As religious Americans face the inevitable chaos and harshness of 2013, perhaps we should covenant together to offer thanksgiving for the gifts of grace and love and relationship hidden amid life's rubble.
As the monk in the Zen tale shows, if we push away desire, we disconnect from our tenderness and we harden against life. We become like a "rock in winter." When we reject desire, we reject the very source of our love and aliveness.
I just finished the first 56 hours of my Kundalini teacher training and I was inspired to vlog about the importance of a committed spiritual practice. In this video I offer you a Kundalini meditation called "Inner Conflict Resolver Reflex."
In the hunt for the common ancestor of yoga and qigong, one discovers that unlike its progenies, it existed in a form that has long vanished in the sa...
My hope is that we have created a poignant little film that will touch both those who have an interest in spirituality and those who don't see themselves as spiritual at all.
Ultimately, you must summon the courage to make room for spiritual practice, and the experiment that it is. You must be willing to face whatever arises within this uncanny vehicle and to touch the sacred in yourself every precious day.
After joining the Universal Unitarian Church this past year, one of the major questions for me was, "What is my holiday going to look like, with my Catholic background meshed with my own beliefs?"
I am moving beyond spirituality and its program of self by becoming more contemplative. I judge less than I ever have before. I try to listen carefully.
When we spend time in the presence of the Eternal, our activity suddenly seems less urgent. A sense of purpose, rooted in that reality, begins to grow within us.
The connection between ego and incivility is so simple to articulate and so difficult to resolve. Here is where I believe religion can play a key role.
Exploiting what raises our blood pressure sells. The question is: are we using the same unhealthy approach in our own lives? How have you interpreted your circumstance or condition?