When Dreams Come True
I must have been seven or eight when the dream was born ... and almost killed on the spot. Perhaps it was after I taught myself to play "Silent Night" on my aunt's organ. I thrilled to hear my fingers producing music and to figure out the notes by ear. That awakened a longing to learn more. As my mother folded laundry one day, I asked, "Mom, can I take piano lessons?"

About the History of the Christian Fish Symbol
In recent years the Christian Fish Symbol has been affixed on the back of cars, made into key chains and is visible in many other locations. Christians use it to demonstrate to the world that they are believers in the only one true God. The Origin of the Christian Fish Symbol The origin of the popular Christian Fish Symbol is believed to have been in the early years of the

Beyond the Da Vinci Code
Kashmir’s Biblical Connections merit scientific investigation Kashmir has many popular myths and legends. Mysterious, intriguing and sometimes controversial. One of the most talked about in recent times is the existence of a tomb at Rozabal, Khanyar that is supposed to be final resting place of Jesus Christ. There are two aspects to this legend. First is about the

Judaism
In Acts 26:5 and Galatians 1:13 there is a description of how God has entered into relationships with Jews which later resulted in Judaism, or as the Apostle calls it, the religion of the Jews. And although it is know that the major religions of the world are Christianity, Islam, and Judaism, labeling Judaism solely a religion is an incorrect notion, and harms the

Raising Kids God's Way ... Sharing Your Faith
Where is that instruction manual on raising kids? You know, the one the hospital gives you just before you leave with your new baby? Well, you can dream, can't you? What do you suppose an instruction manual would look like? Can't you just see it? It would contain some great categories like, "How to Stop the Whining", and "How to Get Your Kids to Listen When You

The Spiritual Side - Yoga as a Religion and Philosophy
Yoga is an excellent vehicle for slowing the mind and getting in touch with the true nature of things. Yoga is a family of ancient spiritual practices originating in India. It is one of the six schools of Hindu philosophy. In India and across the World, Yoga is seen as a means to both physical health and spiritual mastery. Outside India, Yoga has become primarily associated with

The Human Mind in the Jewish Kabbalah
The mind is clearly more than the aggregate of human brain and nerve activity, though damage to these areas can seemingly affect its ability to communicate quite seriously. However, it has been established that people who are physically paralysed or otherwise disabled and unable to communicate because of such damage, are likely as not as lucid and

Prosperity Christianity - Are Christians Supposed to Be Rich?
Prosperity Christianity has gotten a bad rap. A lot of people seem to think it means that for Christians to be rich, they have to have a lot of money or else God hasn't fully blessed them. After watching the recent events play out in the press, for stars like Mel Gibson, Britney Spears, and Jessica Simpson, I want to challenge this belief. Although these people claim to be

Gayatri Meditation Uplifts and Aadvances Our Soul Potential
The supreme energy or power of the entire cosmos is ones soul force. On the one hand at the worldly level everyone thinks that wealth is our supreme need of the hour and yet if we think deeply wealth is definitely inert and material in nature. By itself it has no energy or force of its own and that its use/misuse or good/bad aspects lie entirely in the hands of its

Finding Daily Inspiration in Difficult Times
Daily inspiration helps us to stay focused on God's love, no matter what else is going on in our daily lives. In today's world there is such a high level of challenge and rapid change happening for most of us, that it has become even more important to find a way to stay connected with our hearts, and with our inner connection with spirit. There are many ways we can tap into

The Akashic Records Are Primordial Substance
In our times and with the levels of stress that we experience in our lives, we are constantly looking for answers to the situations that happen to us every day. Some of us go outside of ourselves to get those answers; we go to Psychics, Tarot card readers, looking for a word of confirmation that can validate some of what we are seeking in our lives. Whether that is an

7 Benefits to Developing a Personal Worship Time
Every good thing in our lives is a gift from God. He has given us the beautiful gift of music. As a guitar instructor for over 30 years, I have seen how music blesses people. One of my students was a Beverly Hills lawyer studying classical guitar. He told me that playing music on the guitar always took him to another place and he felt the stresses of his work

Your Calling is Holy
(God) who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was granted us in Christ Jesus from all eternity (2 Tim. 1:9 NAS). We have been called with a holy calling. The word spoken to your heart by the Holy Spirit is just as much the Word of God as the Holy Bible. What the Lord says to you and

Nurses, Petition Your Angels For Help
Nurses are a group that are notorious for refusing help, and refusing to ask for help. They are a group that face trauma on a regular basis, who suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome, and who do not get help for this condition. Perhaps we do not think anyone really can help. But I know who we can turn to get the help we need every day: We can call on The

Faith and Culture Combine
Stroll into the small farming community of Shipshewana, Indiana and be surrounded by a culture rarely found anywhere. The town of around 536 people hosts about 500,000 visitors each year. What is the big attraction? This area of Northern Indiana is home to many of the Amish faith. Tourism has been encouraged by residents of Shipshewana, attracting people come

Seeking God
All too often it seems that people go to God in order to get what He can provide for them rather than simply having a loving relationship. But this is not new as we can see in the Gospel of John. John 6:24-27: When the people therefore saw that Jesus was not there, neither his disciples, they also took shipping, and came to Capernaum, seeking for Jesus. And when

Where are the Miracles Hiding When You're Down and Out?
Hard times test us. They challenge our beliefs that The Universe is a beautiful place, that we will be supported in what we are trying to accomplish in our lives, and they especially challenge our belief in ourselves. I know. I've been there, and sometimes still return to that Doubting Door, poking my head into the Room of Despair. I really don't

The Real Heroes of Our Time Are Those Who Serve Others
A friend of mine recently suffered the loss of her father. I bought her a sympathy card and then felt that at such a difficult time in her life it was so inadequate. So I wrote her the following letter and share it with you because I believe my message to her is timeless in a time of need. My Dearest Mary, I am sorry to hear about the loss of your father.

The Vision Quest
A vision quest is a Native American ceremony that in the Lakota language is called hanblecha, which means, crying for a vision. It is a calling out to Spirit, to God, to Great Spirit with a request and questing for an answer. The vision quest is traditionally done for four days and four nights. The person on the quest sits isolated with no food or water connected through

Shamanic Healing and Soul Retrieval
Learning about shamanic healing practices and soul retrieval became imperative for me. Through the Foundation for Shamanic Studies, I contacted Sandra Ingerman, the author of Soul Retrieval: Mending the Fragmented Self. Sandra Ingerman is responsible for bringing the concept, the training, and the healing potential of soul retrieval to the American

Live Simply, Deeply and With Imagination
Call me a slow learner, but I'm still discovering how to know God. Why, he's at our very fingertips. At our eyes, ears, noses and on the tips of our tongues. We know Him through the world He created for us. We know Him also through our intellects and imaginations. And once we really know Him, we can feel Him -- His love, His presence -- in our hearts. A year or so ago

Conversations With God
Words define our reality. We use words to translate the split-second images in our minds into describing our experiences for others. William Shakespeare invented 25,000 words, which are now part of our regular vocabulary, thus broadening our abilities to perceive our world in a unique and much broader way. For the most part, language has been used as a

Is Eckhart Tolle Right? Can Life Flow With Ease?
Can you really create the life that you want? Furthermore, can you create it in an easy and relaxed way, unfolding gracefully? Is it possible to offer no resistance to life, to be in a state of elegance, effortlessness, and buoyancy while still getting what you really want? Can you move beyond being dependent on things being a certain way, good or ill, and gently move

Judge Not Least You Be Judged
Many Christians today heavily rely upon the present day Theologians to tell them how to believe. They think that these teachers must be right because they are suppose to know God's will and thus we must follow what they teach. Unfortunately people have forgotten the basic principle to following the teachings of Christ. Christ came not so we would become robots...

Multitasker MakesTime For Prayer
The night air was muggy for March. I had stepped outside as a break from working on our income taxes. Two hours after supper I was still at it, running TurboTax to find any errors before preparing to e-file. As I walked into the side yard and looked up to the sky, a New Testament quotation popped into my head. "Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, to..

How to Believe in Miracles
I am one of those people who is seldom shocked or startled. News alerts, angry barking dogs and people sneaking up on me just do have the same effect on me as most people. I am not sure if that is a positive thing or not, but it is factual. At the age of fourteen for instance, I was hired as a Boy Scout camp counselor. Counselors were required to sleep in their campsites

The Law of Sowing and Reaping
Many people have heard the statement, "You reap what you sow." Or, as my wife learned when she was making drapes for a living, "You rip what you sew." When it comes to sowing and reaping we often fail to enjoy the blessings that God has for us because we don't fully understand this law. Some people refer to it under different names, but some also recognize...

Reclaim Your Power through Your Miracle Stories
How would your life transform if you started to keep track of the miraculous events that happen in your life everyday? What do you think would happen? As a Spiritual Coach, I work with clients around the world to bring their greatest, most cherished dreams to reality. And in this process, I've discovered that the more we work together toward these wonderful..

Holistic Meditation
We are told that meditation is natural, that when someone sleeps they go into a meditative state. To fully understand the purpose and functioning of meditation one has to observe the human as both a physical and spiritual or psychological being. From the dawn of time, meditation has been a vital part of self transformation and holistic health. The journey to self healing ..

Shamanic Healing and Soul Retrieval
Learning about shamanic healing practices and soul retrieval became imperative for me. Through the Foundation for Shamanic Studies, I contacted Sandra Ingerman, the author of Soul Retrieval: Mending the Fragmented Self. Sandra Ingerman is responsible for bringing the concept, the training, and the healing potential of soul retrieval to the American...

Rituals for Release
In 1974, Jeffrey Brantley, M.D., was a stressed-out, second-year med student. So when he saw an ad promoting transcendental meditation (TM), he figured giving it a try couldn't hurt. How right he was. That foray into TM lowered his blood pressure, increased his sense of calm, and helped set his life's direction. "No one was talking then about meditation and its..

The Yoga of Kindness
The Taoist tradition in which yin yoga is rooted sees the body as flooded with energy that travels primarily through channels called meridians. When that energy, or chi (pronounced "chee"), flows freely and strongly, we feel great, and we're capable of great things, such as kindness to ourselves and others. But when chi slows or gets blocked, we suffer both physically and..

Have Your Bible Devotions While You Travel
Anyone who is a Christian should realize that the Bible is very important to their faith. Making it a priority in daily living should be an important goal. Finding time to accomplish this can be a challenge in the hustle and bustle of twenty-first century life. An alternative to traditional Bible reading offers a hope to some folks wanting to be faithful in their devotional Bible..

The Chocolate Cake Sutra: Ingredients for a Sweet Life
Geri Larkin gave up a successful career as a management consultant to become a dharma teacher and start Still Point Zen Buddhist Temple in Detroit, Michigan. She begins her seventh book with a summary of what she has learned: "After all the years of work, the by-now hundreds of thousands of prostrations, years of meditation, and so much chanting that..

23 Reasons to Love the Bhagavad Gita
Twenty-five years ago, in the summer heat of India's Deccan plateau, my wife and I stopped at a guesthouse. Thirsting for something to read, I skimmed a dog-eared Bhagavad Gita, coming to rest on chapter seven. Krishna, the Divinity figure, is describing the very nature of God. Enthralled, I began reading aloud to my wife, explaining that this is God talking: I am..

Balancing Our Material and Spiritual Needs
By Dr. Doreen Virtue, Ph.D.
Many people got caught up in the materialistic frenzy of the 1980's. Some loaded up on real estate or stock market investments, and then lost everything when the market turned sour. I've talked to many people who experienced financial, emotional and morale crashes during the late 1980's and early 1990's. They invested so much in real estate...

Sacred Fire
By Toni Weingarten
When Marjorie H. Smith entered a Presbyterian seminary in her 40s, she anticipated opening herself to God. She didnít anticipate studying in class and suddenly having her body surge with erotic feelings. "Iíd sit there dumbfounded, trying to read Sartre and thinking, ëWhat is this?í" Smith says now, two decades later. For Sandra Lommasson, 56,...

The Divine Fruits of Meditation
By Dr. Roberto A. Bonomi
The best way to achieve the Sreyokarma or the liberating karma is through the meditation. And meditating will lead us to the path of soul's happiness that's etern and sacred. As a result of the meditation the mind will withraw from the sensorial world and will reach joy, happiness and truth and will not be disturbed any more by sorrow and greed. Meditation should be...

Awakening
By Ron Roth
A number of years ago I was stationed in a large parish along with two other priests in order to attend to 3,000 people. Our church was large enough for about a thousand people, and rather than celebrate six masses every Sunday with a half-empty church, we decided to divide up the parish among the three of us and each say one mass on Sunday that ...

Opening Our Hearts
By Dr. Doreen Virtue, Ph.D.
As lightworkers, our primary purpose is to heal ourselves, so that we may heal others. When we open our heart chakras fully to Love, other people notice the glow that naturally emanates from deep within us. Even those with no knowledge of spirituality are drawn to our love and light. They notice something "different" about our peaceful nature, and the...

The Heart Meditation
By Jennifer Derryberry
Itís the dead of winter. The earth has hardened and flowing waters have crystallized into ice. Life itself slows to a cold crawl, but socially and spiritually we are called to share our most extravagant expressions of romance and passion on Valentineís Day. For the body in tune with natureís rhythms, keeping the heart out of hibernation requires great care and ...

Kabbalah According To The Great Scholars
By Robert Waxman
When I began studying Kabbalah in 1985, very few people knew anything about Kabbalah. Now, thanks to Madonna, the word “kabbalah” has become a hot topic of conversation in the media, on the internet and at cocktail parties. Along with this fabulous publicity, many people have asked, “Is Kabbalah a cult?”, “Is it a religion?” and, “Is it only for Jewish ...

A Balanced Diet of Meditation
By Thomas Moore
Meditations of the soul are different from meditations of the spirit. The model of the spirit usually includes focus, emptiness, and bodilessness. A dream shows us the language of the soul: mysterious, not entirely rational, connecting life and the depths of imagination, poetic, foggy. Both forms are valuable and compatible, but each requires special techniques and ...

Theology You Can Use
By Thomas Moore
I've always been happy with my calling. I should say callings, since I've moved from one thing to another all my life. If I could do it over again and had the appropriate talents, I'd seriously consider playing tennis professionally, being a jazz pianist, or becoming an art historian. As it is, I've never strayed far from religion, even when I practiced...

Start Your Day the Sacred Way
By Journal Sacred Journey
Harvey Cox is paid to think about God all day at Harvard University Divinity School. But even ruminating about matters divine for a living doesn't make getting up and going to work a spiritual joy. So how does a professor of theology begin his day? Says Cox, "I strongly believe that one should have a personal spiritual discipline ó whatever it might be ó and regularly ...

The Healing Power of Lightworkers
By Dr. Doreen Virtue, Ph.D.
Lightworkers are those who volunteered, before birth, to help the planet and its population heal from the effects of fear. Each lightworker is here for a sacred purpose. Very often, however, life on earth with its material focus creates a form of amnesia in lightworkers. They then forget...

The Worldís Wisdom Traditions See Eating as Spiritual Practice
Brother David Steindl-Rast, a Benedictine monk who writes and teaches brilliantly on spiritual practice, offers this simple but profound key to the spiritual life: Pay attention to what youíre doing when you feel most alive. ìWherever we come alive,î he says, ìthat is where we are spiritual.î Many of us feel a powerful sense of life and vitality when weíre dealing with...