The Soul Is Not ‘Within’
If we must retain the notion of a soul, it can no longer be of the intangible ghost within; why strain to hear the soprano and remain deaf to the entire orchestra?
Read MorePosted by Bayo Akomolafe | Feb 19, 2022 | Applied Spirituality, Editor's Picks, Featured |
If we must retain the notion of a soul, it can no longer be of the intangible ghost within; why strain to hear the soprano and remain deaf to the entire orchestra?
Read MorePosted by Gloria Heffernan | Dec 28, 2021 | Applied Spirituality, Featured |
Through writing and reading, I didn’t reject the news or run away from it. Instead, I found tools for processing it without despair. I found a way to coexist with the unfolding tragedy and find hope and compassion within its midst. Such is the gift of poetry and presence.
Read MorePosted by Matt Licata | Dec 14, 2021 | Applied Spirituality, Featured |
There are times in our lives when even our most precious beliefs and realizations fall apart and dissolve in front of our very eyes. What was so clear only days or weeks ago is transformed to dust….
It’s tempting to conclude that something has gone wrong, some great cosmic error or mistake has occurred, we have failed, or we’ve been forsaken.
But this reassembling of our world is a sacred process
Read MorePosted by Jeff Brown | Nov 9, 2021 | Applied Spirituality, Featured |
Our quest is not simply to live in the light, as enlightenment implies, but is to be more genuinely here in all respects: shadow and light, earth and sky, grocery list and unity consciousness. By living in the real, our experience of the moment becomes more complete, our ascension more true.
Read MorePosted by John C. Robinson | Sep 20, 2021 | Applied Spirituality, Featured |
We are being called to reinvent our lives, our work, and our civilization in a new consciousness of Creation. The old world was rife with manmade problems – political corruption, wealth inequities, global warming, overpopulation, homelessness, racism, sexism, and ageism – it’s time for a new one.
Read MoreThe Braided Way is a framework to see every faith tradition as a strand, braided into a larger whole of spiritual awareness. In the Braided Way, combining spiritual practice from various faiths allow us to explore sacred experience and wonder in forms that resonate with our personal spiritual needs and sacred intuitions. In today’s culture, many people shun religious dogma, but yearn for spiritual connection. The Braided Way allows the ceremonies and practices of multiple faiths to be available without the confinements of cultural dogma.