Living In Spirit

Ever find some forgotten cash in the pocket of a pair of pants or jacket you haven’t worn in a while? Always puts a smile on the face does...

What makes you happy? We have all felt happiness in our lives, meeting him/her, wedding day, divorce day, birth of a child, landing “the” ...

  No one lives life perfectly. No one is at peace or serene constantly. No one is energized or at their best every minute. Just as the tid...

Without renewing energy stagnation results, and there is probably no better demonstration of this than a tidal pool. The renewing energy of...

Everything is comprised of energy. Not just energized, but comprised of it. The chair you are sitting on. The monitor you are looking at o...

The silversmith Demetrius made his living off making shrines to the goddess Diana. When the apostle Paul brought the Christ message to his ...

Some destructive thoughts attack us head on, the deadliest however are the thoughts that creep in, with no apparent foreshadowing. We never...

What we seek we find, what we plant and nurture will grow . Seems like a simple enough lesson, yet many ignore it. Parents, whose only foc...

“Handsome is as handsome does.” Sounds a bit Forrest Gump-ish but it fit’s the bill. Many wish to enjoy a certain reputation they know in ...

Students who find the path of Living on the Spiritual Basis through the 12 step process have an advantage, the advantage of clear cut sim...

Many modern offices are comprised of large rooms divided into cubicles using partition walls. Typically these walls of partition are head ...

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

 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 villa...

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 provided. ...

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 sup...

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 questioning li...

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

We all know someone, might even be someone we see in the mirror daily, who has a shelf full of self help/spiritual books. Now, they probabl...

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

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

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, just that you ...

Be sanctimonious. Pride yourself on being the perpetual devil’s advocate; always pointing out why something will never work, reveling in t...

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

  In the 1970’s I was a member of the Futurist Society. Futurists predict the future based on what is deemed the best verifiable evidence...

God doesn’t break cosmic law, to do so would establish favoritism, a pecking order. No one stands above another before God, all are loved e...

To recognize failure intelligently is the first step toward building success. We all fail, often. So the question is do we profit from the ...

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 discove...

“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 duty, no...

Sacred cows, we all have them, the obvious ones being sports teams, political parties and religion. Ever try to talk to a Yankees fan abou...

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

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

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

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

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 hav...

Mourning to excess is destructive, some even stop living themselves when a loved one has passed, literally hoping for their own end so the...

We must inventory our “great possessions” if we wish to be free. We all have them and until we identify them and understand their roots the...

Consider the passage from the Sermon on the Mount “Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven” (Matthew 5:3). We ...

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

   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 grow,...

Generals draw up battle plans, their theory on how a battle should be fought and won. Politicians have theories on everything, usually wit...

Songs by VelcroHoudini, Citizen of ACIDplanet.com Spoken word renditions of the first five steps and related teachings.

The path of enlightenment asks us “to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God’ with the proviso “as we understand Him.” This p...

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...

When we express love we express our true essence, God. Think of how you feel when you express love or when love is expressed to you. In th...

Over the last few decades science has made amazing strides and discoveries in the field of Quantum Physics. We have learned that the most m...

Consider an apple pie. When you remove a piece, the whole is diminished by the size of the slice you have decided to enjoy, possibly alamod...

Herbert Spencer said that substance is “that which is not subject to discord or decay”, that Spirit is substance, that Spirit cannot die an...

Everyone lives by a set of principles, few however take the time to consider the principles that they practice in their lives, yet we demon...

“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 p...

Spiritual teachers suggest that we “think from the end” when confronted with life’s challenges. Having embarked on the path of Living on th...