I think of ideas as a flow similiar to a beautiful mountain stream. It is very difficult to describe the stream itself. We can describe what it flows over, around and through, in other words the terrain but the stream itself is there one minute and gone the next. The same is true for the…
Something that has become quite clear to me with the current events of the world is how we humans still have the propensity to make enemies. When stuff happens in our lives, we look for someone to blame. A hurricane occurs, lives are lost, homes are destroyed, chaos reigns … suddenly the U.S. government is…
Our reality is shaped and formed from all the thoughts we have ever had. This is amazing and offers us immeasurable choice. Now, some of those thoughts, at least for me, are not thoughts that I wanted nor want to continue taking with me and the miracle is I can set them aside. The answer…
I spent a week in Chicago at the International Centers for Spiritual Living Conference. It was fantastic! For me the theme was emergent evolution — humanity emerging as the authentic loving Self — a conscious awareness of being Spirit. At the final talk, I was reminded that this was the last conference the International Centers…
I believe there are 4 directions in life. They are not the typical directions of the compass, they are instead looking forward, looking back, looking without and looking within. Just as we use a compass to help us navigate our course through our physical world, we can use the 4 directions for navigation through our…
What direction is your life headed? Are you at the helm or are the winds of change blowing you all over the place? Today my husband suggested that I write about destiny and setting our course for success. The most important aspect of our destiny is our belief system about it. Do you believe it…
I have never heard of a human tradition that did not include story telling. It is one of the things which sets us apart from the rest of the animal kingdom. We pass along knowledge from one generation to the next often through art or traditions like religion. There are the stories of good and…
I was listening to a college professor being interviewed on the radio and as he told of a time when he brought up the idea of solitude to his students, he said one of them asked “Why would anyone want to do that?” It made me sad. I equate solitude with silence, and this made…
When you see a bright red glistening apple what comes to mind? For many people who were raised reading Milton’s Paradise Lost it could be temptation (the bible makes no reference to an apple, only to the forbidden fruit, it is Milton who frightened all the Christians with naming the apple as the forbidden fruit in…
What makes a goddess? The dictionary definition is a female being of supernatural powers that is believed in and worshipped by people. By this definition I believe Reverend Angelica Jayne Taggart can assume the mantel of goddess and I thought to write to you why I find this remarkable woman worthy of such a title.…