Living In Spirit

    One of the ways we demonstrate our spiritual fitness is by how much we give, freely, not only in riches but most importantly of ourselve...

  Judging is a concept greatly misunderstood. We not only should judge the behavior of others but Living on the Spiritual Basis makes it ...

     As we progress on the path of awakening, Living on the Spiritual Basis, we naturally become more sensitive to the world and our fello...

      Rarely does a week pass that a new self help book/seminar that will solve all your problems, diet to end all diets, miracle food/su...

       We all have projects we are going to get around to. It may be parked in the garage, on a shelf in the workshop, possibly in a folder...

     Walking the way we talk. “I would love to listen to your words but your actions speak so loudly I cannot hear you.” The concept of a...

      In the second act of my life, I made my living swinging a hammer. The man who sponsored me to become a contractor taught, “When th...

      What we concentrate on manifests in our lives. When we concentrate on fear, loss, anger, resentment, worry, envy or any of the whole ...

     If a camel sticks its nose under your tent flap you must strike its nose immediately since a camel has no reverse. If it gets its hea...

       Most understand secular law, break one and get caught; there is a price to pay. Whether it is traffic, criminal, business, tax etc ...

    Living in California one of the joys of life is driving down Pacific Coast Highway watching pelicans dive for dinner and dolphins surf...

     “Live in today, and do not allow yourself to live in the past under any pretense. Living in the past means thinking about the pas...

    Remember Alfred E. Newman of Mad magazine fame? His gap toothed grin graced the cover with the caption “What, me worry?” Alfred may be ...

    A wise man said, “When I criticize you I am criticizing God’s handiwork.” Does this mean we should avoid criticism? Well, yes and n...

    Sometime ago during a genial conversation on spiritual principles the comment was made “I don’t trouble God with the little things, he...

    When we travel down the road of negativity we invariably arrive at morbid reflection. Morbid reflection then opens the door to indigna...

     We have all done it and regretted it afterwards. We are either drawn into or feel the need to volunteer our help or opinion in someone...

    Recipes are typically associated with cooking. However virtually everything in life has a “recipe.” Plastics are very different in thei...

     A necessary part of intelligence is the study of history. Studying history enables us to observe today’s events and relate to them in...

Try to lose weight. Try to get in shape. Try to quit smoking. Trying to get organized. Trying to be on time. Trying isn’t it. We have all d...

  “Living life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning to play the instrument as we go along” naked. No rational person belie...

     The secular world clamors with solutions to all our problems and concerns. Call this number and all your financial difficulties will ...

     In Latin inspiratio means: to breathe in. From this root many words have bloomed, two of which are inspiration and respiration. Phys...

     Don’t quit five minutes before the miracle. Probably one of the most, if not the most vexing spiritual question we face is why som...

    I had a conversation (berating more accurately) recently with an “adamant” Christian. You have probably met one, an adamant Christian...

    Often we fail to measure the words we use or consider their ultimate impact. You have probably experienced the sick feeling when word...

    I came of age politically during the American election of 1972. In the ensuing years one truth has become abundantly clear: regardles...

     In my early life I wore the coat of the agnostic. Having heard so many say that God was love but if you broke a certain rule you wou...

A centipede was quite happy, Until a frog in fun Said, “Pray, which leg comes after which?” This raised her mind to such a pitch, She l...

     Who have you smiled at today? In the last few decades a number of studies have shown even a forced smile has positive affects not onl...

      When we pull ourselves out of the moment, by either dwelling on the past or projecting into the future it is easy to drift into mor...

    When we turned our will and life over to the care of God, we chose the consecrated life. Our job now is to see the Presence of God ev...

     Conditions in our life are the result of the crops (thoughts) we plant in our consciousness. If we plant pain, lack, unhappiness, ...

     Since childhood we have heard that hard work equals success. Yet I think we can all point to someone, perhaps that someone gazes back f...

    “Cheap optimism is never spiritual.” Never be satisfied or resign yourself to live with anything less than the full expression of Go...

       Do you pray expecting to receive, or with trepidation? When we pray with doubt, believing secretly in our heart of hearts that God...

When there is nowhere left to turn, turn around, for God is always there. When in the grips of fear, pray with a feather. When faci...

     Even though I was an agnostic with an “attitude” into my 30’s, I had always been a seeker, often looking in the wrong places however. O...

   We lay   “claim” to things everyday, usually without a thought. Whenever we start a statement with “My”, we claim ownership. Having ...

    Everyday somewhere a plane departs in the rain. The aircraft pulls away from the gate and takes its place in line for lift off. Soon...

  “We are sure God wants us to be happy, joyous and free. We cannot subscribe to the belief that this life is a vale of tears, though it ...

    You are actively engaged in daily prayer, meditation and service, have given your will and life over to the care of a Power Greater T...

     You cannot have your indignation or live with “justified” anger and live on the spiritual basis, if you wish to comprehend serenity ...

     I have not always prayed. Sure, there were those furtive pleas of “please let me pass this (math, English, history, etc) test”, “ple...

     It is recommended to “pray with a feather” for prayer should never be hard work; it is our time to speak with God. When praying d...

     Everything is connected. The belief that a problem or difficulty exists in one place and must be brought to God’s attention is false. G...

     A treatment is a prayer directed at a definite subject, something that is a pressing problem. Unlike general prayers that are a visi...

     Some hold that it is selfish and wastes of time to pray for ones self, but how could it be? “Praying for ourselves is the reverse of...

    The hen lays her eggs, and then keeps them warm and safe until they hatch. What would happen if half way through the process she deci...

     Now that we have been on the path of spiritual living for a time, what is our course when now faced with a serious problem or diffic...