We may often think of inspiration, or being inspired, as something like music, a song, serenade, movie, book, poetry … something we can pin point, or see perhaps in a spiritual guide or motivational speaker. But really, inspiration is happening all the time, not...
~ Devotion is the veil through which awareness shows its beautiful face. ~ Devotion can sometimes be regarded as some grand thing, high-minded and even abstract, reserved for those of monastic living and religious practices. But it is often found in an ordinary day in...
Why do we love the people we love? Why do we feel inevitably pulled towards someone? Is there love at first sight? How are destiny, fate and karma woven into our human relationships? All of our relationships in this life have the potential to become meaningful...
The mystic’s path is a path marked by authenticity and aligned to virtue for the higher spiritual purpose of connection to God and for soul growth. Often times, a mystic comes into knowledge that is well ahead of its time, and as such, a mystic accepts the...
“If we are to have peace in the world, we need to have peace in ourselves.” ~ Thich Nhat Hanh For those of you familiar with my work by now you should know how much love and reverence I hold for monasticism. I’ve spoken and written many times of this...
Winter is a very important time and concept in spirituality, and in the path of life, which is why it’s often used in tales also. Our knowledge of winter is kind of a fragment of childhood; internal, innate and intuitive. We learn about it in magical ways from...
