Spirituality for Living

Usually people sort of blend into the background noise going through the motions of spirituality, but some do stand out.
People tend to form gestalt constructs in my memory. I know that I have remembered someone when they fit one of those complexes, but how people identify themselves is not how I identify them anyway. It [...]

Do you consider contemplative prayer to be akin to a focused meditation? Not really. It functions sort of differently. Contemplative prayer is a sort of focus, yes, but not necessarily formal. Ever notice that even without direction or making a special effort, you tend to dwell on some things?
Contemplative prayer is more like a context [...]

I just read where the Hubble telescope is now seeing 13.2 billion years back in time to very, very close to origins of the big bang. That is the theory, yes. I favour the ekpyrotic theory myself. Dimensional “membrane” collision as the source of the energy release and the definitive pattern for both gravity and [...]

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Native American Beliefs
Posted February 2009 in Native American
Native American religion isn’t actually a unified religion. In a sense, there both were and were not multiple faiths in [...]

Each day comes and goes, and when it goes, it really goes. Where does all that energy we expend on any given day go to?
It seems we can’t really control what sort of impact our day’s activity will have, because everyone else is having the same sort of day. Together, we strut, and fret, [...]

A bucket list is a good way to gauge how on purpose your life is, or it can be. With the wrong attitude it could do harm.
I don’t really have a list. I figure the stuff that matters will happen anyway. If you saw the movie they didn’t actually do everything on the list. It [...]

I want to recruit you to our lending team, One World, Many Paths, on Kiva, a non-profit website that allows you to lend as little as $25 to a specific low-income entrepreneur across the globe. You choose who to lend to – whether a baker in Afghanistan, a goat herder in Uganda, a farmer in [...]

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When Jesus was talking about the fires of Gehenna, he was talking about the ways of cities, and he was not a city dweller himself preferring to live much as his predecessor John the Baptist did. Even in that day, the mind state associated with cities was “as the garbage pit”. Our cities have gotten [...]

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Bushido Philosophy
Posted on Wednesday, March 11th, 2009 in Bushido
Bushido is a diverse body of philosophy, and it is strongly linked to the Japanese religion of [...]

When you make God a person you automatically limit God, and that isn’t possible. When you say God is the person, and no one else is God, then no one at all is God. For something to be a supreme being it would have to be all knowing. Nothing outside of it’s mind, literally nothing.  [...]

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Secret of Conflict
Posted August 2008 in Shadow
The secret of conflict is that there is no conflict. We perceive ourselves to be in opposition. But the one who [...]

You will abusively cuddle and play with your one year old? Because you selfishly want to see smiles and laughter? Impose a doctrine of happiness and learning by mistakes? Heretic!
You worry about the state of the world for them of course. You see a vulnerable little boy or girl.  You don’t think of your vulnerability, [...]

People have a chance in virtual worlds like Second Life (SL) to be who they are inside. It troubles me when people say they don’t mix Second Life with their real life as it’s about being open to what SL has to offer. People tend to fall asleep in the fairy ring, then discover when [...]

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“The way is not just in this world. It’s in every world, but its iterations make it seem mysterious. Even unrecognizable if you go [...]

We are self medicating to avoid the real problems and the world of greed and intolerance. We demonize vices and thus wind up worshiping them. Greed is bad and no one really thinks about greed. The greedy person often reviles their own greed, but they don’t stop it. It is an addictive behaviour. It is [...]

There is no enemy anywhere. A crazy thought. Insane, huh? Nothing to exert our will against. Nothing to change. Nothing that is not us. No one who is not your family, no one who isn’t in your mind, your heart. What would life be like that if that was recognized as the truth?
Bravery is not a [...]

Reflection Island in the virtual world of Second Life is the home of the group, ‘One World, Many Paths’. Here, Dragon Intuitive’s Travis holds spirituality discussion groups as the avatar ‘Merlin Scarborough’. Classes are in text chat, and it is an opportunity for interactive discussion on various spirituality topics.
Visit and subscribe to our ‘One World, [...]

Thanks to Ocean of Perspective and to The Inspired Self for passing us the Lemonade Award! 
This award is passed to bloggers for showing great Attitude and/or Gratitude.  Since the purpose of this site is to inspire living from your true nature and acting accordingly in the world, we thought we would pass the award onto some others [...]

This site has evolved naturally as posts have been added in the area of spirituality, psychic function and world beliefs.  We’re in the process of figuring out how to describe the overall theme of the site to better attract readers (eg. spiritual guide, self help guide, motivational, self improvement, spiritual coach, etc.).  How would you describe [...]

Here are a few questions that I have received in some of my talks. Maybe you’ve wondered as well. 
If our ancestors and family who have passed over are supposed to be watching over us, what exactly are they doing?  They engage in spiritual affairs and are concerned with your spiritual state. But they can’t control [...]