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Discipline of Prayer: Always Connected
A daily train ride supplies insight into the nature of prayer: the power is always present if we are willing to stay connected. This awareness of God's omnipresence is the grand thing David celebrates. Jesus reminds us of it as His parting gift before ascending to the Father.
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Connect with Spirit
Every time I have the desire to do something, to create something, that’s Spirit seeking expression through me. ANY time we connect with something or someone, we're also connected with Spirit (also known as God, the Universe, Higher Power, the Source). While our personal definition of Spirit is unique, when we connect with that Spirit it immediately connects us with something outside of ourselves.
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Unfinished Business (Part 2)
So it was with John the Baptist, the martyr Stephen, the apostle Paul, John Kennedy, John Kennedy Jr. They have all joined with countless others, the gallant march with God’s greats who went to their glory with their work undone, their business unfinished, their dreams unfulfilled, and their lives incomplete.
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De-Materialization #2
Don't be afraid of what is possible and please don't hurt those who try and learn - they are usually more interested in helping you than hurting you.
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Chronic Illness: The Enemy Within
That we seek counsel from man and not God in such times speaks volumes of how ignorant we are as God's children. We lack teaching to recognize chronic illness for what it often is, a spiritual attack against our body.
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From Superstition to Clashing Rocks
Myths are dramatizations of our inner journeys. While on the hero's path, we will confront good and evil, right and wrong, wonderments and dangers--and most of all, ourselves.
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The Easiest Way to Overcome Vanity
Vanity - it’s easy to mask, easy to forget, and easy to justify. We hide it behind dignity and poise. The sins connected to this weakness aren't quite as severe as those associated with pride, gluttony, and lust. But it can eventually lead up to some serious problems. And it can keep us from becoming an instrument of Christ...
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Chicken Soup with Chopsticks: A Jew's Struggle for Truth in an Interfaith Relationship (excerpts)
Even as I started dating a Chinese girl, I knew I was embarking on a remarkable adventure. I just had no idea where and how far the adventure would take me. The more events unfolded, the more I realized that my view of the world and how I lived in it were being profoundly and permanently altered...
If the problem with marrying a gentile was that my religion prohibited intermarriage, why should that bother me? Perhaps not everything in Judaism made sense, and as an intelligent and thinking individual I could take from my heritage what I felt was meaningful and disregard the rest...
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Thank You Lord, Most Graciously
There are moments in the believer’s life when the Spirit of the living God gets in us and gives birth to thanksgiving and holy reflection. Moments when we really comprehend how good God is and how good He has been...
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Good News from Mars (Part 1)
When we think today in terms of ancient Greece, certainly the people and culture associated with Athens comes immediately to mind. It was the place where the Hellenic spirit achieved its most glorious expression. The most diverse people from the Nile to the Indus, from the Black Sea to the Persian Gulf, came under the spell of the Greek spirit.
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Did You Use Your Sword Today?
It's real easy to look at the physical world around us and not see swords being used. To even find one it is often necessary to go to a museum. So what am I talking about?
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Life as the Ultimate Psychedelic Experience
Before getting into a psychedelic experience, there are certain guiding points that can help the participant get the most out of the session. However, these very rules are also the same rules for living life at the highest level ever. Learn how to make your life the greatest psychedelic trip you have ever had!
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Humor - Medicine for Stress
Using humor to counter stress is easy to learn and very effective. Examples and simple organization of humor are readily available when we know what to look for.
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Stress Reliever - Thirty Seconds
The perception that in order to be accepted in society, we need to 'be somebody,' often involves the desire to create results from a combination of personal desires and external pressures from friends, family and society. Whenever we make choices for success that are influenced by external pressures and not from internal wisdom, personal conflict stress related symptoms can occur. This article sets forth a thirty-second stress reliever.
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Finding The Effective Panic Attack Treatment
Panic attack disorder is treatable in various forms and, as with any disorder, the selection of treatment is based on how severe the disorder is and the individual's own physiology.
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Different Types Of Stress
Stress, Panic disorder, phobias, post traumatic stress disorder and generalised anxiety disorder … what are they and what can you do about them.
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How To Beat Job Burnout
In the highly competitive global market of today's business world there is increased pressure on employees at all levels for higher productivity and in many instances reduced pay as well. Many employees are under the gun to produce more, and with poor opportunities in the job market, job burnout is an unfortunate fact of business life for too many people. Burnout is a serious and common, yet avoidable ailment. When you learn how to recognize the potential causes of burnout you can effectively head it off.
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