Living In Spirit

Reaping and sowing. Every spiritual teacher teaches this lesson, past and present, using everything from straightforward prose to arcane par...

Justified anger. Righteous indignation. When we are angry, outraged, indignant, upset or offended, who pays the price? We do. Sure, you may ...

We are always building up or tearing down our mental structure by the things we ingest. Books, magazines and newspapers read, conversations ...

We have nothing to fear, except fear itself. When in the grip of fear, it always takes the form of a ravenous beast, waiting around the next...

If you could receive three gifts, what would they be? Riches? A perfect body unaffected by any food consumed? Children squared away and prot...

Ever wonder where the phrase One day at a time came from? Alcoholics Anonymous? Nope, they just popularized it. Emmet Fox was the originator...

Coffee shop theorists. Barroom philosophers. Chat room world leaders. Many believe that change and growth can come through discourse alone. ...

Tidal flows in our spiritual unfolding are disconcerting. Things are going well, we feel connected, in source, not a cloud on the horizon an...

Walking the way we talk. When we espouse one thing but act contrary to our words not only does it make us look untrustworthy to the world bu...

You would not be reading this unless you have an affinity to reading spiritual writing and teachers. How many “spiritual” books are on your ...

Limitation. All teachers of spiritual principles and living agree on this point: freedom comes when limitation is overcome. On the surface t...

Meditation Continued: Focused Meditation: Here we have a specific problem, difficulty or question we are seeking to understand. As before f...

Meditation is a topic that seems to cause much unnecessary grief and consternation. Many hold to the false belief that meditation is quietin...

In the course of our spiritual growth, we step across the line of student/teacher and back again regularly. In the beginning clearly we are ...

In courtrooms across America, people take the stand to give testimony, to witness for either the defense or prosecution in criminal and civi...

When someone first experiences the gifts from Living on the Spiritual Basis, it is natural to want more. In short order we begin to reach be...

There is probably no greater hindrance to a continued spiritual experience than the fear of exposure. You have been consistent and faithful ...

(From 2008) Having life in the spiritual sense is different from just being alive. We have met spiritual “zombies” as we have moved through ...

(FROM 2008) Today’s Key Word: REPENTANCE Whenever I think of repentance I see in my minds eye Burt Lancaster as Elmer Gantry spewing fire an...

The word repentance has a definite religious feel to it. Perhaps I have watched too many movies but I can’t help but see in my minds eye a p...

Probably no spiritual concept is more misunderstood than judgment. People who normally would never quote from scripture cite Jesus when they...

In the 60’s to the early 70’s wicked was a good thing. A car could be wicked fast, something could look wicked or an activity or action coul...

Words have a way of morphing. When reading something from even as little as sixty to seventy years ago it is necessary to have a period dict...

As a child of the 50’s and 60’s I grew up with “duck and cover” drills. If you missed that exercise, allow me to share it with you. A siren ...

A gathering of geese is known as a gaggle. A gathering of unicorns is called a blessing. Unicorns hold a curious place in man’s consciousnes...

Morbid Reflection. It is spiritually deadly. Morbid : adj 1. interested in gruesome subjects: showing a strong interest in unpleasant or gl...

Watching the nightly news or reading the headlines in today’s newspaper one would be inclined to say a resounding NO. The truth is yes it ca...

Occasionally a teaching qualifies for “sell all the books, everything needed is here”. Emmet Fox provides one of those with: The Captain Is ...

“Dead from the neck up.” I can still see Archie in my minds eye saying this to “meathead”. If you are not a student of history, become one. ...

For us to abide in Him. Today the definition of abide is to tolerate, to put up with something. 150 years ago it meant: to dwell: to live or...

Are you praying and meditating daily? If not, what could possibly be of more importance? Living on the Spiritual Basis requires consistent e...

Being loved is wonderful, it fills our heart and puts a smile on our face. We demonstrate our spiritual condition by the love we give away. ...

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...