Living In Spirit

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

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

"When you change the way you look at things the things you look at change." When we first embark on the path of Spiritual Living...

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

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

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

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 o...

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

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

Cosmologically the “Big Bang” is the generally accepted starting point of the universe. The theory holds that at one time everything t...

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

“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...

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

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

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 provide...

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...

Head to heart, from letter to spirit. The journey from one to the other is the longest 18 inches in the world. When we began questionin...

On ancient maps when cartographers would reach the end of what was known they would often write “There Be Dragons” to denote the unknow...

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 p...

We are constantly treating everything in our lives with 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 everyo...

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 y...

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

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

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 lo...

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

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

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 di...

“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 dut...

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

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

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

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

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, robes fl...

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, some even stop living themselves when a loved one has passed, literally hoping for their own end s...

Living the examined life requires us to inventory our “great possessions” if we wish to be free. We all have them and until we identi...

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)...

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

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.” Th...

God is not just truthful or brings truth but is Absolute Truth itself. Once we begin living on the Spiritual Basis, God translates fro...

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. ...

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

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

Herbert Spencer stated that substance is “that which is not subject to discord or decay." Spirit is substance,  Spirit cannot die ...

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

“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 ...

It is suggested that we “think from the end” when confronted with life’s challenges. Having embarked on the path of Living on the Sp...

When trouble or difficulty arrives at our door, the way out is to immediately turn to God in prayer. We pray for the knowledge, guidanc...

Difficult problems seem to have a life of their own. Hard as we try, we treat them spiritually and the next thing we know they are back in...