Living In Spirit

        The Tower of Babel story teaches some interesting lessons. Humankind was of a single language but when they spoke of God, they were ...

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

Genesis : n  beginning: the time or circumstances of something’s coming into being. (Encarta)      New beginnings. We have had and will...

         The fourth horse of Revelation is the White Horse, the conquering horse. “Driven by a hundred forms of fear, self-delusion, self-se...

       The four biblical horsemen in Revelation are tied to the end times but I will leave those discussions to others. Yet on a personal le...

     Terror, bewilderment, frustration and despair. Terror: Does God exist? What if He doesn’t? Bewilderment: If He does, who or what is th...

        Happy, Joyous and Free OR generally content, feeling OK and somewhat unrestrained. Which would you rather be? Purchasing “seconds” a...

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

           The price of continuing spiritual freedom is vigilance. Drifting into negative thinking and speech, typically happening without a...

         Everything is connected. Every word, every action, every thought. Nothing happens without consequence, without touching everything ...

                 Living on the Spiritual Basis moves us off the bench and onto the bus. Everyone spends time on the bench, rationalizing a...

          When I truly began applying spiritual principles in my life, not just paying them lip service, I had to address my “secret room.” ...

        “But honesty, open-mindedness and willingness are essential.” We triumph over life’s inevitable challenges not by the exercise of ...

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

          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 ...

         Living on the Spiritual Basis we now trust and rely on God for guidance, strength and direction but it is up to us to demonstrate o...

         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...

      When things are going well there is a natural tendency to slack off a touch in our spiritual work. The sun is shining, the clouds deco...

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

           How different would the fabric of the world look if all business embraced spiritual principles. All the justifications and ration...

          Popeye could have saved himself a great deal of wear and tear had he embraced spiritual living. Living on the Spiritual Basis is a...

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

     The Ninth Commandment: You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor (Exodus 20:16). If we bear false witness, we will invari...

     The Eighth Commandment: You shall not steal (Exodus 20:15). The laws regarding material theft are well known. Little needs to said reg...

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

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

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

      The Fourth Commandment: Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy (Exodus 20:8). 3500 years ago when Moses first delivered this comma...

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

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 of the Ten Commandments states: You shall have no other gods before me (Exodus 20:3). Everyone worships something. The ath...

       For me the vision of Charlton Heston in flowing robes with long white hair and beard coming down Mount Sinai with two stone tablets i...

        Thought about Moses lately? Living on the Spiritual Basis the purpose of life has become clear, to establish and maintain a consciou...

           Often when someone is struggling, a “need to get back to basics” will be sighted as the solution.  I have searched high and low, ...

          Today Easy Does It , along with One Day at a Time , First Things First , Live and Let Live and Think, Think, Think adorns the wa...

       How do we manifest clarity in our thinking when clearly we have no control over the thoughts that float up into our consciousness? Vi...

        Emmet Fox coined the term Mental Equivalent, explaining the practical application of the Law of Substitution. Simply, we take respon...

        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...

     We must be clear on what we worship, for everyone worships something. Many tragically worship at the secular alters of money, power, pr...

          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 ...

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

        Are you willing to go to any lengths for success? No reservations, no caveats only complete readiness to do everything required?  ...

         We always demonstrate our spiritual understanding. Our actions, the manner in which we live and treat our fellows demonstrates our...

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

        Scott Peck’s The Road Less Traveled opens with “Life is difficult.” Pretty much says it all doesn’t it. So what are we going to do ...

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

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

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

       Either we are all children of God or none of us are. Many paths lead to the raising of our consciousness. When we limit God, believ...

         Living on the Spiritual Basis the old saw about “leading a horse to water” becomes clear. So many say they desire to change their c...