Living In Spirit

The Tower of Babel story from Genesis teaches some interesting lessons. Mankind was of a single mind and language. They spoke of God but wer...

Babel : n 1. confused noise: a confused noise, especially the noise of loud unintelligible voices all talking at once 2. noisy place: a sc...

Genesis : n beginning: the time or circumstances of something’s coming into being. (Encarta) When did your book of genesis begin? The ...

“ Driven by a hundred forms of fear, self-delusion, self-seeking, and self-pity… (AA pg 62).” Whether it be the individual or nation, every ...

Three of the four horsemen of the apocalypse are generally, but not universally, seen as destructive to the world. Emmet Fox teaches that th...

Terror, bewilderment, frustration and despair. All who have chosen the road of happy destiny know these hideous four horsemen. Terror: Does ...

Happy, Joyous and Free. Generally content, feeling OK and somewhat unrestrained. Which would you rather be? Purchasing “seconds” at the outl...

Does God play favorites? Are some “chosen” for success while others for failure? Does God want us all to be “Happy, Joyous and Free”? Is He ...

Besides the curious way our recorded voice always sounds odd to us when played back, if you have ever recorded a long conversation the playb...

Everything is connected. Every word and action. Every thought. Nothing happens without consequence, without touching everything else around ...

What are you waiting for? Living on the Spiritual Basis we have decided to get off the bench and into the bus. Everyone sits on the bench fo...

When I began truly applying spiritual principles in my life I had to address my “secret room.” I didn’t have any secrets as horrendous as Bl...

Honesty, open-mindedness and willingness. We triumph over danger and life’s inevitable challenges not by the exercise of willpower and brute...

Some things in life are assured: taxes, death, politicians, less sleep and more bathroom trips after 50, at least one new diet a month that ...

Living on the Spiritual Basis promises much: “We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness. We will not regret the past or wish to...

Often I have worked with someone who prays, but then sabotages themselves, essentially negating the prayer. Living on the Spiritual Basis we...

What do you believe in? We believe in all sorts of things but typically fail to take the time to consider them. Everyone lives by a set of v...

There are no atheists in foxholes. When things are going well we all have a tendency to slack off a touch on our spiritual work. This is nat...

Within as without. What we believe at our core always finds it way into the light. The thief, liar and cheat all eventually fly their colors...

How different would the fabric of the world look if all business were operated on spiritual principles. All the justifications and rationali...

No, this isn’t about Popeye, he said “I yam what I yam and that’s all that I yam.” Living on the Spiritual Basis is about unlimited potentia...

The Tenth Commandment: You shall not covet…anything that is your neighbor’s (Exodus 20:17). From Encarta: Covet: v 1. Want somebody else’s...

The Ninth Commandment: You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor (Exodus 20:16). So, we shouldn’t lie about people, but what o...

The Eighth Commandment: You shall not steal (Exodus 20:15). The laws regarding theft are well known, but what of spiritual theft? Stolen pro...

The Seventh Commandment: You shall not commit adultery (Exodus 20:14). Pretty straightforward. The Old Testament lays out a pretty harsh pe...

The Sixth Commandment: You shall not murder (Exodus 20:13). The old King James translation is: Thou shalt not kill. The New King James Vers...

The Fifth Commandment: H onor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the Lord your God is giving you (...

The Fourth Commandment: Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy (Exodus 20:8). 3500 years ago when this commandment came into being, peop...

The Third Commandment: You shall not take the name of the Lord, your God in vain… (Exodus 20:7) Per Encarta: Vain : adj 1. excessively pro...

The Second Commandment: You shall not make for yourself a carved (graven) image… (Exodus 20:4).The passage goes on to state that we must (s...

The First Commandment: You shall have no other gods before me (Exodus 20:3). Everyone worships something. The atheist who reverentially, wit...

We have all at least heard of them, bet you can’t recite them any more than you can the seven dwarfs or supreme court justices. For me the v...

Thought about Moses lately? Living on the Spiritual Basis, we strive for a conscious contact with God, the purpose of the work. Moses, accor...

Often a student in difficulty will state they “need to get back to basics”. I have searched high and low and have been unable to find the so...

Today Easy Does It, along with One Day at a Time, First Things First, Live and Let Live and Think, Think, Think adorn the walls of AA meetin...

* Clarity: n clar·i·ty [klérrətee] 1. clearness of expression: the quality of being clearly expressed 2. clearness of thought: clearness...

Emmet Fox coined the term “Mental Equivalent” over 80 years ago. It addresses the Law of Substitution in a practical sense. Simply, we take ...

Living on the Spiritual Basis our prayers take on a new flavor. Though all prayers are heard, we have come to know they are answered in the ...

Only when we are clear on what we worship, for everyone worships something. Money, power, property, prestige, fame, the list is endless. Vic...

Living on the Spiritual Basis, we have turned our will and life over to the care of God. The basis of trusting and relying upon a power grea...

Everyone’s life is built on a foundation; many however will never take the time to inspect their foundation to see what it is made of until ...

Willing to go to any lengths. Anyone who has sought help in a 12-step program has been asked that question. Are you willing to go to any len...

There is no such thing as undemonstrated understanding. What do you believe? What we believe manifests in our lives. Consider the state of y...

Living on the Spiritual Basis, the basis of trusting and relying upon God, it would be foolish not to think of what the full impact of this ...

Scott Peck in The Road Less Traveled states “Life is difficult.” Pretty much says it all doesn’t it. So what are we going to do about it? Mo...

“Treating all in the same manner we wish to be treated in.” If, for any reason, I can justify treating anyone in a manner I would find objec...

What do you believe? Not intellectually, but in action. Thinking or saying something does not make it so. Only by our actions, our demonstra...

Getting older is not all bad, which is good considering the alternative. When I wore a younger mans clothes I was much surer of things than ...

Either we are all children of God or none of us are. Let us not get caught up in terms. Many paths lead to the raising of our consciousness....

Walking the way we talk. At some point in our lives, we have all received advice or direction, usually unsolicited, from someone, though wel...