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December 2015

December 13, 2015

Two Different Ways to Grow

I'm my own worst critic. Are you? The negative voices that fill our heads may...

December 06, 2015

The Dark Side of Loyalty

Loyalty is praiseworthy. Loyalty creates trust between people and allows us to have those long-lasting,...

December 02, 2015

“Tis Miracle before Me — then.”

The Reading Selection from Bhagavad Gita Retold by Harry Bhalla One is a true renunciant...

November 2015

November 29, 2015

Thank You for Offending Me

I am thankful for honesty and disagreement. I am thankful for opinions and debates. I...

November 25, 2015

“A tumult of joy in a sea of wide release.”

Bible: Isaiah 55 New American Bible, Revised Edition Thus says the LORD: All you who...

November 18, 2015

“Become serene, like a deep, smooth, and still lake.”

The Only One Hafiz From man’s perspective In this intricate game of love, It is...

November 11, 2015

“The truth has no agenda.”

Peter Abelard By doubting we are led to question, by questioning we arrive at the...

November 08, 2015

To Quit Feeling Sorry for Yourself

You, hey you. I know how you feel. Like a load of crap has just...

November 01, 2015

The Message that Fear Brings Us

We feel fear, and we hesitate. It means something: a warning, a signal to beware,...

October 2015

October 09, 2015

“Remembering, remembering, remembering…”

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter VI, Of Religion of Self-Restraint He who thus vows His soul...

October 04, 2015

Follow the Echoes Back to the Sound

Humanity is a thing both infinite and rare. Perfect and broken, fractured, lost inside our...

September 2015

September 16, 2015

“All life is engulfed in Him.”

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter XVIII Each man, devoted to his own duty, attains perfection. How he...

September 09, 2015

“Quietness is the surest sign.”

The Essential Rumi: Quietness Tr. Coleman Barks Inside this new love, die. Your way begins...

September 02, 2015

“Who can make an image of God?”

Hávamál: The Words of Odin the High One Tr. Olive Bray 53. Little the sand if...

August 2015

August 30, 2015

Accept the Risk of Absence

Fear is not meant to be a constant state of being. It's meant to be an...

August 26, 2015

“Do not torture them with your doubts.”

Bible: 1 John 2 Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is...

August 23, 2015

Start to Fight Your Fear

Fear comes when we perceive a threat to us. The threat may be physical: harm,...

August 19, 2015

“There is self and there is truth.”

The Coptic Gospel of Thomas Tr. Thomas O. Lambdin 2) Jesus said, "Let him who...

August 16, 2015

This Is How You Must Think of Yourself

It is too easy to feel bad about yourself. We start out in life knowing nothing....

August 12, 2015

“Magic is as old as man.”

The Veil of Isis: Part 1, Chapter 1 Helena P. Blavatsky On the dead soil...

August 08, 2015

Have Faith in the Value of Life

The thing we have in common with everyone in the whole entire world (and, indeed,...

August 03, 2015

“But a spark from the eternal fire.”

The Riddle of Life Annie Besant The divine life is the spirit in everything that...

August 01, 2015

Seek to Learn, Not to Be Right

We depend on our senses to give us accurate information about the world. More and...

July 2015

July 20, 2015

“God’s light an ocean is.”

Bible: Genesis 1:1-5 King James Version (KJV) 1 In the beginning God created the heaven and...

July 19, 2015

To Be Kind to Others, Be Kinder to Yourself

To see the beauty in the world, and in others, you have to start by...

July 02, 2015

“Melt yourself down in this search.”

Darkness is lack of light, as sin is lack of love. It has no unique...

June 2015

June 28, 2015

What Happens When You’re Not Afraid

When you're not afraid, you don't have to be ashamed. You don't have to defend....

June 24, 2015

“Do you indeed speak righteousness?”

The Kingdom of God Is Within You Leo Tolstoy Besides, apologies for violence used against...

June 17, 2015

“Some sing that He seems so very far away.”

The Cloud Upon the Sanctuary by Karl Von Eckartshausen God alone is substance, absolute truth;...

June 13, 2015

Quit Looking at the Clay Pots

We want safety for ourselves and for those we love. But in our world, in...