Learning & Classrooms

Q:    The world is the classroom.  What does this saying mean? The path exists to make better travelers who are more able to participate in the world.  The point of spiritual studies is to add capacity and integrate other aspects of consciousness.  This is done to raise the quality of every day interaction between people. […]

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Speaking Plainly

Each traveler is immortal and comes into the earth phase to know, experience and create self in infinite ways. Taking on a physical body, in a sense the soul forgets for a time, that it is an eternal spark of God/Light.   At its’ center, this primal Oneness continues, even though the soul, forgetting, assumes […]

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Breaking Camp

It is almost time to leave; The heat from yesterday’s fire Drops to a low, quiet burn. The last few hours I work to leave this site Better than when I found it. As I pick through scattered debris, I wonder, what is next?   In the new place, will old friends Help and greet […]

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Opinion: Serving The People

With the recent shutdown of the United States, Federal Government, I thought I would run this article again. The Path is none other than service of the people. -Saadi Introduction By nature I am not a political person; I have rarely been interested in politics for a number of personal reasons. Chiefly I find it […]

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Discussion: Everyday Spirituality

You are invited to a free discussion at St. John’s Church of Faith, Allentown, PA, this Sunday 9/29/13 starting at 10:30 am. My talk will begin at 11:30 and look at turning everyday activity into spiritual practice and prayer. All are welcome. For directions/information call 1-610-776-7211.    

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What I Wish For You

For you today, what I wish is that you sit quietly, for a moment, and go deep within yourself. There amidst the chatter and worry is a deep quiet, loving place that is your center. Find this place. It is there. Don’t give-up. It is the treasure you have been seeking, and is waiting for […]

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Place of Chains

I am weary of things that bind. Some call them: treasures, responsibilities of life, enjoyments, everyday thoughts and activities of eating & living. O I long to be free again: flying on the wind. Once I was a hawk and another time a dragon. This time, I am a mouse scurrying from room to room: […]

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Tears Along The Way

O my God, what irony it is That we are at the bottom of hell, And yet are afraid of immortality. -Rumi   Introduction Recently I had a conversation with a colleague about why there isn’t much offered in the spiritual literature, by advanced spiritual travelers, concerning their trials, physical aches and pains of being […]

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Gods & God Consciousness

It is said that when you take only one step toward Him/Her, He advances ten steps toward you. But the complete truth is that God is always with you. -Muhammad Q: Is the completed person, one who has achieved God Consciousness, a God? This is what some traditions claim. Can you clarify this point? A: […]

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Part of the Eternal Oneness

In order to create and maintain our body, each person is a killer and destroyer. Daily, consuming thousands of living organisms: fish, plant, vegetables, animals, grains and, in our water, countless microorganisms. So in every act of creation, we are destroying, altering and changing; evolving one form into another. Here in this moment, both actions: […]

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The Capacity For Something

Grasshopper reached the end of his rope.  Everything he tried to do came-up empty.  He tried a business of his own selling meadow grass tea and not one package was sold.  All the other hoppers claimed, they could pick their own grass; all grasshopper did was put a rubber band around a clump of grass. […]

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