Unforgiveness,splinter in your breastbone, lives there lodged like a small tree.Withers in winter, looms in spring. Its fruit is sweet on first bite, then turns into the taste of your own flesh.

I always felt awkward and unfinished, unworthy of love, suspicious of affection offered. My mother’s absence became a great presence in my life.

Religion is textbook, Spirituality is soul work.

There was only the dark infinity in which nothing was. And something happened. At the distance of a star something happened, and everything began. The Word did not come into being, but it was. It...

Intelligence is a necessity, but when one is without a supernatural sense, intelligence becomes senseless.

For if you do not wish to be ‘just a number’ then do not measure yourself accordingly. Bank statements and scales are instruments employed by society that confine you to a limited summation of yourself...

Time’s up! Tomorrow just arrived.

It is rare to find an established community of Christians that encourages radical expressions of following Jesus. The natural conservatism of institutions is deeply rooted in the desire to survive, and that desire colors and...

Meditation is not difficult in its concept and essence, but it can present challenges for some. One of the most common is in having the discipline required to stick with it and do it every...

This is the secret of life: the self lives only by dying, finds its identity (and its happiness) only by self-forgetfulness, self-giving, self-sacrifice, and agape love.

Listen to what you tell yourself about your life situation. If you find it’s pessimistic or negative, ask yourself, “What’s another way of thinking about this?” or “What do I want to create in my...

We all experience highs and lows in life. If you are feeling down right now, each second that passes is another moment to turn it all around. Feelings, good and bad, always come and go....

Rest is the ultimate humiliation because in order to rest, we must admit we are not necessary, that the world can get along without us, that God’s work does not depend on us.

With mindfulness there is more to unlearn than there is to learn.

We are not perfect. We are here to learn. Earth is one big classroom and God is our heavenly guidance counselor and teacher.

The stakes in this game are not low. Our enterprise is no less than the introduction of an alternative language, and with the language an altered perspective, for a group of phenomena that tradition tended...

If you’re constantly ruminating about what you just did- or what you should have done- or what you would have done if you only had the chance, you will miss your life. Ok, you will...

When we follow our joy and excitement, being focused on what we love and appreciate, the change always unfolds with a great ease. Whenever we experience any tension in our transformations, it only indicates our...

My Personal Super Shortcut To Happiness- When you prefer to lighten up your self-awareness, allow yourself to focus on your strongest joy, passion, and excitement. It is something you can do at every moment of...

You have a unique body and mind, with a particular history and conditioning. No one can offer you a formula for navigating all situations and all states of mind. Only by listening inwardly in a...

To seek Truth is automatically a calling for the innate dissident and the subversive; howmany are willing to give up safety and security for the perilous life of the spiritual revolutionary? Howmany are willing to...

Talking to God should be part of every aspect of life, in times of peace as well as in every battle.

The deepest realization of meditation is that your being is a non-being. It is a nothing, a vast emptiness without boundaries. It is a no-self. The feeling of self, of “I” is false.

Presence is to meet another person in meditation. Presence is to invite another person in meditation. It is a meeting in love, joy, acceptance, sincerity, truth, silence and oneness.

We Who Solve Mystery, Become Mystery

The problem with certainty is that it is static; it can do little but endlessly reassert itself. Uncertainty, by contrast, is full of unknowns, possibilities, and risks. (65)

To find stability within the world, one must first find stability within.

There were so many beliefs which we had about the world, which then influenced everything, everything, about how we saw the world and interacted in the world and were with others. Everything. It was profound...

Seeking higher ground is not a destination, but an elevation. Wings up, eyes shut open.

Turtle is putting seaweed all over me. It is the big turtle. She is so big that she can regurgitateseaweed over me. It comes out of her mouth likecoming from a spoud of a fountain,...

Balance: a dance with how and when.

The more you understand your true spiritual identity, and your connection with the Supreme, the easier it will be to love your Self.

Isn’t this enough? Just this world? Just THIS?

In den beginne: de krachtHier en nu: de krachtAan het einde van het einde: de krachtHier, daar, overal: de krachtVan alfa tot omega: de krachtIn de hemel, op aarde: de krachtIn het grootste, in het...

Followers of Jesus stake their claim on the firm belief that God will one day heal the planet of pain and death. Until that day arrives, the case against God must rely on incomplete evidence....

PTSD is a whole-body tragedy, an integral human event of enormous proportions with massive repercussions.

The words ‘I Love You’ kill, and resurrect millions, in less than a second.

Evil originates not in the absence of guilt; but in our effort to escape it.

This is what our love is––a sacred pattern of unbroken unity sewn flawlessly invisible inside all other images, thoughts, smells, and sounds.

To the degree you experience God’s love towards you – seeing you as beautiful and radiant – to that degree sex won’t ruin your life.

The classic Aryan who idolized himself and who existed in his own dreams could not bear to see the Jew, the evidence of divine reality,and he would kill him.

Anything you want very badly is located outside of your comfort zone.

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There is far more spiritual potential within than most people realize. The potential is so great that to define it in words would be impossible.

We create in people through our actions and example. In this way people around us become reflections of our own behavioral patterns and internal energies

There is an invisible hand at work in the making of beautiful lives.

Be the compassion you seek.

Hope meets you halfway on a bridge called faith.

The only end to your pain is through fully consuming it and digesting it, otherwise it will consume you.

Life’s experiences are not woven with a constant thread; Life in our world is constantly changing. We must repurpose what we have endured and the lessons we have learned; creating a renewed sense of hope....