Living In Spirit

      “You can have either your demonstration or your indignation, but you cannot have both.”   We cannot look down our nose and salute...

      What is perfection? A child’s laugh, a spring day, the family gathered together for the holidays, a content cat, chocolate, all...

        When we first begin our spiritual journey in earnest specific and ritualized spiritual practices are important fundamentals. ...

       Regularly unfortunate stories appear where someone has suffered because a simple clerical mistake occurred resulting in untold...

        The pitfall of self-righteousness has trapped and pulled down countless individuals. In most endeavors in life when we reach ...

        “Never try to force other people to accept spiritual truth.”   No one, absolutely no one will permanently accept anything cram...

         Never turn away from anyone seeking help or guidance. Part of the progression in our spiritual growth is the rise in our nat...

      Salt of the Earth, don’t hear that expression used very often anymore. As a child when someone was referred to as being “the sa...

          Christ. Other than God, is there any word that evokes more passion in believers and non-believers alike? The spiritual conc...

       What do you believe? We believe in all sorts of things. Conspiracy theories of all kinds abound, aliens in the White House, Elv...

         “The truth will set you free.”   Ever watch a bird floating on a current of air or with practiced grace winging its way wit...

          “The universe is run exactly on the lines of a cafeteria” Emmet Fox.  Just as at a self serve cafeteria, all of the gifts Ou...

        Ever been to a tide pool or salt marsh?  The tide pool is consistently refreshed with the influx of new water with the rising ...

         Easy does it! Work hard but don’t make hard work of it. Has worry or being so tense a loud noise makes you jump ever impro...

           Step on a crack and break your mama’s back, three on a match, a dead man’s shoes, break a mirror, black cat crossing your ...

     What do you believe, really? A double minded man is unstable in all his ways (James 1:8). Is there a bookshelf full of spiritua...

       Who has not heard, or some variation of, the quote: For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted a...

          Living by spiritual principles is not easy, no news flash there, and unfortunately many that do disagree on the path. Constru...

   “When you raise your head above the crowd, you place a target on your back.”   Ever toss out a casual comment concerning a sports...

 “We will comprehend the word serenity and we will know peace.”  Serenity : calm and untroubled: without worry, stress, or disturbanc...

        “Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God" (Matthew 5:9). In contemplation some years ...

           It is a curious thing, the first person to offer money advice, often unsolicited, is someone who has never had any. Relat...

If struggling with a conception of God, begin by setting aside any prejudice, animosity or preconceived notions concerning God and rel...

The concept of a pure heart can be troubling, unless we possess the spiritual key. Once a heart has been touched by loss, sin, sufferi...

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

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

It is difficult for me to think of Moses and not picture in my minds eye Charlton Heston standing with arms raised, staff in hand, robe...

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

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 ...

Mourning to excess is destructive. Many have stopped living themselves when a loved one has passed, literally hoping for their own end...

Have you inventoried your “great possessions”? We all have them and until we identify them and understand their roots they can become ...

 There is probably no more misunderstood passage in the Sermon on the Mount than “Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the ki...

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

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 g...

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

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 vi...

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 provid...

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...

Is at the heart of Living on the Spiritual Basis. Having learned and embraced the truth that God is the only real power, the true sourc...

On the old maps when a mapmaker reached the end of what was known they would often write in the margin “There Be Dragons” to denote t...

We all know someone, might even be someone we see in the mirror, who has a shelf full of self help/spiritual books. Most of them have...

We are constantly treating everything in our lives by the thoughts we entertain, if we believe we are defeated, we are. We are asking ...

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

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 tha...

Be sanctimonious. Pride yourself on being the perpetual devil’s advocate; always pointing out why something will never work, revelin...

Reflect morbidly. Worry about everything. Tell yourself that time is running out and you aren’t getting any younger. Rehash the memor...

             Have you an open mind?   In the course of teaching metaphysics this question is often met with incredulity, a brusque “of cour...