Living In Spirit

           The Lord’s Prayer is considered by many to be the most important of all Christian documents. Although there are other interpretat...

      How we perceive the world colors everything we see and believe. Our perceptions are built, layer upon layer by our life experiences an...

            What you think upon grows . All thoughts dwelled upon will be out pictured in our lives. Period. When we dwell on lack, perceive...

“Every thought is made up of two factors, knowledge and feeling.” What do you believe? We all believe in all sorts of things. Ford is better...

The true key to individual freedom is forgiveness. The reason for this is simple: “You do this, not for the other person’s sake, but for you...

“Life is like playing a violin concerto naked, and learning to play as you go along.” A while back I attended a “concert” by second graders...

Though many remain in denial of this truth, there are rules, or laws if you prefer, that govern our thinking, applying equally to everyone a...

“We have ceased fighting everything and everyone, we have to” , for unlike physical exercise, where the longer and more intense the workout ...

Has someone said to you or have you ever said “don’t think like that?” Not possible is it. It is one of those silly things that we say to on...

Difficult problems seem to have a life of their own. Hard as we try, we treat them spiritually and the next thing we know they are back in t...

When trouble or difficulty arrives at your door step, immediately turn to God in prayer. Pray for the knowledge, guidance and strength to ad...

Wayne Dyer suggests that we “think from the end” when confronted with life’s challenges. Having embarked on the path of Living on the Spirit...

“Study and research are well in their own time and place, but no amount of either will get you out of a concrete difficulty. Nothing but pra...

Living on the Spiritual Basis we are directed to “practice these principles in all our affairs.” Few however take the time to consider the p...

Herbert Spencer said that substance is “that which is not subject to discord or decay”, that Spirit is substance, that Spirit cannot die and...

Many hold to the concept of God being individualized in each of us but without diminishing the whole. This is understandable, but wrong. Con...

Over the last 20 to 30 years science has made amazing strides and discoveries in Quantum Physics. We have learned that the most minuscule as...

A main aspect of God is Love, not loving or bringing love but Love itself. When we express love we express our true essence, God. Think of h...

God is not just truthful or brings truth but is Absolute Truth itself. Once we begin living on the Spiritual Basis, God translates from the ...

“God is not just living, nor does God give life, but God is Life.” In his 1918 acceptance speech for the Nobel prize in physics Max Planck...

“Have you ever asked yourself the question: What is God like? We are told to pray by turning away from the problem and thinking about God; ...

Never rest in your wholehearted commitment to live on the Spiritual Basis. Pray from the heart, expecting to receive. Stand fast in the face...

“There is only one way to make spiritual progress…prayer.” So the question is not what to do but how to do it. “If your intuitive nature is...

The start of every year brings an influx of people into gyms. They have resolved to lose weight and get into shape, some for the first time;...

The purpose of the 12 step process of enlightenment is to provide a path for establishing “a conscious contact with God” as a result of fo...

The Lord’s Prayer establishes the essential nature of God, that He is in truth our Father in the deepest, most profound respect. One of the...

Having made the decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God; to embrace living on the Spiritual Basis, we now trust A Po...

The 3rd step in the 12 step path of enlightenment asks us “to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God’ with the proviso “as we u...

Having chosen the road less traveled, Living on the Spiritual Basis, “…immediately you hand over your self-government, that is, the burden o...

The Power within is nothing less than the Power of Creation, God, “The Indwelling Power, the inner Light.” But how to contact that Power? Th...

Songs by VelcroHoudini, Citizen of ACIDplanet.com Spoken word renditions of the first five steps and related teachings.

HAPPY NEW YEAR The final day of the diet . Congratulations. You made it. File this tool away and bring it out anytime you feel a little s...

Day 6 of the diet: Hang in there, only 1 more day to go. Then again, you may be experiencing such profound changes in your outlook that you...

Day 5 of the diet: …God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him (1 John 4:16). Today, attempt to greet every...

Day 4 of the 7 day mental diet : Consider the analogy: “A man is sitting by an open fire when a red hot cinder flies out and falls on his sl...

Day 3 : Having fun yet? The diet maybe simple, but it certainly is not easy. Continue to be vigilant, watching for morbid reflection, negati...

Day 2 of Diet : If you are still considering whether to attempt this diet, take a moment in quiet contemplation and ask yourself why? What...

TO ALL MEMBERS: Greetings On Our 10th Christmas 1944 Yes, it's in the air! The spirit of Christmas once more warms this poor distraugh...

“Bless a thing and it will bless you. Curse it and it will curse you.” Regardless of circumstances in your life, bless all and remember the ...

Possibly the hardest spiritual direction of all is “to be still.” We have done all the indicated work regarding a difficulty or trouble that...

Our consciousness is unsullied at birth; we are pure in spirit, our Divine connection immaculate. As we age and mature, our consciousness be...

Living on the Spiritual Basis requires rigorous honesty. Ever tell a “fish” story? You know the voice, the one that adds a few inches to or ...

“When you pray you are turning to the power of God and surely you will admit that God is omnipotent, and therefore nothing can be too diffic...

Today’s teaching revolves around the 4th step of the 12-step process of spiritual awakening first delineated in the book Alcoholics Anonymou...

“It is not when things are going well that we make our progress. It is not even when things are going wrong and yet we feel sure that we ca...

Living on the Spiritual Basis our points of reference, the things that used to interest us alters. Typically, this happens with little or no...

“Half measures avail us nothing.” Recently the world changed, well recent in a generational sense. It happened over the last 60 years. Onc...

A few years ago, a show aired chronicling the Dalai Lama. Part of the broadcast consisted of a number of “famous” people relating the effect...

You cannot have peace of mind and engage in gossip. You cannot have tranquility and be harried. You cannot have love and practice hatred. Yo...

Often well-intentioned folks will admonish knowingly “be careful what you pray for, you may get it.” The comment is generally followed with ...