Living In Spirit

         The concept of a pure heart can be troubling, unless we possess the spiritual key. Once a heart has been touched by loss, sin, suff...

          To show mercy to those in pain, whether physical or emotional, is of course a quality to be cultivated. But how merciful are our t...

           Righteous. This word has been married with “self” so often that if someone is  righteous it has a seemingly negative connotation,...

      It is difficult to think of Moses and not picture in our minds eye Charlton Heston standing with arms raised, staff in hand, robes flo...

          The meek shall inherit the earth . To be meek, spiritually, is to be so raised in consciousness that we are open to God, demonstr...

Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth (Matthew 5:5) well now, on the surface this seems to make little sense. We all have ...

          Mourning to excess is destructive. Many have stopped living themselves when a loved one has passed, literally hoping for their own...

         Have you inventoried your “great possessions”? We all have them and until we identify them and understand their roots they can beco...

        There is probably no more misunderstood passage in the Sermon on the Mount than “Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the k...

"Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. Blessed...

         You could “Burn all the books, for the answers are all here.” The books written on how to become a different person, to change, to ...

            Demonstration versus theory. Generals create battle plans, their theory on how the battle should be fought and won. Politicians ...

         I can’t imagine a topic to comment on that could be less rife with controversy or strong emotion. Just looking at it I can hear the...

      We have all had “miracles” happen in our lives. That time we needed money and the phone rang or a letter arrived and source was provid...

MIRACLE n. 1. An act or event that seems to transcend or contradict all known natural or scientific laws and is usually thought to be super...

         Head to heart, from letter to spirit. The journey from one to the other is the longest 18 inches in the world. When I began questio...

           On the old maps when a mapmaker would reach the end of what was known they would often write “There Be Dragons” to denote the unk...

       We all know someone, might even be someone who signs our name, who has a shelf full of self help/spiritual books. Now, they probably ...

         This is at the heart of Living on the Spiritual Basis. Having learned and embraced the truth that God is the only real power, that ...

          We are constantly treating everything in our lives by our thinking, if we believe we are defeated, we are. We are asking for failu...

Emotion is your friend. Get overly emotional about everything. Be outraged not only at perceived slights directed at you but at everyone els...

             Watch for trends and as soon as a new one starts, jump on board. It doesn’t matter whether or not the trend appeals to you, jus...

          Be sanctimonious. Pride yourself on being the perpetual devil’s advocate; always pointing out why something will never work, revel...

          Reflect morbidly. Worry about everything. Tell yourself that time is running out and you aren’t getting any younger. Inventory all...

          God doesn’t break cosmic law, to do so would establish favoritism. No one stands above another before God, all being loved equally...

To recognize failure intelligently is the first step toward building success. We all fail, often. Do we profit from the experience or refle...

         So many times in life we have thought we were ready only to find that a little, or a lot, more seasoning was needed. Typically this...

         “If you have no time for prayer and meditation, you will have lots of time for sickness and trouble.” Pretty much sums it up. Our ...

         Sacred cows, we all have them, the obvious ones being sports teams, political parties and religion. Ever try to talk to a Yankee’s ...

        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 ...