Living In Spirit

“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 dif...

“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 ...

Living on the Spiritual Basis our points of reference, the things that used to interest us alters. Typically, this happens with little or...

Recently the world changed, well recent in a generational sense. It has happened over the last 60 years. Once upon a time children were ...

     Some years ago a television program aired chronicling the Dalai Lama. Part of the broadcast consisted of a number of “famous” peopl...

We cannot have love and practice hatred. We cannot have tranquility and be harried. We cannot have serenity and embrace anger. We ca...

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

      Consistent effort and practice is required if we wish to demonstrate spiritually. Mere mental assent has little lasting effect unles...

   “There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which cannot fail to keep a man ...

    We look in the mirror or step on the scale and the evidence is undeniable, so we decide to take action. We embark on a diet and/or...

    A “pure heart” means we hold unwavering to the belief in an all-embracing, Omnipotent God. “Our Father which art in Heaven.” This con...

Don’t Hurry. Don’t Worry. Don’t Condemn. Don’t Resent. Pretty straightforward, what more is there to know? OK, maybe a little. H...

     The foundational principle of reaping and sowing is at the heart of Living on the Spiritual Basis, unfortunately many pay it a noddi...

     When we pray and meditate we are visiting with God. What could possibly be more important in our lives than the time we spend with O...

     The “false witness” in our consciousness afflicts everyone from time to time. When this voice chimes in it never brings good or pos...

    The term “reborn” has been employed poorly if not down right incorrectly so often that its true spiritual meaning has become obscured....

     “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” When FDR said this in his first inaugural address America was in the grip of the grea...

     Looked at a dollar bill lately? Go get one, I’ll wait…now, look on the reverse, it states: “In God We Trust.” The question is, do we? ...

    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...