Welcome to the new LifeSherpa

For five years, from February 2003 through the January-March 2008 issue, LifeSherpa has been "the online magazine about life as a creative process". There is now a new role for LifeSherpa. Of course, all the magazine's contents will continue to be available online, in the Magazine Archive.

A Think Tank? No. A Fish Tank!

A magazine is a finished product created to be presented to an audience. In contrast, this current incarnation of LifeSherpa is directed toward exploring ideas with kindred spirits and refining them in a protected enclave. In this sense, LifeSherpa could be described as a "think tank" - - if the phrase were not so ponderous and pretentious. So let's call it a "fish tank", thus evoking the fluidity of the creative process.

Unlike a magazine, where there is a specific schedule, contents accumulate in an organic way - - sometimes slowly, sometimes through bursts of high activity.

What is it about?

LifeSherpa is about "trekking the ridge between heaven and earth". This topic is so vast as to make it daunting. In practical terms, it encompasses 3 orientations (body, mind and spirit).

LifeSherpa's themes

For the purposes of LifeSherpa's explorations, "body", "mind" and "spirit" are each narrowed down to a more focused theme:

- "body gateways to the mind & spirit": body-related practices to connect on a body level with a sense of self (or overcome disconnection from the body),

- "experiencing the mind as a process": a discussion of meditation, "focusing" and similar approaches,

- "the sense of  being (part of) something larger":  i.e. more the experience than the "story about" spirituality.