If you are a student of history, you will have read numerous times about religious devotees of various faiths who have taken vows of silence. You may wonder why, what is so important about silence? The answer is not in the importance of silence itself: it is what happens when you still yourself and allow God to manifest Himself to you. Think about how in a noisy, crowded room it’s hard to pick out … [Read more...]
Connect To Your Healthy Body: 10 Basic Principles
October 25, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Everyone has gone through periods of their life where they feel disconnected from their bodies. This often happens after a period of stress, illness or major changes. Your daily rituals get disrupted, you shirk on healthy habits, you start cutting corners—and before you know it, you feel lost within yourself. How can you get connected with your healthy body again? Our bodies are the temples of … [Read more...]
Manifestation Basics
October 20, 2011 by Leave a Comment
We manifest, or make happen, all the things we expect, our expectations, with the energy that fuels manifestation: choice. What this means is that manifestation is encompassed in the physical, but that isn’t quite true. We also feed into the energy and processes of manifestation with our thought processes, emotions, and our reaction to things we don’t even realize are happening in the spiritual … [Read more...]
Simple Meditation Tips to Reduce Stress
October 17, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Have you ever felt like your head was just going to explode, you couldn’t nail a thought down or complete a sentence? You have probably been there, where life is just stressing you out completely, and you can’t seem to find a starting or stopping point. It is at times like these that meditation is absolutely necessary to regain peace of mind. No, meditation is not a dirty word or a no-no for … [Read more...]
Using Meditation to Connect with God (Meditation as Prayer)
October 10, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Meditation is, in many ways, a form of prayer. It essentially forms a conduit through which your mind and spirit can “hook up” with the unconscious, the unseen, the things of the spirit: God. There is no surprise that the Psalms and other scriptures have people constantly speaking about the meditations of their heart and how that manifests results in their lives. Meditation is a way to still your … [Read more...]
Is Meditation Really for Me?
October 6, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Maybe you have heard about meditation before, and shunned it, thinking that it was only something New Age devotees do. Although you are correct in a way, the New Agers don’t have the market cornered on meditation. Think back to the Psalms, where David and other lovers of God expressed their appreciation for Him and His creation through “meditation”. “Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation … [Read more...]
Serving God by Serving Yourself First
September 15, 2011 by Leave a Comment
It isn’t a crime to serve yourself. How many of us have been there: family dinner. There is something wonderful, your favorite dish, perhaps, at Thanksgiving. But it’s also everyone else’s favorite dish! You, being the fine Christian you are, being the living example of Christ you strive to be, sit back, and let everyone else pig out on your favorite. You miss out. On the surface, you feel good: … [Read more...]
The Power of Nurturing Yourself
September 9, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Many of us, especially parents, feel guilty about indulging ourselves every now and then. We are programmed by life to think that we must serve our children’s needs and wishes first, and then our own. Or, we subject our own happiness to that of others, such as our bosses, our friends and family, life in general. Although there is definitely a time and place for selflessness and nurturing others … [Read more...]
Principles of Abundance
September 9, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Have you ever looked at someone who seems to “have it all” in terms of material possessions and been a bit jealous? Perhaps you even thought badly about them, out of jealousy for what they have, seemingly without effort. However, this is counter-productive. You are simply seeing the principles of abundance in action, and you must put them into action in your own life. This involves many things. … [Read more...]
The Truth About Yoga
September 9, 2011 by Leave a Comment
In this day and age of New Age philosophies and globalization of cultures, the practice of yoga has become a very commonplace thing in our society. Yoga is also just as widely misunderstood by those who have never looked into it—or looked at it in the right perspective! What is the truth about yoga? First of all, a small history lesson. Yoga means, in the ancient language of Sanskrit, “to yoke … [Read more...]
