Recently, I have been looking under my hood at the rumblings I hear when my mind thinks I’m otherwise occupied. I’m happy to report that everything seems to be in good working order. No ugly, leaky parts. Connections tight and loose as appropriate. Looks like the nightly hot tub jaunts are paying off and keeping …
Is it natural, despite awareness, to be driven by overwhelming emotion? Yes. There are just times where you get overwhelmed. It can be overwhelming in a joyful, loving, happy kind of way. It can be overwhelming in a sad, angry, frustrated kind of way. That’s a sign that you’re involved in your life. You’re fully …
Religion’s Spiritual Core addresses these questions. If spirituality is the understanding of soul and God, what is religion and culture? Do religions have a core which is spiritual? This is the history of the world, of humanity, right? There is a difference between spirituality and religion. Religion is an institution created by people and …
Life is a journey not a destination. Simple to say, not so simple to experience. I want to get somewhere. I want to know I have accomplished my goal. All that gets translated into destination, a finish, a goal line, a point in the future when I know I will have arrived at whatever …
Begin Human and Angry Yet Letting Go comes from a moment where I was reflecting on how one can deal with anger with respect to self and to another. Is it true that we are spiritual beings having human experience? Over the last couple thousands of years, that’s true. However, things are changing. We are starting …
There is no limit to the illusion and expectation of standards. Standards. Standards of behavior. Standards for perfection. I have standards. The illusion of standards: the idea that whatever you do must be measured against inner standards to be evaluated and judged. The problem is that these standards are often unconscious, not clearly defined, or …
Heart Scribing: a deep look into your heart to create the space needed to deal with personal pain, fear, or sorrow. A spiritual writing practice of your heart. In my life there been times when I have been very depressed and overwhelmed. I felt alone and unable to do anything but question myself especially the …
The spiritual practice of peace as connection is a great example that spiritual practice can be more than meditation. For me peace does not mean the end of conflict. For me peace is the ability to connect. I do not want a world where we all single-mindedly agree on each topic. How boring! For me …
Since all the work I did on destiny and fate to write The New Akashic Records, I have been very interested in destiny as spiritual journey. Here are some thoughts. Destiny then is not just the course of our lives and the fortune or misfortune we encounter. Our lives are more than the fates chronicled …
Anger comes when there is a dissonance between the realization of intention and the expected path of the intention. In other words, anger can emerge when what is expected is not what happens. All action happens within the infinite possibility of the infinite and eternal which is always way beyond what is known or can …
When I was in high school, I had lots of posters hanging on my bedroom wall — it was the thing in the 70’s! My favorite had a picture of road running into the horizon at sunset with the Lao Tzu saying, “Life is a journey, not a destination.” A concept that I have kept …
Look Inside – this articles comes from the many questions I receive about how to begin personal work toward clarity and balance. There exists within the human heart the deep need to understand and find meaning. Arising from birth, searching for answers, clarity and supportive perception. Feeling a deep yearning which sometimes is muffled by pain, …
What is Change? Change is an energetic shift which engages our awareness and our choice. Let’s take a look at the process from the perspective of spiritual energy dynamics. How energy works. Everything is energy. All energy is continuously flowing along a continuum with potential at one end and solid form at the other. As …
What is Anger? Many do not have a clear idea about how to deal with this very common emotion. Here I take an energetic perspective to provide a possible path to move beyond. Energetically the flow of Anger has many sources. Generally, it is a flood of the nervous system generated by the Critical Voice and …
Change is breakthrough! This awareness helped me shift my entire view of life. Change is hard to tolerate in life. We get used to the flow of our lives. And when something shifts, changes, is different, we have to stop and adjust. When the change is particularly challenging, the process will seem a push to …
Let’s begin with a definition to answer this question: what is mastery as spiritual practice? Mastery is an inner spiritual process which begins inside of self. When the spiritual journey begins truth is sought outside of self from teachers and voices of authority. This is not necessarily a bad choice. Listening to the experience of …
I think of gratitude as active awareness. Said another away To give thanks is an active process of awareness. Thankfulness comes from a feeling of connection. Taking a moment to acknowledge thankfulness helps establish awareness of connection. At one point in my journey, my Akashic Records defined gratitude as the active process of acknowledging the …
In the Face of Fear, Your Choice Changes the World – our choice affects us personally and globally – our choice has the power to eliminate fear. Human experience over the last 5000 to 6000 years has been governed by the concept of fear. Power over is about dominance and usually about physical dominance and how …
The three essential steps of reflection are an important spiritual practice. As a spiritual practice, reflection and its essential steps are often skipped over or ignored in favor of meditation. Yet. it is both practical and essential — and indispensable. The focus of reflection is necessary to get to meditation and can often bring into …
Prophetic Origins, a bit of a play on words, quickly views the history of the prophet, bringing ancient wisdom into modern day awareness. Many religions today started from a small but growing group of people listening to a person they revered as prophet, someone who was recognized as uttering superordinary words. The word of the …