The Pulse of Spirit

When Uranda founded Emissaries of Divine Light, he spoke about this ministry as operating at the spiritual expression plane of Being. It was probably an unfamiliar way of talking about something to most people. His point was that what was

Whether in politics, religion, or some other field of human endeavor, conservatism can be a trap. It can become an attempt to live in the person’s imagination of the past. It can become an effort to re-live the forms that

It seems clear from recent events that the tectonic plates of the geopolitical world are shifting dramatically. For some, this brings disillusionment and a loss of hope. And if a person has hope in things that have no real, long-term

The word umbilicus is Latin for  “navel” and the term umbilicus mundi originates from a Greek idea that referred to “the center of the world,” which they believed was in Delphi. Today, some might say that Jerusalem, Mecca, or Washington,

The word home describes a reality at so many levels of experience. It can be embodied in a physical place. And yet it transcends the physical. We can be in a house we call home but feel alone and deserted.

I invite you to share a meditation together. In outer form, in many ways, it’ll be similar to what we’ve done in the past. It could sound like a sermon, I suppose. But to me, it’s something more than that.

The theme of this Pulse of Spirit is personal for each of us. And yet it has a collective dimension to it that I will speak of, too. Nonetheless, ultimately, I’m interested in the personal, knowing that the personal experience

Sacred scripture from around the world brings us the profound truth of our primal spirituality. Often, that scripture has been written down, translated, and preserved by the world’s religions and spiritual lineages. We can be grateful for that. At the

Shall we gather at the river? This is the title of a beloved Christian hymn from 19th-century America. But beyond that, it is a real question. Shall we gather at the river? What is the river referred to here? Leaving

I find a natural urge to scan the larger world in which I live and seek coherence. There are times the world seems to come together momentarily—during a natural disaster, perhaps, or following the passing of a much-beloved person. Currently,

The Family of Souls we are a part of includes all Beings who participate in Project Earth. Some of us are in the flesh, some are not. And even those of us who are, won’t be forever. At some point,

It seems almost inevitable that a person’s thinking process begins with the current reality they are experiencing. So it begins with whatever issues there are in the world in which they live, with whatever division, conflict, and struggle there may