Living In Spirit

Focused Meditation: Here we have a specific problem, difficulty or question we are seeking to understand. As before find a quiet plac...

Meditation is a topic that seems to cause much unnecessary grief and consternation. Many hold to the false belief that meditation is ...

In court people take the stand to give testimony, to witness for either the defense or prosecution in criminal and civil cases. In th...

When we first experience the gifts from Living on the Spiritual Basis, it is natural to want more. In short order we begin to reach be...

There is probably no greater hindrance to continued spiritual growth and experience than the fear of exposure. You have been consiste...

Having life in the spiritual sense is different from just being alive. Even zombies have a form of life, limited as it may be. We hav...

The word repentance has a definite religious feel to it. Perhaps I have watched too many old movies but I can’t help but see in my min...

Probably no spiritual concept is more misunderstood than judgment. People who normally would never quote from scripture cite Jesus whe...

In the 60’s and early 70’s wicked was a good thing. A car could be wicked fast, something could look wicked or an activity or action c...

Words have a way of morphing over time. When reading something from even as little as sixty or seventy years ago it really is necessar...

Fear drives us in hundreds of ways, from the doom and gloom of today's headlines and nightly news to our children whenever they ar...

A gathering of geese is a gaggle. A brood of chickens is a clutch. A gathering of unicorns is known as a blessing. Unicorns hold a cur...

Morbid : adj 1.  interested in gruesome subjects: showing a strong interest in unpleasant or gloomy subjects such as death, m...

Left to our own devices, changing our nature or perhaps more accurately growing beyond it, is problematic. Consider the smoker who de...

Certain teachings rise to the level of “sell all the books, everything needed is here.” Emmet Fox provides one of those with: The Capta...

I can see Archie Bunker in my minds eye as he points at “meathead” with his thumb saying :dead from the neck up! Vintage TV aside, if ...

Today the definition of abide is to tolerate, to put up with something or someone. 150 years ago, it meant: to dwell: to live or resid...

Are you praying and meditating daily? If not, what could possibly be of more importance? Living on the Spiritual Basis requires consis...

Being loved is wonderful; it fills our heart and puts a smile on our face. Demonstrating love towards our children and friends is easy,...

The Tower of Babel story teaches some interesting lessons. Humankind was of a single spoken language but  they did not believe in God a...

Babel : n 1.  confused noise: especially the noise of loud unintelligible voices all talking at once  2.  noisy place: a scene or pl...

Genesis : n  beginning: the time or circumstances of something’s coming into being. (Encarta) New beginnings. We have had and will...

The fourth horse of Revelation is the White Horse, the conquering horse. “Driven by a hundred forms of fear, self-delusion, self-seekin...

The four biblical horsemen in Revelation are tied to the end times but I will leave those discussions to others. Yet on a personal leve...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 s...

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 deco...

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...

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

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

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

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

Often when someone is struggling spiritually, a “need to get back to basics” will be cited as the solution.  I have searched high and l...

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

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 ...

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

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 i...

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

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 powe...

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 m...

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