Living In Spirit

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

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

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 experi...

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

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

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 your ...

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

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

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

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

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

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,...

“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 int...

The start of every year brings an influx of people to gyms and health clubs. Having resolved to lose weight and/or get into shape...

The Lord’s Prayer establishes the essential nature of God, that He is in truth our Father in the deepest, most profound respect. ...

The term “reborn” has been employed poorly if not down right incorrectly so often that its true spiritual meaning has become obs...

 “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” When FDR said this in his first inaugural address America was in the grip of t...

One of the ways we demonstrate our spiritual fitness is by how much we give, freely, not only in riches but most importantly of ...

Judging is a concept greatly misunderstood. We not only should judge the behavior of others but Living on the Spiritual Basis mak...

As we progress on the path of awakening, Living on the Spiritual Basis, we become more sensitive to the world and our fello...

Rarely does a week pass without some new self help book with all the answers starts making the talk show rounds or the diet to end...

Walking the way we talk. “I would love to listen to your words but your actions speak so loudly I cannot hear you.” The concept o...

In the second act of my life I made my living swinging a hammer. The man who sponsored me to become a contractor taught “When th...

What we concentrate on manifests in our lives. When we concentrate on fear, loss, anger, resentment, worry, envy or any of the wh...

If a camel sticks its nose under your tent flap you must strike its nose immediately since a camel has no reverse. If it gets it...

Most understand secular law, break one and get caught, there is a price to pay. Whether it is traffic, criminal, business, tax e...

Living in Southern California one of the joys of life is driving down Pacific Coast Highway. Watching pelicans dive for their di...

“Live in today, and do not allow yourself to live in the past under any pretense. Living in the past means thinking about the past...

Remember Alfred E. Newman of Mad magazine fame? His gap toothed grin gracing every cover with the caption “What, me worry?” Alfr...

Sometime ago during a genial conversation on spiritual principles a participant tossed out the comment  “I don’t trouble God with...

When we travel down the road of indignation, self-righteousness, fear, hateful and/or angry words and thoughts we invariably fi...

We have all done it and regretted it afterwards. We are either drawn into or feel the need to volunteer our  opinion in someone el...

Recipes are typically associated with cooking. However virtually everything in life has a “recipe.” Plastics are very different ...

A necessary part of true intelligence is the study of history. Studying history enables us to observe today’s events and relate t...

Try to lose weight. Try to get in shape. Try to quit smoking. Trying to get organized. Trying to be on time. Trying isn’t it. We ha...

“Living life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning to play the instrument as we go along” naked. No rational per...

The secular world clamors with solutions to all our problems and concerns. Call this number and all your financial difficult...

In Latin inspiratio means "to breathe in." From this root many words have bloomed, two of which are inspiration and re...

Some time ago I had a conversation (berating more accurately) with an “adamant” my way or the highway Christian. You have probab...

Often we fail to measure the words we use or take the time to consider their ultimate impact. We have all experienced the sick fee...

As a younger man I wore the coat of the agnostic. Having heard so many say that God was love but if you broke a certain rule you ...