Living In Spirit

Fear drives us in hundreds of ways, from the doom and gloom of today's headlines to our children whenever they are out o...

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

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

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

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

I can see Archie Bunker in my minds eye as he points at “meathead” with his thumb saying "dead from the neck up!" Vin...

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

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

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

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

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

New beginnings. We have had and will have many in our lives: moving out from our parent’s home, going away to school, first ...

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

The Black Horse represents complete reliance on our human intelligence. Consider how many worship at the alter of intellect. Of cours...

The Red Horse represents destruction through emotions and feelings. How many lives have been lost or ruined when an individual or na...

The four biblical horsemen in Revelation are tied to the end times but I will leave that discussion for another day. Yet beyon...

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

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

The price of continuing spiritual freedom is vigilance. Drifting into negative thinking and speech, typically happening with...

Everything is connected. Every word, every action, every thought. Nothing happens without consequence, both positive and ne...

Living on the Spiritual Basis moves us off the bench and into the vehicle of our journey in Spirit. We all spend time on the b...

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

We triumph over life’s inevitable challenges not by the exercise of willpower and brute force but by tapping into the power ...

Living on the Spiritual Basis promises much: “We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness. We will not regret the p...

Living on the Spiritual Basis we now trust and rely on God for guidance, strength and direction but it is up to us to demons...

What do you believe in? We believe in all sorts of things but typically fail to take the time to consider them. Everyone lives...

When things are going well there is a natural tendency to slack off a touch in our spiritual work. The sun is shining, the c...

Grow up! Whenever someone does or says something juvenile there is invariably an “adult” nearby to suggest this course of acti...

Karma : n    1.  Eastern religion, Eastern philosophy: the Hindu and Buddhist philosophy according to which the quality ...

Nothing says inevitable reckoning like birthdays. As children we eagerly looked forward to them with nearly as much anticipa...

Know anyone so set in their ways dynamite couldn’t move them off a position or opinion, whether it is a sports team, politica...

Reincarnation, this topic can be a room clearer and one I have spent a great many hours wrestling. For many years I struggle...

Cosmologically the “Big Bang” is the generally accepted starting point of the universe. The theory holds that at one time ev...

Students who find the path of Living on the Spiritual Basis through the 12 step process have an advantage, the advantage of c...

“Handsome is as handsome does.” Sounds a bit Forrest Gump-ish but it fit’s the bill. Many wish to enjoy a certain reputation...

Many modern offices are comprised of large rooms divided into cubicles employing partition walls. Typically these walls of p...

We have all had “miracles” happen in our lives. That time we needed money and the phone rang or a letter arrived and source w...