Living In Spirit

        THE GOLDEN FIVE SECONDS. When a negative thought percolates up into our consciousness we do not even stop to say “good-by” but immed...

          Do you know anyone who has “tried everything” but has failed to demonstrate much success in life? Some of the obvious “everything’...

         Remember the scene in the old westerns where the tired, dusty and thirsty cowboy rides in, dismounts his horse and walks over to th...

      “If you really believe in the existence of God you should be happy and cheerful.” So, if we are not (today) does that mean we don’...

           “But we must be careful not to drift into worry, remorse, or morbid reflection.” When we have been hurt, the times when we were ...

           We all know someone who never misses an opportunity to retell the story of some past injustice, real or imagined. If they are clo...

              Do you know of anyone who remembers the Gettysburg Address because they were there? How about Washington crossing the Delaware...

           Remember reaping and sowing? What we dwell upon is out pictured in our lives. When morbid reflection raises its head and we allow...

           Spiritual half measures avail us nothing. Not a little, not some, zero. Having entered into a secular endeavor half halfheartedly...

            Having placed our feet upon the path, embracing the Spiritual Basis of Living, we know today that God is the only power. Having ...

         The Lord’s Prayer suggests that we can be lead into temptation, so the question is: Would God lead us into temptation? Having been ...

          So, how do we forgive? Pray, the manner of prayer not nearly as important as its location of origin . Did it come from our intell...

         When we harbor resentment, we slowly die spiritually. Fortunately through forgiveness we are reborn. Nurturing resentment binds us ...

          Forgiveness is the key, to everything . Until we understand this, carve it into our heart, no real progress can be made. When we t...

          There is a part of me, and I’m pretty sure you have it too, that keeps score, chiming in with its own sense of justice. When someo...

         One of the keys to freedom in life is when we finally understand that all sin is rooted in selfishness, born of thinking that we ca...

          Lamentably many hold to the false idea that they can save up spiritual good will that can be drawn on later to get through some cu...

            “The longest 18 inches in the world is the distance between our head and our heart.”  So many speak of God and spiritual princip...

     When we place our trust in supply from anything or anyone other than God we are sure to be left wanting. There are many avenues that pr...

        When the term “bread” is used in the Bible it represents all that we require to live, not just food. In the Lord’s Prayer we ask God...

          Our greatest gift, free will, which which makes us unique among all God’s creations, is also mankind’s curse upon its self. Every ...

       “God has a plan for every man, and he has one for you”, that plan is your “Heart’s Desire.”  Our only real job in this life is to ide...

         Many believe that God brings sickness, trouble, accidents even death as punishment or to teach a lesson. The Christ teaching expose...

        The concept of Heaven, as the Carpenter taught in the Lord‘s Prayer, manifests as we raise our consciousness through prayer, meditat...

         As we embrace the true significance of “Our Father” it finally becomes clear that when we pray, our prayers are never solely for us...

                   The Lord’s Prayer begins, “Our Father” not my father or your father, but Our Father. This ground breaking truth ends th...

        Said: “My religion is summed up in the first two words of the Lord’s Prayer.” “Our Father.” What a gift the truth is and we don’t ha...

           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...