Taking the Risk to be Alive

“The only way to store information is by agreement. The belief system is like a Book of Law that rules our mind.  Our biggest fear is taking the risk to be alive.  Humans punish themselves endlessly  for not being what they believe they should be. We have the need to be accepted and to beContinue reading “Taking the Risk to be Alive”

A Reverence for Life

“By having a reverence for life, we enter into a spiritual relation with the world. By practicing reverence for life we become good, deep, and alive.” – Albert Schweitzer     Let’s Talk About It We are talking about Celebration this month in The Espirational Community on Facebook.  While due to the founders of thisContinue reading “A Reverence for Life”

The Rapture Associated with Being Alive

“We’re so engaged in doing things to achieve purposes of outer value that we forget the inner value, the rapture that is associated with being alive, is what it is all about.” – Joseph Campbell     Let’s Talk About It We are talking about Celebration this month in The Espirational Community on Facebook.  WhileContinue reading “The Rapture Associated with Being Alive”

Truly Alive

“We can only be said to be truly alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.”     Let’s Talk About It We are talking about Celebration this month in The Espirational Community on Facebook.  While due to the founders of this site’s personal backgrounds this is a Christ based Website this site and The Espirational Community  is a place for people of all faithsContinue reading “Truly Alive”

The Unlearning of Fear and Acceptance of Love

“Love is what we were born with. Fear is what we learned here. The spiritual journey is the relinquishment, or unlearning, of fear and the acceptance of love back into our hearts.” —Marianne Williamson       Let’s Talk About It We are talking about Holy Ground this month in The Espirational Community on Facebook. Continue reading “The Unlearning of Fear and Acceptance of Love”

The Hub of All Sacred Places

“The heart is the hub of all sacred places.  Go there and roam.”  — Bhagawan Nityananda     Art Comment (Todays fabric artwork is called In the Secret Place, created by Rogene [Genie] Robbins.  It is available for purchase in the Espirational Gallery.)     Let’s Talk About It We are talking about Holy Ground thisContinue reading “The Hub of All Sacred Places”

Peace is a sacred space within

“The calm within the storm is where peace lives and breathes. It is not within perfect circumstances or a charmed life… it is not conditional. Peace is a sacred space within, it is the temple of our internal landscape. We are free to visit it, whenever we seek sanctuary. Underneath the  chaos of everyday  living, Continue reading “Peace is a sacred space within”

The Right Place

“Each place is the right place–the place where I now am can be a sacred space. ”  ― Ravi Ravindra, The Wisdom of Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras: A New Translation and Guide by Ravi Ravindra   Let’s Talk About It We are talking about Easter inThe Espirational Community on Facebook.  Is there more to Easter than what manyContinue reading “The Right Place”

Reminders that all is holy

“It is well to have specifically holy places, and things, and days, for, without these focal points or reminders, the belief that all is holy and ‘big with God’ will soon dwindle into a mere sentiment. But if these holy places, things, and days cease to remind us, if they obliterate our awareness that allContinue reading “Reminders that all is holy”

God Hallows the Ordinary

  “For Christians, every place they walk is, in a sense, holy ground.  We lose sight of the preciousness of our daily steps, that God hallows the ordinary that’s committed to Him.  Tourist who have visited Israel and have seen the places where Jesus walked often experience a sense of awe at being where Jesus was when HeContinue reading “God Hallows the Ordinary”