Living In Spirit

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

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 head in,...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 els...

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

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

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 ...

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

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

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

A while back I had a conversation (berating more accurately) with an “adamant” Christian. You have probably met one, within the first few ...

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

I began paying attention to American politics in 1968 and came of age politically during the election of 1972. In the ensuing years one tru...

As a younger man I wore the coat of the agnostic. Having heard so many say that God was love but if you broke a certain rule you would suf...

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 la...

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 only the...

When we find ourselves drifting out of the present moment, by either dwelling on the past or projecting into the future we must be wary, fo...

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 everywhe...

Conditions in our life are the result of the crops (thoughts) we tend in our consciousness. If we nurture thoughts of pain, lack, unhappines...

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

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

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

When there is nowhere left to turn, turn around, for God is always there. When in the grip of fear, pray lightly, with a feathers touch. ...

Though an agnostic with an “attitude”well into my 30’s, I had always been a seeker, often looking in the wrong places however. One of the ...

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

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 the e...

“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 was...

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

We cannot have our indignation or “justified” anger and live on the spiritual basis. If we wish to comprehend serenity and know peace, we ...

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

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

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

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

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

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 decided to ...

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

Do you have to “find” time to pray and meditate? Really? What can possibly be more important than your time with the Miraculous? Now if yo...

Fate, as a conscious power, is a convenient catch all for those confused or unwilling to do the work necessary to clear away the wreckage ...

What we dwell on defines the course of our thinking. When we dwell on thoughts of “my bad luck”, “I’ll never find a good job”, “the kids w...

We have decided to make a change in our lives. Perhaps it is quitting smoking. We throw away our smokes (or smoke them up) and announce we...

The world provides a myriad of answers and solutions for the problems and challenges in our lives.   Watch TV, listen to the radio or click...

Everyone daydreams, of what do you dream? Thoughts are causative, the thoughts we entertain will find out picturing in our lives. Now, I k...

Having been a spiritual mentor for many years, there is no more painful word to hear from a student then but . It matters little whether th...

Do you believe God wants you to succeed?  Or do you harbor some lingering belief that God is a trickster waiting to punish or harm you, to...

When considering our relationship with God, one of the simplest and best-known metaphors defining that relationship is man is the spark fr...