Living In Spirit

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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 s...

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 decide...

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?...

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

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

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 ki...

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 announ...

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

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

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

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...

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

What is beyond God’s purview? Money? Healing? Peace of mind? Love? Serenity? Anything? There are many avenues of delivery but there i...

Set aside some time each week to be disconnected from the world. Turn off the phones (all of them), put the computer in hibernate and ...

When facing a seemingly insurmountable challenge in life, finding our back against the wall, all secular answers and escape routes tr...

Justified anger and righteous indignation. When angry, outraged, indignant, upset or offended, who pays the price? We do. Sure, we may...

We are constantly building up or tearing down our mental structure by the things we ingest: books, magazines, newspapers we read, soci...

“Many of us crucify ourselves between two thieves - regret for the past and fear of the future” Fulton Oursler. When in the grip of f...

If you could receive three gifts, what would they be? Riches? A perfect body unaffected by any food consumed or lack of exercise? Your...

Ever wonder where the phrase One Day At A Time popularized by Alcoholics Anonymous came from?  Emmet Fox is the most likely originator...

Many believe that change and growth can come through discourse alone. That sounding off and speaking out actually accomplishes anythi...

Tidal flows in our spiritual unfolding are disconcerting. Things are going well, we feel connected, in Source, not a cloud on the hori...

Walking the way we talk. When we espouse one thing but act in a contrary manner not only does it make us look untrustworthy but also ...

Chances are you would not be reading this unless you have an affinity for spiritual writing and teachers. How many “spiritual” books ...

Teachers of spiritual principles and living agree on this point: freedom comes when limitation is overcome. On the surface the differ...

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...