Living In Spirit

        There are many laws, secular and spiritual. Man’s laws fill untold volumes and are constantly being amended, added to, ignore...

    Einstein remarked, “The most important decision you will ever make is whether you live in a friendly or hostile universe.” Spiri...

         Intellectual discussions of spirituality can be interesting, even invigorating, but have no real value without demonstration...

   Some years ago I became very ill, but since I was still “functioning” I delayed going to my physician until I was essentially at death...

        Resting on our laurels. We have all done it; perhaps you are doing it now. Whenever I have, I find they quickly dry out, bec...

      It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God (Mark 10:25). Wel...

     Closer is He than breathing; nearer than hands and feet. -Tennyson. And that is most near indeed. In truth: we are always in con...

        Ever hear someone say they were “getting back to basics or fundamentals”? In sports or cooking this may be applicable but spir...

     Some time ago I viewed a Far Side cartoon strip depicting a group of archeologists examining a single fossilized bone. By the la...

For as he thinks in his heart, so is he (Proverbs 23:7). Having now Lived on the Spiritual Basis for a time we have seen the power of p...

        Ever bowl a perfect game? Pitch a perfect game? Have 13 tricks no trump in Bridge? How about 21 in blackjack? A spade Royal Flu...

        As we live and learn, practicing our new way of life; Living on the Spiritual Basis, not only our perspective but our actions...

          How do you respond to trouble? The typical response is to either square up and meet force with force or escape as rapidly a...

         Wishing to get even, revenge, to balance the scales, to repay in kind are natural human sentiments, a wild justice, manifestat...

           “We have ceased fighting everyone and everything, for we are on a new basis, the basis of trusting and relying on God.” ...

         We are constantly bombarded with messages of doom and gloom. Right this minute a program is running on at least one if not m...

         Living on the Spiritual Basis we have ceased fighting everyone and everything and because of this the obvious destructive beha...

       Know anyone immortal? How about 200 years old? No? Hmmm…I guess its true then: no one gets out alive. Remember when you were a...

        When we “decide” to dwell in the negative, embracing morbid reflection, we place ourselves in a position to be harmed. Typicall...

         Morbid reflection is the act of rehashing and/or rehearsing  the “story”  of some past negative event or occurrence over and ov...

       When we take offense at every trifling thing in life, becoming angry and outraged at clerks, customer service reps, waiters an...

      “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 ...