The Pulse of Spirit

When we look at the issues the world faces, we see spiritual issues behind them all. The tragic war in Israel and Gaza is at the forefront of global awareness today. It is so clear that there are enormous spiritual

Fifty-eight percent of the people of the world associate themselves with three faiths: Christianity, Islam, and Judaism. There is one origin story at the root of all of them—the story of Abraham.   Origin stories carry a special power. Whether

I wouldn’t advise anyone to become fixated on the crises we face as humanity. If a person obsesses over what is falling apart, they are likely to fall apart with it. But still… It is hard not to observe the

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,

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