Living In Spirit

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

Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth (Matthew 5:5) well now, on the surface this seems to make little sen...

Mourning to excess is destructive. Many have stopped living themselves when a loved one has passed, literally hoping for thei...

Have you inventoried your “great possessions”? We all have them and until we identify them and understand their roots they ma...

 There is probably no more misunderstood passage in the Sermon on the Mount than “Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is...

"Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comfort...

You could “Burn all the books, for the answers are all here.” The books written on how to become a different person, to change...

MIRACLE n. 1. An act or event that seems to transcend or contradict all known natural or scientific laws and is usually tho...

Casting our burdens is at the heart of Living on the Spiritual Basis. Having learned and embraced the truth that God is the on...

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...

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

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

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

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

God is never unfair. If we have been busy living life secularly, believing in God but doing little to demonstrate that belief,...

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

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

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...

Do you know anyone who has “tried every thing” but has failed to demonstrate much success in life? Some of the obvious “every thing...

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

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

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

Mankind’s history is replete with dozens upon dozens of boom and bust cycles. Additionally, there have been prophets of doom and...

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

Do you know of anyone who heard the Gettysburg Address in person? How about Washington crossing the Delaware? No? Of course n...

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

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

Having placed our feet upon the path, embracing the Spiritual Basis of Living, we have come to know that God is in fact the on...

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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 so...

One of the keys to freedom in life is when we finally understand that all our troubles are rooted in selfishness, born of thin...

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