Towards a spirituality of Service
My blog this month is an excerpt from my new book, The Gentle Art of Spiritual Discernment – A Guide to... [more]
The Karma Yoga of Blessing
Karma Yoga is a spiritual teaching found in the Bhagavad Gita, one of the holy scriptures of Hinduism. It recommends... [more]
The art of constant wonderment
Par Pierre Pradervand Upon waking up, bless your day, for it is already overflowing with an abundance of blessings that... [more]
A society with fragmented attention
We live in a society where our attention is solicited to an extent never experienced before in human history. There... [more]
My kind of spirituality
By Cristen Rodgers Introduction by Pierre Close to forty years ago, Byron Katie, for me one of the leading figures... [more]
Spirit-Led Action
Center for Action and Contemplation teacher Brian McLaren shares the power of ongoing discernment, allowing ourselves to be drawn into... [more]
A rare example of compassion
Recently I was invited to participate in an event on compassion on internet. One of the Jewish participants, a certain... [more]
Living between Two Worlds
If freedom has any meaning at all, its most vital meaning must be the freedom to think, the freedom to... [more]
Simple, simple, simple …. and essential
It is a great platitude to say that the world is getting more and more complicated and complex. Take just... [more]
Perception
A simple shift in attitude can help us recognize the hidden potential for fulfillment in every event. There is no... [more]
What changes ahead?
The war in Ukraine is but one small sign of the numerous rumblings reminding us that huge changes are awaiting... [more]
The Medicine of Altruism
By The Dalai Lama on Wednesday November 14th, 2018 Can Compassion Cure All? In Tibet, we say that many illnesses... [more]
The Charter for Compassion
The principle of compassion lies at the heart of all religious, ethical and spiritual traditions, calling us always to treat... [more]
Understanding Oneness
Every thought we have and action we take becomes part of the collective energy of the planet. Sometimes we look... [more]
Who is really running the show?
In this period of growing world distress and challenges, it is good to remember that maybe Someone/Something else is pulling... [more]
Spiritual Power in World Affairs
“As God* becomes a reality and we become consciously one with It, It guides every step of our experience. It... [more]
Listening to the Divine
On my site entleartofblessing.org/listening-to-the-divine/ you will find a narrative of an amazing encounter in an airplane with the allness of... [more]
Blessing for the silent servants of good
All over the world, there are millions of people who serve in silence, who do good around them, who sow... [more]
Plenitude is ours – now!
Reading one of my very favorite spiritual thinkers, Joel Goldsmith, an American mystic of the last century who founded a... [more]
The art of constant wonder
On awakening, bless this day, for it is already full of unseen good which your blessings will call forth; for... [more]
A Blessing For the Challenges of Climate Change
All round the world, populations are leaving their ancestral lands due to climate change, for instance various populations in the... [more]
The Bread You Cast Upon the Waters Returns to You
Joel S. Goldsmith This very clear text of Joel Goldsmith reminds us of what could very well be the basic... [more]
Stillness
Meditation teacher Eckhart Tolle offers this insight: Silence is helpful, but you don’t need it in order to find stillness.... [more]
Contemplative walking
Christine Valters Paintner describes the ancient and accessible contemplative practice of walking or moving slowly through the natural world as... [more]
Namaste: We are one another, we are one
by Philip Goldberg Below are a few excerpts from this article, which you can read in its entirety here. https://www.spiritualityhealth.com/articles/2021/04/27/namaste-lets-keep-it-after-the-pandemic... [more]
Our universe has a meaning that is totally beyond us, but it has a meaning
So many people feel totally overwhelmed by the problem, and this at all levels. The ordinary citizen sees himself as... [more]
On Silence – Jean Klein
Silence is our real nature. What we are fundamentally is only silence. Silence is free from beginning and end. It... [more]
The symptoms of Inner Peace
Be on the lookout for symptoms of inner peace. The hearts of a great many have already been exposed to... [more]
Truth must be FELT in order to act in our lives
At the end of one of the parables that Jesus left us, that of the Prodigal Son (Gospel of Luke),... [more]
A Higher Level Of Conscious Engagement
by James O’Dea “I consider this an extremely important and and exceptionally lucid analysis of the contemporary spiritual/personal development scene.... [more]
Wo is really pulling the strings?
More and more, I have the feeling that an extraordinary cosmic force is pulling the strings of my life. ALL... [more]
What does our authority rest upon?
For thousands of years, ever since mankind started settling in cities, we evolved in rigid, patriarchal and extremely authoritarian structures... [more]
Living a Life of Grace
By Madisyn Taylor When we accept that we always exist in a state of grace, we are able to live... [more]
Clean first your own windshield
If your thoughts are focused on judgment, self-condemnation, blame, or self-justification, this is not the time to draw conclusions about... [more]
Creative Listening
“Listening is a true art, be it listening to one’s neighbor or anyone who is suffering, to one’s partner or children, not to mention... [more]
We create our own reality by our way of seeing and interpreting things
“May I learn to discern the perfect plan behind all events of my life. May I see that every single... [more]
A Vision for Love Overflowing
Here is another wonderful Vision from Carol Peacock of Sweetbriars Retreat Center in Springfield, Missouri. Carol says: We envision a... [more]
An unshakable trust under all circumstances
Depending on our own vision of the world, of the universe, of history, it is quite possible for us to... [more]
Reconciling the material and spiritual life
No one is asking you to completely neglect the material life in order to devote yourself solely to meditation and... [more]
A positive vision for 2021
In a world immersed in urgency, with alarm bells ringing left and right and dire predictions for our future, how... [more]
Deep trust in troubled times
“…may I trust Divine Love sufficiently to know that ultimately all is very, very well in the unfolding of the... [more]
Integrity
Integrity is a quality of being. It means holding on, at all times to your highest sense of truth and... [more]
love is the only way to rescue humanity from all ills…
“Do not get lost in a sea of despair. Be hopeful, be optimistic. Our struggle is not the struggle of... [more]
When contemplation meets action
It is my deep conviction that any meaningful religious or spiritual approach must also really address the key issue of... [more]
Awakening in the Cosmos
Excerpts from Race and the Cosmos: An Invitation to View the World Differently, by Dr. Barbara Homes It is time to... [more]
Living your life as a Love Master
Excerpt from The Top 60 Love Skills You Were Never Taught by Dr. Scott Peck and Shannon Peck – by permission There... [more]
The magic of appreciation
A few years ago, I discovered with wonder a new form of magic: expressing appreciation to others for something they... [more]
Albert Schweitzer: The Purpose of Life and the Full Measure of Man
“The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others. Only then... [more]
Am I a world citizen?
We live in an infinitely benevolent, ever loving, universe …. but a very, very strange humanly (dis)organized world! After all, a... [more]
A spiritual purpose behind everything that happens
Chicago Sun-Times Editor’s note: A supposed “open letter from Bill Gates,” the tech billionaire and philanthropist, has been bouncing all... [more]
A Blessing for a Vision of Our Future World
Vision is one of the two or three most needed ingredients to create a new world that works for all.... [more]
Expressing appreciation
There are many activities in our societies that seem of little significance or “unimportant,” but that is such a superficial view of things. It bears repeating that the humblest activity performed with... [more]
The Joy of Service
For one who has discovered the deep, nourishing satisfaction of life lived in a spirit of service, finding opportunities of... [more]
The Meaning of Life… and the gift of unconditional love
Excellence Reporter: Suzanne, what is the meaning of life? Suzanne Giesemann: The answer is simple: You as a soul have temporarily taken on... [more]
Sharing Your Happiness with Others
Your desire to be happy must include others’ happiness. When we serve others, we serve ourselves. Do not think, I... [more]
The power of saying “Yes”
Dr. David Hawkins was one of the best-known US psychiatrists in the last third of the past century, before becoming... [more]
