Living In Spirit

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

Everything we say, do or observe is recorded. Everything. Not by God, or some heavenly scribe watching our every move, but by us. It is wr...

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

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

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

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

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

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 or wish...

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 our beli...

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 set of...

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 decoratin...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 in the...

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

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 power gr...

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 made ...

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

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

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

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 about ...

  “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 would fi...

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

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

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, believe “our...

Having come to an understanding of the Law of Reaping and Sowing or if you prefer the Law of Karma, does this mean the universe acts autom...

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

“With what measure you mete, it shall be measured to you again” (Matthew 7:2). There is nothing new under the sun. The Secret (Law of Attr...

Ever stop to consider how many varieties and types of laws affect us? Traffic laws, tax laws, criminal laws to name a few. There is one se...

Living at raised levels of consciousness our harshest critic is always ourselves. As our awareness rises, we naturally hold ourselves to hi...

Ready to step out in faith, to take some concrete action? For the next 24 hours, act as if you really do believe in God. Relax, your belie...

Praying on or “treating” a problem or difficulty is simple, but not easy. First, get quiet, do not try to control your thoughts, anyone wh...

No one but you and God know what is in your heart, nor can we ever truly know what is in the heart of another, for only God has that abili...

The Secret, The Power of Intention, Bible, and most if not all religions and spiritual paths teach that there is an inexhaustible supply a...

   “Do not die with your music in you.” That feeling of dissatisfaction, the sense of something missing in life is God quietly but insis...

Emmet Fox wrote, “Your real problem-the only problem you have-is to find your true calling in life. Everything else will fall into place. ...

Grow up! Whenever someone does or says something juvenile there is invariably an “adult” nearby to suggest this course of action. We have ...

Karma : n   1.  Eastern religion, Eastern philosophy: the Hindu and Buddhist philosophy according to which the quality of people’s curre...

Know anyone so set in their ways dynamite couldn’t move them off a position or opinion, whether it is a sports team, political party or is...

Nothing says inevitable reckoning like birthdays. As children we looked forward to them with nearly as much anticipation as Christmas. The...

Reincarnation, this topic can be a room clearer and one I have spent a great many hours wrestling. For many years I struggled in contempla...

Cosmologically the “Big Bang” is the generally accepted starting point of the universe we live in. The theory holds that at one time every...

Death awaits all men but waits on no man. Everything, from may flies to the stars die. Death is the change that brings renewal. Sadness a...