Cultivating Consciousness

  By Jakeb Brock As we begin our meditation on any given day, chances are pretty high that we will be carrying a degree of disturbance in our psyche.  This disturbance might come in the form of a problem that is currently pressing us — perhaps a financial worry or …

  By Dr. Marni Hill Foderaro There have been thousands of documented testimonials supporting the correlation of surviving traumatic life challenges with experiencing Spiritual Awakenings. Numerous people have publicly shared their testimonials after experiencing accidents, medical mishaps, severe hardships, abuse, loss, and death resulting in these ordinary people’s lives being …

By Jakeb Brock For those of us who find spiritual life and practice to be a good fit, and have therefore stayed with it even when it has not been easy, there is a high function we are fulfilling — one of which we may not yet be fully aware.  …

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 Laura Clay You used to be able to escape from the news. You could put down the newspaper, turn off the TV and not think about it anymore. But then came the internet, social media and smartphones. Now, the news has become a 24/7 presence in our lives, a …