With spiritual maturity comes empowerment, in our individual lives, and in our relations with others. Communities become empowered by acting together, in harmony. Power can be taken, but not ... Read More about Empowering
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Having a Sense of Connectedness
Everything is part of the universe. A human being is a part of the whole, called by us ‘Universe,’ a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something ... Read More about Having a Sense of Connectedness
Being Self-actualized
Being self-actualized - being all that we can be and are best suited to be - is a measure of living ethically. It is one way of looking at the supreme aim of living. A musician must make music, an ... Read More about Being Self-actualized
Living with Vitality
Vitality is the power component of spirituality, its strength. Many of us live as though we were half asleep. Spiritual vitality is the opposite of that. It is a state of being vibrantly ... Read More about Living with Vitality
Home and Our Debt to the Past
Home refers to the place, physical and spiritual, where we spent our formative years. For some of us, the experience was a great joy and brings back marvelous feelings and memories; for others, not so ... Read More about Home and Our Debt to the Past
Being Reborn, Transfigured, Transformed
A spiritual rebirth is an awakening into a new way of seeing things that matter - our relationships, the world, and self. It was like entering another world, a new state of existence. Natural ... Read More about Being Reborn, Transfigured, Transformed
Living Faithfully
Faith is taking the first step, though you do not see the whole staircase. It is acting to open life's possibilities. It is acting for the good in the face of uncertainty. Faith is the great Creative ... Read More about Living Faithfully
Loving
Love is the great Creative Force in the emotions in our sacred relations with living beings. I define it as the emotion that mirrors the welfare of the loved one(s): if you are happy when another ... Read More about Loving
Honoring Truth (satyagraha)
Recognition of the inner Truth of Being is a powerful creative force. . . . let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream. [The Bible, Amos 5:24.] When someone ... Read More about Honoring Truth (satyagraha)