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Spirituality That Works
Welcome. In this section, you’ll find posts on spiritual principles that work in real life. These articles range from fundamental truths to advanced concepts that deepen spiritual mastery and intuitive clarity.
I share practical methods for expanding awareness, making meaningful perception shifts, and developing your connection with your Inner Teacher, your own source of spiritual wisdom. You’ll find ways to deepen your spiritual practice, strengthen your connection to nature, and access intuitive guidance rather than relying on others.
Some posts in this section begin with an image rather than an explanation. This is intentional. The image is not meant to persuade or instruct, but to create a pause before ideas take shape. If you find yourself wondering where it’s going, that’s often part of the process.
Use the right sidebar Articles Menu to find full-length articles and transcribed excerpts from classes.
The Shell Game
In order to survive, we all build a shell to live in. For some, the shell is the athlete, the brain, the attractive one, the funny one, the kind-nice one, the in-control-get-things-done one. There are many shells. But that’s all it is; a shell game.
But you won’t know this until you lift the shell up to see that there’s nothing underneath it. You don’t live in the shell, the shell is not you. When you are freed from that … Read More
A Simple Meditation for Young Children
Don’t we all wish we’d learned how to meditate when we were young? All adult meditators would agree. And yet how many meditating parents still haven’t found the time or the way to start with their young children.
The secret to success: Keep it Short. Keep it Simple. Keep it Fun.
Following is a simple and easy way to get started. But first, a few tips. Keep the language and imagery simple. Stay away from loaded words. Keep the meditation … Read More
You Are Not Your Story
From the time we take on language, our ability to see things clearly for what they are, as they are in real-time, is impacted by perception and memory.
Both have been culturally influenced, so cannot be fully relied on to reveal any great truths. You must look past your story; the story of who you’ve been told you are by parents, teachers, clergy, friends, culture. You must look past the memories because memories are inherently inaccurate.
They are stored perceptions … Read More
Is the Glass Half Empty or Half Full?
Q: Is the glass half empty or half full?
The glass is neither half empty nor half full.
The glass is always full.
The question is: Full of what?
In the example you’re referring to, it’s full of liquid and air.
This Is An Example of Remembering
I’ve talked about how we are all born remembering our connection to the Source, the All-That-Is. Remembering our connection to everything here as well.
Here’s an example of a little girl who remembers her connection to trees. This is what it can look like when young children have kept that awareness.