Spirituality for Living

Gnosis is the concept “as within so without”. Also connected with the concept “as above so below“. That knowledge of self, is knowledge of the principle that originated you.
It is connected to astrology. Astrology could be considered a Gnostic tool. Hermetic philosophy is primarily Gnostic in its premises and the principle even emerges in quantum [...]

Dissonance, as in different notes or tones conflicting is the concept. Spirituality is often compared to music metaphorically, but in many ways it’s not strictly metaphor. Many people speak of spiritual presence as being like a voice or sound and we each of us contribute to this. We each make more of an impact on [...]

Ego thinks ‘I do’ and that by virtue of ‘myself‘ I must do everything. Thought is not self. Thought is process and we are “created in gods image”. All powerful. Which means we have the power of ability to do all things. Good or bad.
We get caught up in the same thing. Ego is doing [...]

I was reading Travis’ article on psychic viewing, and it struck me as accurate. There comes a point though when language fails in its tasks to translate thoughts.  Not that I am suggesting developing telepathic skills, but simply stating the fact that it is hard to communicate with words many times. I will try to [...]

Astral logistics is basically manifestation, but bigger. Logistics is the practice of managing energy and resources, and when it seems that something out there has a mind of its own, well it doesn’t have one unified mind. There are many minds, and they are all interacting. Karma, providence, even chi flow, are all just aspects [...]

What if we seek comfort from food or substance as a way of dealing with worry even though we know we shouldn’t? That is a mixed worry response. Your instincts are still in a sense good, but we sit and brood. If you are busy in self expression or engagement with life, make that your [...]

There is much criticism of language in the fad monasticism that seems to be the vogue of spirituality lately. Very Zen, and I’m no critic of Zen, but there is stuff beyond that point. Sort of like the Buddhist handling of the concept of Gods. They don’t go there, but it doesn’t mean it isn’t [...]

The internal now is different from the external now. We do experience the internal now from time to time. As children we either lived in it, or could have. For the child there is an “I”, but I can be anything. They at first play with I until they are made to hurt regarding I. [...]

Avocation is also known as ones “Calling”. We all deal with the realities of vocation in one way or another, but that is not the same thing. Your vocation is just gainful work you do, because someone employs you to do it, and can be completely arbitrary. Avocation is what you will do from your [...]

I am venturing into a sort of complex area. We are often very used to looking at our own behaviour more from an externalized view. We are so used to it that we don’t often see that our perception is disconnected from our internal being. That we are seeing more how the world works and [...]

How are you today?

Still Breathing. Breathing is good.  I rather like it. Breathing and moving. So, we are all alive today?
And kicking. Oh, do indeed kick if it’s necessary. I enjoy marital arts.
In gratitude today, thank God. Excellent, remember to thank God is to be likewise grateful to yourself.
We thank ourselves all too infrequently. [...]

The biggest source of futility is actually “trying”, and people try a lot. It’s huge in about every social circle.
Futile is what logic is when you try to use it in place of creativity. That’s true. Logic is a form of trying, and usually very trying, especially if it’s supposed to replace experience. When you [...]

In Taoism, they speak of the way that cannot be named. Friends, we all started from the same space on the game board, but we forgot what we were playing and why.
Lose one turn? Regrettably we lose many turns in life, because we have to be “serious”. How many broken dreams do people live with? [...]