Have you ever shared this sentiment? Even when I know I should be grateful, many times I still find it difficult to bring myself to actually feel this way. Why is this? I should be grateful for life, I should be grateful for family, I should be grateful for every healthy breath I take... I know ... Views: 872
I don’t like my job. It’s a struggle to pay my bills. I’ve been having health issues. Concern for my child keeps me up at night. I’m at the center of some really malicious gossip. We all, at times, find ourselves living in situations which test our faith in the goodness of life. We don’t ... Views: 3365
Having a fear of maybe will get in the way of your living the certainty of Now. You may have heard this sentiment expressed before – All that Is, is Now. The past is nothing more than a fleeting memory; the future but a vision of possibilities. The only moment which is truly real is Now. So ... Views: 980
We all do it at one time or another. When you’re feeling bored, when you’re feeling insecure and need to experience a little assurance, when you’re looking for an escape, or want to try out what it would feel like to make a wish come true – you daydream. You’ll place yourself in and through all ... Views: 980
It’s well worth the effort to raise your level of stress awareness. There are physical health benefits; there are emotional health benefits; there are improvements of life experience benefits to having constant honest stress awareness.
As with all things in life, balance is essential to ... Views: 1290
We come across these terms all the time in spiritual study: spiritual awareness, spiritual enlightenment and spiritual awakening. Is there any difference to their meanings or are they simply variations of a theme? They are often used interchangeably so any difference in meaning would have to be ... Views: 1201
In prayer we open ourselves up to an exchange between our personality in life and the divine within us that is the source of All life. We achieve this opening by being emotionally raw. That is to say whatever we’re going through in life, whatever is on our hearts, we turn within and lay it all ... Views: 983
It’s difficult to be present in the space of feeling stressed or unfulfilled. Yet the only way to realize fulfillment in your experience is to be present. What may, upon first thought, seem like a paradox is really nothing more than a challenge. And the good news about challenges is that they ... Views: 1669
I had a dream once. I had just finished up some business in the town square and was beginning to feel restless and ready to leave so I started walking to my car so I could go home. There was a hill at the edge of the square, if I walked up its street and around the corner it should have been an ... Views: 1024
It is not a coincidence that the same people who doubt or fail to recognize the existence of their Spirit, are also the same people who dismiss intuition as being nothing more than superstition or the byproduct of an overactive imagination. For intuition is the language of the Spirit. Intuition ... Views: 1113
Only when you feel (to some degree) your Spirit’s closeness to you, your Spirit’s nearness to you, Its inseparability from you, may you then be guided by It. It’s an indescribable feeling which is actually more than just a feeling; it may more aptly be defined as a knowing-feeling. And learning ... Views: 1182
Affirmations form the basis of our perceptions. They are defined as the things we state to be true. But notice how there’s nothing in this definition which claims that an affirmation must, in reality, be true.
Affirmations are merely declarations of truth, but these declarations can be any ... Views: 1246
I’m what psychologists would classify as an introvert. I live in my head talking to myself, contemplating curiosities, asking questions, going over my things gone wrong trying to understand how I could have made them right, imagining better and more fulfilling possibilities for my life ... Views: 1827
The philosophy of a skeptic: show me the proof and then I’ll believe. People who call themselves realists are given to following logic and will trust only where reason leads them. But here’s the rub when it comes to logic and reason, it’s all open to interpretation. Have you ever heard the ... Views: 977
It does not take a great effort (or any effort at all actually) to grow in spiritual awareness. Just be aware, that’s all. Spiritual awareness is simply about being mindful of spiritual Truths. You don’t have to go around obsessing about these Truths to be aware of them. Nor is there really any ... Views: 2381
You may have often heard it said that your Spirit is “within you.” This is an absolute truth, but what does it mean exactly? By within you, does it mean that your Spirit is somewhere inside your body? Well, yes and no. If the mental image which comes to mind when you think of your Spirit being ... Views: 950
What is the purpose of Life? There is no answer to this question when it is intended in the great cosmic sense - as in why does Life exist? Or where does Life come from? Life has no reason for being. It is beyond all justifications. Life simply Is and that is all. There can be no arguing this ... Views: 1241
Contemplate and complete the following statement, “I am…”
If you didn’t come up with an answer, try to give the matter some more thought before moving on.
So what’s the verdict? What did you come up with? Were you able to narrow your assessment down to just one attribute, or did you come ... Views: 1151
Too often we tend to associate the thought of “wasted opportunities” with the big decisions we make in life. I should have taken that job. I should have told that man (or woman) how I felt about him. I should have followed my heart instead of yielding to my sense of pragmatism and pursued my ... Views: 963
How can I become more spiritually aware? Is there anything that I can do to facilitate my spiritual growth? The time-honored advice in answer to these questions is meditate. But what exactly does this mean, I used to wonder. What is meditation? I was bothered by this question for a long time ... Views: 893
Two years ago actress Gabrielle Union, in an interview with Oprah, spoke about the day she had been raped. She was 19 years old at the time and was working at a shoe store. One evening, around closing time, a man came into the store. “Within seconds, Gabrielle says she knew something was ... Views: 3993
Each must be free to choose his own understanding. This is the origin of freewill. It is the freedom to perceive reality, the freedom to interpret Truth in any manner you please. This is what makes Truth both constant and limitless; both Absolute and relative. If a thousand people were to look ... Views: 951
The best teacher is also the student. And you are your own best teacher.
We are, every one of us, teachers. We teach everyone we touch. Not by our instruction, however, but by our presence and by our example. We are all, every one of us, also the student for we all have experiences. And these ... Views: 1136
Reflect on this and see if whether or not you think it’s true:
The thing that has the biggest effect on you and your life experience is you. I say this because no matter what situation is presented to you, you have the power to look at said situation in any manner you please. This is ... Views: 1186
Sometimes it can be difficult to resist the impulse not to put people in a box. For most of us, sizing people up and then applying the labels we feel best characterizes them is such an ingrain habit that parting from this tendency requires an extraordinary amount of diligence and attention from ... Views: 1266
WHERE DOES FEAR COME FROM?
All forms of fear arise out of an expectation of pain and suffering; which is a concise way of saying that fear comes from our feeling overwhelmingly intimidated by the prospect of being hurt or distressingly unsettled by the possible disruption that a change in our ... Views: 1148
SAMPLE CHAPTER FROM THE EBOOK "DIVINE HERITAGE"
If you reflect on yourself, within yourself, with committed devotion long enough, you will eventually come upon an indwelling-something whom you will promptly recognize simply as the witnesser of your life. Throughout all time, All who, having ... Views: 909
Not to long ago I noticed something about myself which, after I relented and submitted to honoring it, I actually found kind of amusing. It occurred to me that whenever I start to feel stressed about anything in my life, in those moments, in the midst of my anxiety (always when I’m not looking), ... Views: 1249
There are moments in our lives when we’ve all asked it of ourselves, why does this keep happening to me? I know I’ve had my fair share of breaking point moments. And it took a good while, along with a string of difficult and painful experiences, for me to realize that a better ... Views: 1018
What is spiritual enlightenment? From a literal standpoint spiritual means having to do with the essence of Being (the essence of Life); and enlightenment refers to a growth in one’s ability to see the light of Truth more clearly. Spiritual enlightenment, therefore, could be described as ... Views: 945
Do you want to become more spiritually enlightened; feel more connected to the people and things around you; or even relieve yourself of mental and physical stress? One of the top recommendations for all of the above aspirations is meditate. But what does this mean exactly? What is meditation? ... Views: 841
Affirmations form the basis of our perceptions. They are defined as the things we state to be true. But notice how there’s nothing in this definition which claims that an affirmation must, in reality, be true.
Affirmations are merely declarations of truth, but these declarations can be any ... Views: 882