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October 2014

October 07, 2014

Reshad Feild and the “7-1-7” breathing exercise that can help change your life.

I once read a story about a singer who was asked what the best advice...

September 2014

September 24, 2014

You’re spiritual, your job is not. So how do you cope?

Are you a fellow participant in the rat race? If you’re like me, and regularly...

September 11, 2014

Three prayers that can help you daily, starting today.

How often do you pray? I’ve always been fascinated by the Muslim religion and its adherents...

August 2014

August 26, 2014

Angels, aliens and fairies: have our myths come to life?

At any moment, I usually have seven or eight books in various states of completion—but...

August 13, 2014

City Monks vs. Country Monks. Can you really find inner peace anywhere?

Is a city environment detrimental to a rich spiritual life? As someone who commutes to...

July 2014

July 30, 2014

Moving away from formal religion—toward a one-to-one relationship with God.

The problem is that we have lost religion—in the deep meaning of the word. We...

July 21, 2014

Everyone has a spiritual story to tell. What’s yours?

Are you familiar with StoryCorps? It’s a nonprofit group that records people telling stories about...

July 10, 2014

My Real-Life Encounter with the Bogus Buddhists of Broadway.

I’ve been working on-and-off in New York City for much of the past two decades...

June 2014

June 24, 2014

Three Bible passages that may blow your mind (in a good way).

A version of this post originally appeared about three years ago at Elephant Journal and...

June 13, 2014

Want to reduce stress and lose weight? Becca Chopra recommends you check your chakras.

Becca Chopra is my go to-person when it comes to learning about the chakras, the...

June 06, 2014

WHAT IF: You looked at each day as shiny and brand new.

Is it possible that our senses are dulled by our daily routine? You know, the...

May 2014

May 28, 2014

The Bible I read for wisdom and guidance is not the Holy Bible. It’s this book.

Each morning I do a little reading as part of my spiritual practice. And over...

May 13, 2014

Mastering the Dalai Lama smile. (Or how to let your love shine through to everyone you meet.)

The 14th Dalia Lama is one of the most revered people in the world. Spiritual...

May 01, 2014

You already know how to talk to God. Here’s how to listen.

“Let us be silent, and we may hear the whispers of the Gods.” ~Ralph Waldo...

April 2014

April 16, 2014

How to meditate like a monk in 10 easy steps.

When it came to meditation, I was always kind of a dummy. It seemed easy...

April 02, 2014

Want to feel better immediately? Unleash the power of gratefulness.

Several months ago I wrote about the one prayer to say if you’re saying only...

March 2014

March 22, 2014

9 Life Tips from a Tiny Book that’s Spiritual Dynamite.

He is the wisest who seeks God. He is the most successful who has found...

March 14, 2014

Finding your way on the winding path we call life.

How do you walk through life? Are you sure-footed with a specific destination in mind?...

February 2014

February 21, 2014

I don’t go to church. So why did I sneak into a Thursday afternoon service?

I’m not a regular church-goer, more of a Christmas and every-third-Easter kind of guy. I...

February 06, 2014

Finding the Spiritual Silver Lining in a Long, Blue Winter.

Arctic air. Sleet and snow. Black ice. Commuting nightmares. It has been one brutal winter...

January 2014

January 22, 2014

If Jesus saves, can Buddha save too?

Chris Lemig was one messed up dude. He had gone 23 years without having a...

January 09, 2014

Finding your own personal spiritual mentor. (Even if that mentor is dead.)

The really smart marketer Seth Godin got met thinking about mentors the other day. While...

December 2013

December 30, 2013

The Dude on Finding True Love and Making it Last.

Earlier this year, I wrote a column titled “You’ll Dig These 6 Life Tips from...

December 18, 2013

10 true things Jesus said that you won’t find in the Bible.

What if I told you some of the most amazing and compelling things Jesus said...

December 06, 2013

Did Roger Ebert glimpse heaven days before his death?

An avowed “non-believer”, something strange happened to the movie critic Roger Ebert a week before...

November 2013

November 27, 2013

The One Prayer to Say on Thanksgiving (and the 364 days that follow).

"If the only prayer you ever say is thank you, it will be enough." -...

November 20, 2013

Spirituality and the Rat Race: can you maintain a spiritual focus in the 9-to-5 world?

I work in New York City in the frenetic world of advertising. After a two-hour...

November 13, 2013

How to be an even better you (by remembering 3 simple things).

I start most mornings with some spirituality-based reading and over the past several years this...

October 2013

October 31, 2013

Falun Gong and the dangerous, super-freaky side of Chinese spirituality.

I work in New York City not far from the United Nations and every so...

October 19, 2013

Is the Bible the Word of God or a Book of Wisdom?

There is a debate going on in a Presbyterian Church near me about the future...