world’s oldest. Its three spheres were designated by Nicholas Roerich, the designer of the banner, as the synthesis of all arts, all sciences, and

Self-discovery? Who are we? Are we nothing – an empty vessel that needs to be fed from the inside and filled with meaning through external events and objects? Are we a Divine Seed that holds the promise of its own destiny deep within its heart and only needs to be sown and grown in the right conditions for the spirit to quicken, grow and finally flower? Meditation is a tool of ‘revelation’ – it helps reveal that which is our essential divinity. Let me return to that theme in

For many of us, this new year has been a time of much needed self-reflection and re-assessment: an opportunity to take stock of where we are and to examine just what is driving our life. One of the questions that I find uppermost in my mind and in the minds of a number of my friends, colleagues and business clients sounds something like this: “What does it truly mean to be successful? Is the achievement of personal career goals at the expense of others what it is really all a