Spirituality That Works

Q: Why is it that we’ve advanced so far in scientific and technological knowledge and not so much in personal relationships and communities?

How far science has advanced is a subject for another day. As far as knowing ourselves goes, we’re trying to use knowledge to change our behavior from the outside in: use this app to track how many steps you take, use that app to meditate for five minutes, use another app to measure heart rate and breathing … Read More

Q: What are the main points that need to be made in finding your inner knowing?

1. Being connected to the source is a birthright that has been taken from us by cultural conditioning.
2. Remembering is easy. Decide to remember.
3. Pay attention as though your life depends on it. By paying attention, you will begin noticing much more and you will remember, “Oh, this is this connection. I feel as though I am communicating with what I am paying attention to.

Live life as though it is a game full of possibilities.

Rather than as a string of singular actions that irrevocably determine your future.… Read More

The current energy around the world can be likened to a gumball machine where all the gumballs are falling out of it. Hitting one after the other. They are not big enough to do great destruction, but they are sizable enough to hurt.Think of them as just pellets hitting the top of the head one after the other. And there seems to be an unlimited supply for the near future.

So, of course, the action is to move away from … Read More

The primary doorway to the spiritual life for most people comes through the heart. “I know, but I don’t know why I know. I love because I don’t know what else to do. I want, I desire, I need.” The seeking begins, and it’s from the heart.

Being aware of this, all religions, from the beginning of time, have been structured to appeal to the heart. Because it’s within the heart that inner knowing and intuition live.

But religion, in … Read More

When we experience peace, we are immediately tempted to do something with the peace.

We think, How can I keep this peace? How can I make more peace? How can I not lose this peace? Does this peace mean that I have become awakened?

Instead of letting ourselves be within this peace.… Read More

You don’t need any special abilities or magical skills to connect with your Inner Knowing. It’s a birthright.

And it doesn’t matter what gets you to the spiritual door—loneliness, hardship, feeling disconnected, wanting to know your purpose, or wishing to plug into a greater consciousness, a deeper awareness.

What matters is that once you are pushed through the door, the door disappears behind you and there is no way back.

And there you are.

You must walk on and that’s … Read More

Q: At this stage of my spiritual practice, one of the things that I’d like to figure out is how to handle lulls of silence in conversation. I was with somebody recently and there were moments of silence while we were together that I felt the need to fill. I couldn’t figure out whether that was my need or whether I was being kind because that would be the other person’s need. I would like to have a better understanding.… Read More