Every part of this soil is sacred in the estimation of my people. Every hillside, every valley, every plain and grove, has been hallowed by some sad or happy event in days long vanished. Even the rocks, which seem to be dumb and dead as the swelter in the sun along the silent shore, thrill ...…
Statistics have shown that a specific number of people, joined in a focused, unified consciousness of non-denominational mass prayer, produce effects that extend well beyond the room or building where the prayer has occurred… The “lost” mode of prayer is a form of prayer that has no words, no outward expression, and is based simply ...…
When tears come, I breathe deeply and rest. I know I am swimming in a hallowed stream where many have gone before. I am not alone, crazy, or having a nervous breakdown…. My heart is at work, my soul is awake. Mary Margaret Funk Heartfulness can sometimes be perceived as a weakness. This capacity to ...…
If you don’t program yourself, life will program you! Les Brown You’re probably pretty familiar with the idea that ‘thoughts are things’ and ‘you create your own reality’ with them. In the past several decades, the plethora of authors and experts that have written books on these topics have brought this awareness into collective consciousness ...…
What we do in life, echoes in eternity. Maximus, the movie Gladiator. I was listening to Kung Fu Sifu, Al Dacascos, on my colleague Lama Tantrapa’s Qigong Radio show last night. He was sharing the difference between practice and mastery. One of the things he said really struck me. He explained that he wouldn’t have ...…
Have you ever found yourself trying to tap into ‘this moment’ and experience the ‘power of now?’ It’s a catch 22 kind of experience. You want to experience it, but the more that you seek it, it escapes you. The more you yearn for it, the more it eludes you. You try to relax into ...…
The things you need in life are those that will help you to fulfill your dominant purpose. Things you may want but not need may lead you aside from that purpose. It is only by making everything serve your main objective that success is attained. Paramahansa Yogananda It’s easy to get caught up in the ...…
Ever wonder why you put up with insufferable situations? Go ahead and think of something in your life that you are currently enduring. Its usually tied into relationships with friends, family or co-workers. It’s something that you say you’re through with, but like that episode in Godfather III, “Every time you’re almost out, they pull ...…
It’s pretty easy to hang onto your inheritance of habit and project your dreams on a screen of flimsy focus. To have a vision and shrug your shoulders, or shake your fists at the world when it doesn’t materialize, can even be comical. The leap to a more expanded level of awareness is quite a ...…
Remember a time when you found yourself in a circumstance or situation that was so difficult you wondered how you’d get to the other side. Did it get any easier as you went further into the experience? Or did it just spiral into a nightmare that you wished you’d never stepped into? Part of the ...…