Spiritually Focused Blog

Understanding the Unknown The unknown is a major issue that frightens humans. The unknown also makes people angry because we do not feel in control when we do not know. We are a species that likes to believe we are in control. Our amusement is important to help us...

Are You Comfortable with Yourself? With so much time with yourself during our self-isolation, you have the opportunity to get to know yourself in a new way. Problems can arise when you look only at your physical characteristics. Many people become self-critical and...

Driving a Troika In my younger years, a spiritual teacher likened my spiritual relationship with my body to driving a "troika," a Russian three-horse-abreast harness sled team. The horses are powerful and spirited and the driver needs full attention on driving to...

How many ways can we emphasize the importance of breathing? Number one is the fact that without the breath to inhale oxygen, the body cannot live. Without breath, the body does not have energy to function. In fact, oxygen coming in with each breath is the one thing...

We send our gratitude to all of you who are healing and giving. You are like the soldiers in a war, willing to sacrifice your normal life and possibly your life to fight on the front lines against illness and death. Whether you are a nurse, doctor, delivery person,...

I like my life. It‘s meditating that makes it so. I realized recently that I like my life. I haven’t always. Like everyone, I know I have hurts from my past and ideals that I’m not good enough. It’s so easy to judge my disturbances and, in turn, judge others. I’ve...

Faith is not as popular a word as it used to be. Possibly the word belief is more acceptable in today's world. Either word can apply to what we hold true. We can believe in or have faith in anything. The point is, we create from our beliefs or what we have faith in,...

It seems to me kids have always been more capable than their parents. Isn’t it also normal for adolescents to view their parents as ploddingly slow and “you are sooo out of it?” After all, if we kiddos weren’t more creative and curious – wouldn’t we still be hanging...