I was recently at a conference. It was a relatively new conference and it looked like the organizers were still trying to figure it out: self-published writers are together with trade publishers, young adult merges into adult fiction, into Christian romance, into children’s book, all thrown together without thought. Still, it’s nice and informal. There’sContinue reading “Want A Dream? Do Your Homework”
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An Experience of Spiritual Awakening Eloquently Described
I subscribe to several online meditation sites, most of them associated with the Oneness movement, a spiritual group in India that is spearheaded by the spiritual teachers Amma and Bhagavan. Today, Patricia Keel, a former Unity minister and now a Oneness Awakening teacher, talked about her experience of awakening while she was doing a meditationContinue reading “An Experience of Spiritual Awakening Eloquently Described”
Why I’m Not Waiting For A Savior
What we are lacking, in a strict sense, is not consciousness. We know what the problems are; we know what would solve them; even in a narrowly technical sense, the solutions are ready to hand. But we have not had the sense or the will to implement them. The world has been more than happyContinue reading “Why I’m Not Waiting For A Savior”
Why I’m Not Waiting For A Savior
What we are lacking, in a strict sense, is not consciousness. We know what the problems are; we know what would solve them; even in a narrowly technical sense, the solutions are ready to hand. But we have not had the sense or the will to implement them. The world has been more than happyContinue reading “Why I’m Not Waiting For A Savior”
Make It Beautiful
So, I got a little morose today during yoga. It happens a lot to people: blockages. They start in your mind and move to your body. The reverse is also true. Usually, I feel really good after I do yoga but occasionally I feel like crying. This great emptiness opens inside me and there isContinue reading “Make It Beautiful”
A Good Meditation Practice
I’ve finally been getting back to a regular meditation routine. I didn’t remember how much I had missed it until I finally got back into the groove. Some aspects of a regular meditation practice can be difficult: in addition to all the usual, sore muscles, monkey-mind, an achey back, etc. I can get a littleContinue reading “A Good Meditation Practice”
Author | Laura Valeri 