Spiritual Development

The Essence of Intuition

Ellen Davis | Posted 06.01.2012

Ellen Davis

Intuition is the voice of one's innate creative intelligence in communion with its surrounding conditions.

Are You Still Renting Space in Plato's Cave?

Peter Baksa | Posted 06.01.2012

Peter Baksa

Observe your thinking and be sure to evaluate this difference. Whatever we end up thinking becomes our reality.

Forgetting The Self

Abdi Assadi | Posted 05.31.2012

Abdi Assadi

The damaging and far-reaching emotional/spiritual consequences of our narcissistic obsession with the self is hardly examined; there is no distinction between practices that fortify the ego and those that weaken it.

Holy Ink: The Spirituality Of Tattoos

Jacob D. Myers | Posted 05.30.2012

Jacob D. Myers

Tattoos often signify one's relationships, one's movement beyond her daily existence to another plane of reality, and a new awareness of a person's being-in-the-world. Tattooing presents the bearer with several experiences that are rarely matched in the world.

Reflections On Wisdom, Wellness, And Wholeness

Joel and Michelle Levey | Posted 05.30.2012

Joel and Michelle Levey

The teachings of all the world's great wisdom traditions remind us that we have both an ordinary and a extraordinary identity, a personal and a universal nature.

How To Access You Own Bottomless Well Of Beauty

Dr. Ali Binazir | Posted 05.27.2012

Dr. Ali Binazir

However you do it, get back in touch with your body, your heart, and reconnect to your source of wonder. Because that wonder is you.

Who or What Is God?

Peter Baksa | Posted 05.26.2012

Peter Baksa

What is the story you are telling yourself? How does this story keep you stuck, fearful, angry and arguing for more of the same?

Why Is Everybody Always Pickin' on Me?

Denise M. Wilbanks | Posted 05.25.2012

Denise M. Wilbanks

There is nothing we must change in others, nothing to fix, nothing to touch. The mere reflection of our truest state of compassion and love moves mountains.

Perfecting Patience

Tsoknyi Rinpoche | Posted 05.23.2012

Tsoknyi Rinpoche

When we encounter situations that requires patience, can we look at it as an opportunity to be the person we already are?

Stop Working. Start Playing. (Sound Good?)

Levi Ben-Shmuel | Posted 05.18.2012

Levi Ben-Shmuel

As my energy and enthusiasm for life returned, I acknowledged the underlying cause of my near collapse. I let my spirit get out of alignment with my day-to-day life.

Seek Your Own Truth

Aaron Anson | Posted 05.16.2012

Aaron Anson

We must seek those quiet spaces in our life that are safe for vulnerable explorations of meaning. These spaces are not found inside physical institutions or places where demagoguery slays reflective, rational and factually grounded discourse.

Rock, Paper, Scissors: A Dialogue -- Part Eight

James Napoli | Posted 05.08.2012

James Napoli

So, you often find yourself wondering about why we are all here and what it all means. Well, you are not alone.

Staying True To The 'Course'

Gabrielle Bernstein | Posted 05.08.2012

Gabrielle Bernstein

My primary guide on my journey to self-love has been the metaphysical text "A Course in Miracles." The Course is a self-study curriculum emphasizing practical applications for relinquishing fear in all areas of life.

Live, Joy and Wait

Jack Schimmelman | Posted 05.01.2012

Jack Schimmelman

One thing about spiritual journeys is that they are not sexy. They are not brilliant. I did not become peaceful.

Rock, Paper, Scissors: A Dialogue -- Part Seven

James Napoli | Posted 04.30.2012

James Napoli

In this episode, the discussion branches off into art and creativity. Surely the desire to express ourselves cannot be excluded from any argument about the purpose of existence?

Video Games And The Soul Of The Machine

Greg Perreault | Posted 04.30.2012

Greg Perreault

Since "Frankenstein," our culture has been in conversation about whether we can create something with a soul. Two recent video games narratives have fed into this conversation and their contributions to it are worthy of examination.

Discover Your Erotic Creature

Gabrielle Bernstein | Posted 04.28.2012

Gabrielle Bernstein

In this video I share about my S Factor journey toward discovering my "erotic creature." To learn how to awaken your power presence within, watch this vlog.

Why Sleep Is A Spiritual Practice

Gabrielle Bernstein | Posted 04.20.2012

Gabrielle Bernstein

In this video I share about why I think sleep is a spiritual practice. Hop into bed with me and learn my tips for how to get more rest and the spiritual benefits of sleep.

Lessons From the Mat: Meeting the Resistance

Sheryl Paul | Posted 04.18.2012

Sheryl Paul

When you can stand, even for a moment, in the truth of who are you, you can begin to respond to the incessant lies that are keep you stuck behind the brick wall of resistance. And then you will begin to break through and find your way to freedom.

Are Your Desires Helping You Get What You Want?

Rod Stryker | Posted 04.13.2012

Rod Stryker

So many people extol the power of intention these days, you'd think it's a foolproof way to fulfill your desires. Yet, the fact of the matter is most of us don't fulfill our intentions.

How to Handle What's Out of Your Control

Gabrielle Bernstein | Posted 04.12.2012

Gabrielle Bernstein

Do you try to control situations in your life? In this vlog, I offer practical tools and spiritual solutions for how to handle situations that are out of your control.

Your True Self Is 'Intelligent Stardust': Turning Points, Part 2

Douglas LaBier | Posted 04.11.2012

Douglas LaBier

As you reflect on turning points or moments in which you experience a glimmer of who you really are, might have been -- or might still become -- envision yourself as like a ocean's wave: Both separate and yet part of the ocean itself.

Karma, Karma Everywhere

Judith Johnson | Posted 04.10.2012

Judith Johnson

I don't obsess about karma, but it has completely changed my way of understanding our lives. There's karma, karma everywhere and I'm beginning to see it as the compost of our learning, growth and spiritual upliftment.

Grieving Those Who Are Still Alive

Dr. Cara Barker | Posted 04.04.2012

Dr. Cara Barker

If you cannot depend upon those you love most deeply "being there" in your greatest time of need, on what may you rely?

Real But Not True

Tsoknyi Rinpoche | Posted 06.03.2012

Tsoknyi Rinpoche

When very strong emotions -- like fear, anger, or jealousy -- come up, it's very hard to resist giving up and giving into them.