Graces come to the courageous—to people who face life head-on and give it their best. Sometimes, courage is forced on a person. Their life circumstances demand it of them. Other times, a person’s courage comes from an inner urge to
These words are from the first chapter of my book Becoming a Sun. Everyone’s world needs them to be a sun. If you and I have both awakened to this greatest of needs, we can become aware of each other.
Are you up for engaging in some imaginative thinking with me? Imagine you are in heaven. Picture what surrounds you, however you imagine it to be. Envision spiritual beings—angels—by your side. Can you see them in your mind’s eye? A
The word author comes from the ancient root word aug, meaning “to increase.” That same root became the English verb augment. In Latin, the origin of author was auctor, which could refer to a responsible person, and literally “one who causes to grow.” In Old French, it could mean “creator.” The word author is
We all have our own relationship with prayer, even if it is to avoid it. We might practice one of the many forms of prayer around the world. And if you pray in a way that is right for you,
Lord, Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change. This is the first line of the well-known “Serenity Prayer.” The word serenity means calm and untroubled. We are so often troubled by the things we cannot change.
Near the end of the iconic horror film from 1941, The Wolf Man, the Gypsy, Maleva, says this to Lon Chaney, who plays the wolf man: The way you walked was thorny, through no fault of your own. After being bitten
There are essentially only four things we can think about. We can think about the physical world in which we live. That includes the current state of our body and the circumstances in which we find ourselves. The physical world
As above, so below. This saying is from the Hermetic tradition, originating in a Greek text from about the 2nd century B.C. in Egypt. The text was revered in the ancient world. It appeared in Arabic as the Emerald Tablets
Emissaries of Divine Light was born out of divine inspiration and out of America’s culture in the 1930s. In that culture, there was a prevalence of Christianity. So, in many ways, this program was born out of that Christian culture.
In last week’s Pulse of Spirit, I addressed the relationship between our words and actions and the field of energy we generate. Here is an excerpt from it: There is a powerful relationship between the creative expression of an individual
What we manifest in expression and action often has clear, practical implications. You might need to balance your checkbook, cook breakfast, or do whatever it is. So there are clear implications in terms of the practical world. But something else
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