Living In Spirit

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

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

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 a...

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

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 t...

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

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

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

God doesn’t break cosmic law, to do so would establish favoritism. No one stands above another before God, all being loved equa...

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

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 t...

“If you have no time for prayer and meditation, you will have lots of time for sickness and trouble.” Pretty much sums it up. Ou...

Sacred cows, pretty much everyone has some, the obvious ones being sports teams, political parties and religion. Ever try to tal...

Remember the scene in the old westerns where the tired, dusty and thirsty cowboy rides in, dismounts his horse and walks over to...

“If you really believe in the existence of God you should be happy and cheerful.” So, if we are not (today) does that mean we d...

We all know someone who never misses an opportunity to retell the story of some past injustice, real or imagined. If they are cl...

Do you know of anyone who heard the Gettysburg Address in person? How about Washington crossing the Delaware? No? Of course not. T...

Remember reaping and sowing? What we dwell upon is out pictured in our lives. When morbid reflection raises its head and we allow ...

Spiritual half measures avail us nothing. Not a little, not some, zero. Having entered into a secular endeavor half halfheartedly, wh...

Having placed our feet upon the path, embracing the Spiritual Basis of Living, we now know that God is the only power. We feel H...

The Lord’s Prayer suggests that we can be lead into temptation, so the question is: Would God lead us into temptation? Having be...

So, how do we forgive? Pray, the manner of prayer not nearly as important as its location of origin . Did the prayer come from ...

When we harbor resentment, we slowly die spiritually. Fortunately through forgiveness we are reborn. Nurturing resentment binds...

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 provi...

Forgiveness is the key, to everything . Until we understand this, carve it into our heart, no real lasting progress can ever be ...

 There is a part of me, and I’m pretty sure you have it too, that keeps score, chiming in with its own sense of justice. When some...

One of the keys to freedom in life is when we finally understand that all sin is rooted in selfishness, born of thinking that w...

Lamentably many hold to the false idea that we can save up spiritual good will that can be drawn on later to get through some future ...

 “The longest 18 inches lies between our head and our heart.”  So many speak of God and spiritual principles with intellectual ...

When the term “bread” is used in the Bible it represents all that we require to live, not just food. In the Lord’s Prayer we ask G...

Our greatest gift, free will, is also mankind’s curse upon its self. Every criminal or evil act, whether committed by an individ...

 “God has a plan for every man, and he has one for you” that plan is your “Heart’s Desire.”  Our only real job, once we understand...

Many believe, and some even teach, that God brings sickness, trouble, accidents even death as punishment or to teach a lesson. The...

The concept of Heaven, as the Carpenter taught in the Lord‘s Prayer, manifests as we raise our consciousness through prayer, me...

As we embrace the true significance of “Our Father” it will become clear that when we pray, our prayers are never solely for us alon...

The Lord’s Prayer begins, “Our Father” not my father or your father, but Our Father. This ground breaking truth ends the false belie...

In 1919 the Constitution of the United States was changed, amended, to make the consumption and possession of alcoholic beverages il...

The great jurist stated: “My religion is summed up in the first two words of the Lord’s Prayer, Our Father.” The truth of our re...

How we perceive the world colors everything we see and believe. Our perceptions are built, layer upon layer by our life experien...

What you think upon grows . The thoughts we dwell on will be out pictured in our lives. Period. When we dwell on lack, perceived ...

“Every thought is made up of two factors, knowledge and feeling.” What do you believe? We all believe in all sorts of things. Fo...

The true key of freedom is forgiveness. The reason for this is simple: “You do this, not for the other person’s sake, but for yo...

Some time ago I attended a “concert” by second graders. They were less than perfect in their performance but performed exactly a...

Though many remain in denial of this truth, there are rules, or laws if you prefer, that govern our thinking, applying equally t...

“We have ceased fighting everything and everyone, we have to” unlike physical exercise, where working harder typically produces greate...

Difficult problems (fear) seem to have a life of their own. Hard as we try, we work through them but the next thing we know they are ba...

Has someone said to you or have you ever said “don’t think like that?” Not possible is it. It is one of those silly things we say to ...

A centipede was quite happy, Until a frog in fun Said, “Pray, which leg comes after which?” This raised her mind to such a pitch, S...

“There is only one way to make spiritual progress…prayer ." So the question is not what to do but how to do it. “If your intuitiv...