Today’s Inspirational Quote
“By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.” This is true of anything we do in life, whether it’s studying for an exam, preparing for a job interview, an important conversation, a new journey, etc., etc., it is in our own self-interest to prepare beforehand. It reminds me of baking a cake. You may […]
Today’s Inspirational Quote
“By being yourself you put something wonderful in the world that wasn’t there before.” How much time to we spend comparing ourselves to others? I wish I had her hair, his money, their house… When we do this, our serenity and inner peace go right out the window! Instead of lamenting what you don’t have, […]
The Language of Loss – Poetry Will See Us Through
by Barbara Abercrombie, author of The Language of Loss: Poetry and Prose for Grieving and Celebrating the Love of Your Life My husband wasn’t very interested in poetry. He never read it and didn’t see how it connected to his life. Then one day I read him Mary Oliver’s “The Summer Day” with its famous […]
How to Integrate Cosmic Ordering Into Your Business
By Dr. Rebekah Louisa Smith, author of Born To Do It: Becoming the Leader of a Business Niche Using Powerful Spiritual Techniques What Is Cosmic Ordering? The person who introduced me to cosmic ordering was Ellen Watts. Ellen explains that essentially, cosmic ordering is asking the Universe for what you want – and it arrives. […]
Trust the Angels Around You
by Judith Marshall (Article originally published in The Llewellyn Journal.) It is a truth universally acknowledged (thank you, Jane Austen) that children and animals sense things we rational adults cannot. They’re more attuned to the spirit world from which they’ve just come than they are to the material world they’ve entered. Animals remain “tuned in” […]
Sweet Spiritual Visitations
by Amy Seward Dreaming is one of the best ways for the subconscious mind to reveal messages to you. When awake we receive messages from our senses, but when dreaming, messages from beyond can be relayed to you. By resting our conscious mind, our subconscious doesn’t need to battle for your attention, so dreams can […]
By Glove and Cowl: Using Sewing Magick to Boost Our Words
By Glove and Cowl: Using Sewing Magick to Boost Our Words, by Raechel Henderson (Article originally published in The Llewellyn Journal.) On one of the last nice days of September, I met up with a friend in Chicago. We hadn’t seen each other in a few years, despite living only an hour away from each […]
Seeing the Clear Light
by Steve Taylor, author of many books on spirituality and psychology including The Clear Light, The Leap, and The Calm Center 2006 was a difficult year. In April our second child, Ted, was born. Ted was a lovely baby (and is a lovely boy now) but he seemed to be born without the need to […]
The Clear Light of the Present: How Creativity Arises from Presence
by Steve Taylor, author of many books on spirituality and psychology including The Clear Light, The Leap, and The Calm Center In general, there are three different modes in which we can live our lives: doing, thinking and being. Most of the day we’re busy doing – working in our jobs, doing chores, following our […]
Repurposing Your Inner Critic
An excerpt from The Final 8th by Bridgit Dengel Gaspard, LCSW No one enjoys being stuck and the misery is amplified when we have accomplished multiple steps toward a cherished goal — whether breaking a bad habit, losing weight, building a business, finding a mate, or finishing a degree — but just can’t seem to […]