What is Enlightenment? Weekly Blog Friends, The excerpt this week comes from Craig Hamilton’s post on “Unlocking the Power of Meditation.” “On the spiritual path, we can encounter a wide variety of mystical experiences…. And while it might be natural to refer to any of these experiences as “an awakening,” it’s important to understand that…
Presence Meets Ego Weekly Blog Friends, The excerpt for this week comes from Ann Weiser Cornell’s article found on her website. “What is ‘ego’? Is ‘ego’ something bad that should be eliminated? I’m hearing this question a lot these days, so I decided to do some research. I discovered that there are two very different…
Taking Responsibility Weekly Blog Friends, The excerpt this week comes from ACIM teacher Jennifer Hadley’s Daily Espresso blog for 2/13/19. “Being able to take responsibility for our feelings is the way out of most people’s experiences of relationship misery. It’s amazing how much gratitude we can have when we realize we’ve been doing it to…
Oy! What a Word! Weekly Blog Friends, The excerpt this week comes from the book Jewish with Feeling: A Guide to Meaningful Jewish Practice by Rabbi Zalman Schacter-Shalomi. “Let’s start with … the most difficult question of all. What shall we call this presence that we have felt? People all over the world have felt…
What Blocks Our Peace Weekly Blog Friends, The excerpt for this week comes from A Course in Miracles commentary by Allen Watson for lesson #305 entitled “There is a peace that Christ bestows on us.” “I find myself a little resistant to the lesson today. I judge it; it isn’t ‘inspiring enough,’ or it doesn’t…
Dying Before We Die Weekly Blog Friends, The excerpt this week comes from Franciscan monk, Richard Rohr in his daily meditations for the week of 09/23/2018 on the Islamic religion. “In her book God of Love, Mirabai Starr shows how at the nondual or contemplative levels, the teachings of the three Abrahamic traditions are quite…
Deeper, Not Wider Weekly Blog Friends, The excerpt this week comes from David Cain’s blog and website… “I keep imagining a tradition I’d like to invent. After you’re established in your career and you have some neat stuff in your house, you take a whole year in which you don’t start anything new or acquire….…
It Won’t Work for Me Weekly Blog Friends, The excerpt this week comes from ACIM teacher Jennifer Hadley’s message for 01/05/19. “One of the biggest challenges I’ve had to deal with is feeling that, no matter what I do, I can’t seem to get past a certain point. For a long time, I felt like…
Quieting the Mind Weekly Blog Friends, The excerpt this week comes from Craig Hamilton’s e-book on “Unlocking the Power of Meditation.” “I don’t know exactly where this rumor got started, but somewhere along the way, nearly all of us learned that meditation is about having a “quiet mind” …. And as a result, nearly everyone…
The Habit of Unhappiness Weekly Blog Friends, The excerpt this week comes from ACIM teacher Jennifer Hadley’s message for 10/21/18. “For me, the hardest thing to let go of was the thing I made. It was the image of myself as being less than lovable. It’s so crazy that in this world, the things we…