Cultivating Consciousness

By Stephen Hawley Martin Many spiritually advanced people believe that there are no accidents, that everything that happens is orchestrated by the force and intelligence we call God. They would say that whatever happens is part of God’s plan and that he or she works in mysterious ways. If this …

By Denise Linn Being a Sacred Observer Nurtures the Soul As I sat at the United Airlines gate, I had to force my eyelids open just to keep from falling asleep. The annoyance of waiting, combined with the crankiness of being overly tired, was taking its toll. This would be …

By Jakeb Brock One of the primary goals that we all share on the spiritual path is that of liberating ourselves from the tyrannical demands of our own ego in order that we may live a new life in service to a higher ideal.  Is this even possible for us?  …

  By Phyllis Light, Ph.D. In case you haven’t noticed, we are all going through MAJOR upheaval in our country (and on the planet). Astrologically speaking, we are all undergoing a “Pluto Return”, a major astrological event which only comes about every 247 years or so. I am not a …

  By Jakeb Brock We come to the spiritual path from many different angles and for many different reasons.  But for most of us, there was a hunger for something more than the well-defined life that was laid out for us when we were young — the life that our …

  By Katie Davis All love is one Love and when we fall in love with one another, it is said that we are experiencing the Divine. Rumi, a 13th century Sufi poet, defines love as a mystical moment, when two spiritually connected individuals meet. We call it love at …

  By Jakeb Brock Finding a true, enduring purpose in life is one of the most difficult challenges we face here on the earthly plane.  It is so challenging in fact, that we tend to downplay its significance and place it low on our list of priorities.  We write it …

By John F. Miglio If you look at the universe in a pantheistic way, where there is no personal God and all things emanate from the same universal source, then quantum physics (which is the study of how the universe works at a subatomic level), would play an important role …

By Ellen Grace O’Brian  Nothing contributes more to unfolding our divine potential than “stepping out of our little corner,” reaching out beyond our personal needs alone, and opening to abundance for uplifting others. This is how we enter the stream of divine grace in its fullest expression. We open ourselves …

  By Jakeb Brock Modern human life is rife with contradictions.  We who live in today’s world have the greatest excess of abundance, comfort, luxury, and ease ever known.  But instead of this excess making us happy and carefree, just the opposite has happened.  We have become a deeply anxious …