No matter how sick or financially desperate or lonely you’re feeling today–you’re actually in a great position. You’ve got the innate capacity to experience direct messaging from infinite Spirit, the source of all health, intelligence, happiness and success! Spirit is messaging you each moment, speaking directly to your consciousness—to your … Continue reading
Feeling like a prisoner in your body? We generally entertain the perception that we live IN–inside of–our bodies. The problem with this perception is that when we feel “in” something, we also tend to feel that it controls us. Here’s a way to start reversing this perception today…and improving your health! … Continue reading
Your feelings, thoughts, beliefs, assumptions, emotions and expectations literally steer your body. Every cell, organ and function, every chemical or electrical communication is informed and instructed by your consciousness. So use this power to bless yourself by practicing Spirit-consciousness! Right at this moment, infinite, intelligent Love, God, is giving you … Continue reading
At this very moment, divine Love is providing you an ever-present flow of intelligent energy, spiritual qualities and capacities, coming to you directly and specifically. This flow–the basis of the word “affluence”–is your source of provision today. To utilize this source, act upon, make profitable use of, and generously give of the … Continue reading
Many types of disease represent conflicts within the body—malignant cells, attacking viruses, over-reacting immune responses. Here’s a spiritual practice that can be part of calming and healing these conflict-based diseases (as well as other kinds of conflict in life!). Jesus said that we’d be happy/prosperous/well if we act as “peace-makers”— … Continue reading
The r-word, recession, is HOT. The news, the presidential primaries, even chats with friends get wrapped up in it. The recession buzz can feel like a big load…especially if you need a job, have an escalating mortgage payment, or have built up credit card debt! Recession is a collective mindset … Continue reading
guest blogger: Chris Harbur (actor, NY city) …how a working actor applies spirituality to find immediate employment I moved to New York 5 months ago after finishing a Children’s Musical Theater national tour which took me to a different town every week so I had no overhead. For the first … Continue reading
The markets—stock, housing or employment—go up and down, and each of us sometimes feels vulnerable about, or actually hurt by these economic cycles. Here’s an idea that can give you more peace about market conditions and your own situation. It can also bring you more successful, constructive financial outcomes. Your … Continue reading
Whether a disease is psychological or physical, its effect on us has to do with some function of the body being mis-directed. Auto-immune disorders, clinical depression and cancer are all examples of a bodily system—the immune system, brain or cells–being improperly directed or governed. You can change physiological mis-direction with … Continue reading
Spiritual practices like prayer, affirmation, spiritual reasoning, and living spiritual qualities with diligence can be effective tools for healing body and mind. As with most tools, we get more out of them when we recognize WHY they work. Spiritual practices work because they open our human consciousness to recognize, feel … Continue reading
If you or someone you care about is a subject of legal proceedings, what’s in your/their consciousness is a primary determinant of the outcome. How so? Consciousness determines how we respond to adversarial situations, such as legal accusation, investigation or trial. And the more constructive our responses (in emotion, intention, … Continue reading
When you’re struggling with a disease, a challenging relationship, or even a financial problem, it’s pretty easy to feel kind of helpless. Like some malicious power, or situation, or person, is taking advantage of you or hurting you. Try out this idea: the difficulty and harmfulness of the disease or … Continue reading
When it comes to doing good things with your life, and to keeping or restoring your health, remember that it is your thoughts—including attitudes, expectations, self-concepts, qualities of character, feelings, emotions—that ultimately determine your outcomes. What an incredible power! Each of us is learning more about this power and how … Continue reading
You’ve been created to be continuously blessed. Blessing means: to regard with great favor, to make happy or satisfied, to confer prosperity upon. It goes back to the nature of Spirit Himself/Herself as utterly good, abundant and embracingly kind. It also goes back to your true self, your inner spiritual … Continue reading
Mental illnesses– depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, etc.– can feel pretty hopeless to those looking for healing through mental means. The human mind, or brain, itself seems like the problem– so how can the mind restore itself to balance? Here are two spiritual practices to improve mental health. First: all healing, … Continue reading
You already know that FEELING more connected with divine Love– not just in your intellect, but in your heart– will heal your illness, resolve your problem, or fill the void of emotional dysfunction. So how can you get that feeling? One way is to PRACTICE it. You’re actually capable of … Continue reading
When we’re suffering, we see no end to our problem(s). They seem like mountains– imposing and immoveable. The most effective place to start alleviating the suffering is in our perception. For example, through fear, guilt, anger or frustration, we inadvertently amplify our problems and weaken our capacity to respond with … Continue reading
You already know that happiness, stress relief AND physical wellness result from changes in your mind. But how do you get free from the mind’s sick, repetitive, depressing or stressed patterns of thought and reaction? One way is to redefine what you think of as your mind. Our “mind” is … Continue reading
Thinking that is balanced, joyful, grateful or loving improves emotional and physical health. It restores the immune system, reduces pain, and restores flexibility to muscles and joints. I can hear someone saying, “…but I feel miserable and victimized. How could I possibly get more positive about my life?” Here’s a … Continue reading
If you’ve got a deteriorating joint, aching back or damaged bodily function, how you think about your body makes all the difference in how your body feels and functions. Here’s what I mean. Our human minds habitually think of our selves, our bodies, as physical structures, operating under the guidance … Continue reading
The basic problem with dieting is our appetite…right? We get the munchies, go back for an extra portion, or supersize a #4 with extra cheese. Excessive appetite urges us to eat more than is necessary to sustain an appropriate body weight or waist. In her book Science and Health with … Continue reading
It’s now mainstream: spiritualizing your consciousness has an immediate, positive effect on your health, happiness and well-being. What does “spiritualize” mean? How do you do it? One answer is that “spiritualizing” means to make our thinking and feeling express more of the qualities, character, movement, energy and activity of Spirit. … Continue reading
You’ve GOT to try this. It’s simple, transforming and gets results. A couple of months ago, our son Chris (check out his hilarious on-the-road blog) started doing something every night before bed. He journals three things from the day that he’s grateful for. Three. Every night. Without fail. I love … Continue reading
Feeling dead-ended, out of options, arrested in your development? This limited feeling is always related to limited perception, to thinking within the four-dimensional world of physical space and time. Now I’d like you to try expanding your perception. There are, right now, dimensions of YOUR life, being and perception that … Continue reading
The old saying, “What you don’t know can’t hurt you” is sooo wrong! Subconscious beliefs, operating unseen in our minds, do all sorts of destructive things. Like forgotten or semi-forgotten memories of mistreatment or abandonment that cause us to be angry, defensive or guilty without understanding why. We may think … Continue reading