The Force Is Within Us And All Around Us
The Force has returned. Actually, it never left. But another generation gets to experience firsthand, in 3D in-your-face action, the power of that mysterious Force that captured a couple of previous...
View ArticleLove Is Living With An Open Heart
One yet to know love is as a flower yet to bloom. Let the mysteries of love lead you on. Somewhere is a love everlasting and unconditional. Such a love sees with the inner eye, and feels with a heart...
View ArticleThe One Story That Connects Us All
We were talking last time about how all the Star Wars episodes contain a primary motif referred to in mythology as supernatural aid, or in the films as the Force. This is sometimes subtle yet always...
View ArticleEver Remember Something You Didn’t Know You Knew?
What is going on when we remember something we didn’t know we knew? It is through remembrance that we are brought to a spiritual life. Remembrance is a meditation that awakens us to the deeper reality...
View ArticleRemembrance Is a Gift from the Soul
If the soul comes from its Creator, as the world’s religions agree, is it possible that it comes here with some kind of memory of its remarkable origin? If it did, this precious memory would surely be...
View ArticleWe’re Living In A Spiritual Springtime
We live in a time of renewal. Not only is this a time of seasonal renewal, it is also a time of spiritual renewal. Like the natural cycles of the seasons, our evolving consciousness follows the...
View ArticleIt All Begins With The Call To Adventure
None of the great stories, myths, fairy tales, or sacred stories would get anywhere without the timeless and universal archetype that moves the lead character beyond whatever the status quo is, or...
View ArticleBeing Awake When a “Moment of Truth” Arrives
There are moments that come into our lives that are meant to turn us in the direction our life is meant to go in. We all have our own “moment of truth” experiences that define or change the course of...
View ArticleA Moment Of Truth In The Eighth Street Bookshop
I was already in the midst of a pretty remarkable spiritual adventure, which later became the basis for my memoir, Remembering 1969: Searching for the Eternal in Changing Times, when I found myself...
View ArticleMaybe You Can Take It With You
We’ve all heard the phrase, “You can’t take it with you.” That usually refers to not being able to take any of the material possessions we’ve acquired in life with us when we head off into the next...
View ArticleWhat’s Adversity Got To Do With It
We like to think that things will go smoothly, that we can accomplish what we want without too much difficulty, that love will come easily, and even that growth can come without much struggle. Is this...
View ArticleThe Archetype Most Essential To Conscious Evolution
The clash of opposites is inherent to life. We live in the world of light and shadow. Overcoming adversity keeps us on, and moves us along, the trajectory we are meant to be on. Psychologist C.G. Jung...
View ArticleSincerity and Love Will Conquer Hate
This is not the time for anything that would further separate us. This is the time for what will bring us to the consciousness that we are already one human family. Sadly, it takes humanity so long to...
View ArticleGlobal Justice Is Rooted In The Golden Rule
A close look at the world’s sacred traditions reveals a common thread of unity running throughout their core. This common thread is most evident in the Golden Rule, a universal expression at the heart...
View ArticleThe Light Is One
The lamps are different But the Light is the same… Concentrate on essence, Concentrate on Light. What is Rumi really saying here? He goes on: The light streams toward you from all things, All people,...
View ArticleAdopting A Consciousness of Oneness
The story of humanity’s evolving consciousness is made up of many chapters built upon pluralities and dualities, yet it started with and appears destined to return to a strong heritage of unity. It is...
View ArticleThe Heart of Our Common Spiritual Heritage
The whole reflects the part, and the part influences the whole. The collective reflects the individual, and the individual contributes to the collective. The journey of the whole mirrors the journey of...
View ArticleWe Are The Inheritors Of A Common Spiritual Heritage
Our common spiritual heritage represents our shared sacred story; it is all of ours to remember and reclaim as our own. The “priceless heritage” referred to by Baha’u’llah is the uninterrupted,...
View ArticleFrom Punitive Justice to Unitive Justice
The way we understand the evolution of justice is to follow the progressive release of Divine revelation. The purpose in the direction of justice is to evolve a moral code that meets the needs of each...
View ArticleReaping The Harvest of Our Spiritual Inheritance
If we can only plant the seeds we have inherited from our ancestors, grandparents, parents, or society in the garden of our own life, we may have to be careful what we allow to be planted. We may have...
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