In summer we calmed ourselves and rested. Now, at the beginning of winter and the end of the calendar year, many people restore their souls and refresh their spirits in another way: with joyous and ... Read More about Celebrating
8 Harvest and Celebration
Living Religiously
Living religiously is living in harmony with the divine. We may see the divine as the highest good and the most important values; life's central concerns. Each of the values in this model is a part of ... Read More about Living Religiously
Following a Sacred Calling
A sacred calling is a person's sense of being drawn into the life activity that best fulfills the person's commitment to the most meaningful thing(s) in the person's life. It expands on commitment ... Read More about Following a Sacred Calling
Ineffability
Suffering, cheerfully endured, ceases to be suffering and is transmuted into an ineffable joy. [Mohandas Gandhi, October 13, 1921] . . . those rare souls whose spirit gets magically into the hearts of ... Read More about Ineffability
Living Purposefully
As a young man, I had a vision of how life might be - how I wanted it to be. I made some choices, sacrificing some things for other things, with a wordless conviction that the path of my life would be ... Read More about Living Purposefully
Living with Good Orderly Direction
The intellectual component of the sacred anchor is direction: the rules by which we live. Many people omit this from their conception of the sacred or religious life, mentioning only meaning and ... Read More about Living with Good Orderly Direction
Living with Meaning
Part of the problem with the word disabilities is that it immediately suggests an inability to see or hear or walk or do other things that many of us take for granted. But what of people who can't ... Read More about Living with Meaning
Living a Sacred Life
Every thinking person must be filled with wonder and awe just by looking up at the stars. [Albert Einstein] For a Humanist and scientific naturalist, the palpable reality of life is sacred; and if ... Read More about Living a Sacred Life
Savoring the Moment
Savoring the moment is living in the here and now, enthusiastically. The decision to make the present moment a friend is the end of the ego. [Eckhart Tolle] Happiness, not in another place but ... Read More about Savoring the Moment