Deep Thoughts

From the hugeness and vastness of the Universe to the microscopic world of atoms and cells, is everything all somehow connected? Is there a guiding Intelligence behind it all or is it an endless series of evolution and cosmic accidents?

My Dog the Guru

A spiritual journey can open your eyes to gifts of wisdom all around you that you missed before. Many of mine came from my Dog.

Turn Up Your Love for God

Today is the day to Love God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength. Don’t worry though, God has made reality such that you and your family will be taken care of. Plus—you don’t have to be an emotional explosion that people avoid.

Urgent Parenting Lessons From the Old Testament

The Old Testament is chocked full of God’s mercy and grace, even as His people disappoint him at every turn. How could he love those people who turn against him when things aren’t going well for them? How about people who murder, blaspheme, are plagued with greed, and worship idols? The miracle of this story is that he does love the people of the Old Testament, just as he loves us today in spite of our sins.

Mind, Body And Spirit

The popularity of mind, body and spirit books, shows that people are really doing a lot of spiritual soul-searching. I am talking about a genre that is positive. It is a positive message of hope, and the people who deliver the messages are sincere – and this includes professional spiritual readers, such as clairvoyants and mediums.

Changing Spiritual Beliefs

Organised and structured religion, has been and is undergoing huge changes in belief and worship trends – according to the British based BHA, numerous surveys indicate that the proportion of individuals who do not hold religious beliefs is steadily increasing. In a recent poll conducted by YouGov in 2011, when asked the question…

Spiritual Terms – How Do You Deal With Anger?

Dealing with anger comes at two particular levels – most important is realising that it is your problem, and secondly devising strategies to actually dealing with it. Most people, when they get angry about something will instinctively blame someone else, either a particular person or if they cannot find someone specific, often a more global entity. The instinct to blame other people or God for what is happening or what has happened to us or other people is perhaps one of the most basic instincts there is in human beings.

The Healing Journey Through Depression

Whatever the wound that has caused you so much pain, there is recovery. Overcoming the brokenness caused by divorce, abandonment, childhood sexual abuse, parental neglect, physical or emotional abuse, the death of a loved one or a broken relationship can be yours. Face your fears, work at recovering, never, never give up and you too can overcome the shadows of unwanted emotions.

Spiritual Terms – How Do You Give Hope to Someone?

Giving hope to someone who needs it, whether their situation be a desperate one or simply a need for inspiration is perhaps the most important gift one can give, as well as in many ways being the most difficult thing to help instigate. It is often easier to give a false sense of hope than a real sense of hope, and this is often done as a reaction to a difficult situation that people find it difficult to cope with. Real hope has to come from within, but it is certainly possible for other people to help…

Spiritual Terms – What Does the Serenity Prayer Actually Mean?

The serenity prayer has a special place for many people, aside from its actual or little meaning, it has become something of a mantra for members of Alcoholics Anonymous and other 12 step fellowships. The wording and dating of the serenity prayer goes back far beyond the beginning of Alcoholics Anonymous, and it is a prayer in wide usage in much of the world. However it is commonly associated with the work of recovery from alcoholism and other addictions, and is often used as a form of shorthand for summarising much of the work of a…

Effortless Detachment Leads to Spiritual Awakening – An Interesting Thing to Examine!

True detachment results from understanding how we gather a lot of unnecessary mental accretion that hangs heavy on us preventing us from discovering higher dimensions of our spiritual existence. Dropping off the accretion takes place when we understand what it means to embark on an inward journey, with effortless detachment as its content.

The Rise Of The Spiritual But Not Religious Person

There is a large movement happening across the world and particularly in the USA, the term used is SONR. This means the person does not align themselves with any religion, but they recognize their own spirituality and they are spiritual but not religious, which is a wiser world view.