crisis, destruction, challenge? these hurdles are opportunities for growth that "ideally bring about some type of spiritual renunciation or awareness, typically after some type of material crisis. They "remind us to look inward for our happiness and to realize that the things of this world are not ultimately lasting."

This is a lesson that many will be learning, in one way or another, as we enter the Fifth Night of the Mayan Calendar on November 19. This period corresponds, in earlier time... read more