My Path

I am neither Christian, Jew or Muslim. Nor do I follow any of the other 200 or so religions available on this planet. I am a spiritual traveler going from world to world reflecting the Light of Creation; one day to return Home to sit beside my mother and father. Here in this dimension my […]

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Magnificent Monastery

For the longest time, I wished that I had a church, temple, mosque or synagogue to attend. I could find no special place that called to my heart and helped my soul sing. In years past, there had always been a place: top of a close by hill; stream just below a reservoir dam; tree […]

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To a World Gone Crazy: A Personal Response

In these troubling times, when it seems as if the world and its people are going crazy, what is a personal reasonable response?   I offer this 3 part formula, which appears in my paper, The Sufi Call, Making the World Better: https://www.stewartbitkoff.com/the-sufi-call-making-a-better-world/.   Here are 3 actions people can take every day and contribute […]

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Tending My Campsite

As campers we were instructed to leave our campsite a little better than we found it. This meant picking up after ourselves as well as after others who may have left a piece of trash behind. Often, I wonder as I journey through this world how well I have tended my site. Did I consistently […]

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Sign of Spiritual Maturity

During the course of my life I have worried about many things. Anxiety/worry is an integral part of the human condition; being fearful, harm will befall those we love, our self, or events will not work out the way we want. Also fear serves as a warning, putting us on alert status, helping to protect. […]

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A Biblical Resemblance

In the part of the US where I live, this summer, it seems as if it has rained just about every day. Going weeks without sun; probably setting weather records of sorts. After awhile, all this rain, wind and darkness gets on my nerves and stimulates my fear response; wondering if we will lose electrical […]

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Journey With Hope

Sometimes when considering problems, because of our finite nature, it appears as if there are no further solutions and our prayers will not be answered. Yet because there is another level- the world of spirit with its boundless love and mercy- there is always tomorrow, endless possibility and another sunrise. Travel on my brothers/sisters- in […]

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Unlearning & Conditioning

Traveler: It is said, that in order for the spiritual traveler to reach their goal, first, they must unlearn much of what they have been taught. What is meant by this? Master: Each person’s consciousness is a mosaic; a series of shifting patterns. Some thoughts arise from our biologic nature, directed at physical survival and […]

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Everything Is Spiritual

As basis and throughout its fabric, all life is spiritual. The Creator, through spiritual ether, generates the physical, and everything is connected through both the worldly and spiritual- providing awareness and life energy. Consequently, all life within the physical world exists simultaneously on multiple levels of physical and spiritual reality; each of these two dimensions […]

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Radio Show Appearance, 6/6/18, 8- 9 pm

Dr. Stewart Bitkoff Radio Show Guest Appearance: This Wednesday, June 6, 2018, 8-9pm EST, Mystic Living Today, “Natalie Meets the Authors,” An Interview with Dr. Stewart Bitkoff To Listen Visit: www.blogtalkradio.com/starzcast  Join Dr. Stewart Bitkoff, award winning author, authority on Sufi learning, Wednesday 6/6/18, 8 pm EST, as Mystic Living Today’s radio talk show host, Natalie, interviews the […]

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Yin & Yang

Often life on this planet is ‘a bitch.’  One moment is carefree- the next is filled with struggle, pain and death. Bob Dylan said it best, ‘he who isn’t busy being born is busy dying.’  Yes, the decay is progressive- we are all headed to that ‘hole in the ground.’  Some of us slowly and […]

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