Spiritual Growth Articles

Traveling across the US has been an old dream of mine for quite some time. Just recently I had the opportunity to experience Divine Creating at it's best by fulfilling that almost forgotten dream. On Sunday July 3 my daughter and I completed the four day trip across this beautiful country from Saugerties, New York to Seattle, Washington. How appropriate that our traveling across the US was during the 4th of July weekend!

Objective: Learn how to ‘let go’ and flow. What are emotional blockages? I think we can all answer that question with a variety of responses from our direct experience. How might we learn from them? Here I’ll present some interesting and possibly new points of view you may not have thought about before now. Some things may be just refreshers of what you already know. Hopefully you’ll gain some new tools to apply in your daily living. Definition of terms: Attachments to outcome: Holding an emotional charge or feeling for a desired result.

Fear is an everyday emotion. It drives us to do things which we would not normally do. It has us acting and behaving in ways that are not who we truly are: divine beings of love, created in the likeness of God. Each day, we are inspired by the energy of love to be who we truly are. Yet we ...

I remember watching civil rights workers being hosed down by police on the national news. I remember the march on Washington to which hundreds of thousands of people traveled on a hot summer day to hear that "I Have a Dream" speech. I remember President Johnson signing into law the Voting ...

I became a mother when I was seven years old. An all consuming love happened in an instant, as it does for some new mothers, when my angelic brother, just having been adopted, was brought home at seven days old. When I first saw him, gorgeous as a crescent moon, with blond tiny ringlets, I was seeing God for my first time in the depth of his hazel eyes. From that moment he was mine; loving him as if he had come from my own body.

(1) Keeping a Spiritual journal is a wonderful way to record your ideas, break through mental barriers, clarify your thoughts, refine your goals, express your creativity, and provide an open channel for new feelings and intuitions to flow freely. You may want to place a Title on the cover and write a short dedication (perhaps a sentence or two, or a prayer, or a favorite quote or sacred poem) as an initial entry: the first step is always the hardest, so start with something easy like this.

Given I’m an inspirational writer and speaker, I often run into individuals who want to know, “Is it okay for me to be assertive?” I always tell them, “That depends.” We’re all born with a dominant fight or flight responses. This benefits us in life or death situations, but most often ...

In spirituality we read much about authenticity and integrity, but I’m not always sure we have a clear understanding of these terms. Some folks have told me they believe these words refer to being honest and true to themselves, but I most often feel that they are speaking about their ego-self ...

1. Cultivate Compassion- We can all improve the quality of our lives by looking more often through the lens of love and compassion. The Buddhists have a term called lovingkindness, which is a practice that they consciously cultivate. The yogis use a Sanskrit term called 'ahimsa', which is one ...

Don Miguel Ruiz, author of “The Four Agreements” and my personal mentor, spoke on more than one occasion about living one’s life in a totally different way than we had been taught to live; what he called ”living the will of God.” He asked us to imagine what living the will of God might look ...

Through a Simple Twist of Faith Part one of a three-part article written by Randi G. Fine I was born into a highly observant Jewish family. My mother’s father, a Lithuanian immigrant, was a pious man. He was a cantor by trade—an ordained Jewish clergy with a magnificent voice who joined the rabbi in leading his congregation in Hebrew prayer. Whether in the synagogue or at home, my grandfather sung prayers to the God he believed in and loved, all day long. He never failed to

Yesterday I was talking to a client who is struggling in her business. She has skill, experience and amazing wisdom and yet she admits she is piddling around. I asked her what she thinks is holding her back. With a huge sigh of frustration she was quick to admit this: "I am having trouble ...

Many years ago, when I was in Law School my wife and I worked with Catholic Engaged Encounter. We would go to meetings. We worked diligently to prepare talks and to learn them. We would spend weekends away actually giving the weekends. At the time I worked for one of the councilmen in New ...

As I write this, I am looking out over Collins Avenue, in Miami Beach, Florida. It is Christmas Eve and there are a handful of cars on the road. The weather is a delightful 64 degrees Fahrenheit and a cool breeze licks my fingertips. The ocean is over my shoulder and dozens of palm trees stand motionless, the night sky cloaking their lush green fronds and sturdy brown trunks. I steady my eyes over a family of palms waiting for one to sway, but tonight they seem to prefer stil

Question: A thought/concept... If we are to make an assumption that good and evil do exist, that they are opposites of the same condition of existence and strive against each other, that existence is the state of being, that reality is simply the observable portion of existence...I am rambling, but this is the way my thoughts, my conscious and unconscious are struggling at the moment. To the point; good is love that tends towards order and higher functioning, the opposite is

‘Your money, or your life; choose’ is a question that you may not think about because you are so busy living, that you forget to stop and think about what you want as a way of life. You may have landed a job, but have you looked around to see how you feel in this position? It is good for you to be working, but what price do you pay to have this job and this way of life? Is anyone in your family, (yourself included) suffered because of the sacrifices you have made and are still making? Over stepping your boundaries

Heavenletters™, bringing Earth closer to Heaven. HEAVEN is here to reach every soul on earth to reawaken: * Our connection to God *n* Our belief in ourselves *n* Our awareness of our shared worthiness to God *n* Peace on Earth * God is always bringing us closer to Him. God said: It is not that you teach people. You do not teach. You do not explain. You are not an instructor. You are a revealer. You are an exponent of knowledge and love. You may talk, but you are not a talke

Want to get back to the confident and self-fulfilled person you used to be? Wondering how you're going to be a better mom, a better spouse, or a better business leader? If you are stuck in the muck and mire of a situation that is wearing you down, as a result you are feeling anxious, depressed, ...

The “Gimme” Spirituality of The Secret 'Greed, like the love of comfort, is a kind of fear.' Cyril Connolly (1903-1974) Leave it to our consumer capitalist culture to turn even high spiritual principles into cash. The creed of spiritual materialism has been inching up on us for some time from ...

I’ve just had the great pleasure of reading The Timekeeper by Mitch Albom. The book explores how time is man-made. It appears that seconds, minutes, hours, weeks and months only exist in the our minds. We made them up so we can run our modern world. For many though, time ensnares us. The book tells the story of a man who is facing death wishing that time could slow down. By way of contrast, an angst-ridden teenager wishes that time would speed up. Old Father Time rues the day he started the clock ticking.

Easter People-Our Greater Yet To Be The Easter experience for Jesus’ disciples was chaos. What had happened? Their great master had been crucified. It is suggested that he was seen in a celestial-light body, yet physical enough to be present even touched by Thomas.r

I was recently on a business trip to Guadalajara. On the return flight a young family was seated a couple of rows up from me. They had a 2 and 4-year-old traveling with them. Once the plane took off, the 2-year-old girl made it quite clear that she was not a happy camper with the air pressure in her little head and started wailing at the top of her lungs to the horror of her parents. It immediately took me back to the time when I traveled with my 2-year-old daughter and had a similar experience. She cried from the moment we took off from Denver to the moment we landed in Chicago.

Do you ever have days where it seems that despite your best efforts you constantly run into a brick wall with relationships, situations or your creative cycle gets thrown out of whack? Frustration is an emotion that triggers stress that can lead to anger that is self inflicted or allowed by others. Taking steps to diffuse frustration will enable you to achieve you desired outcome.r

Many people have this idea that when they feel appreciated they feel happy. Knowing that they make a difference in someone else’s life they are happy. You may look for outside interaction with family, friend or and event to realize that you are happy yet this feeling is going on inside of you all the time without your conscious agreement. Similar to their values Have a career that is similar to their values in life makes them happy. Having a great family makes you happy. Having good co-workers makes you happy. Having good friends makes you happy. Having great vital

Many times you will face attacks by Satan in all kinds of forms. He will seem to be coming at you from all directions, but guess who will still be laughing even in the midst of the assaults? Yes, that's right! YOU!!!! I am a witness that no matter how hard enemies attack, even in the midst of trouble, the dust of confusion, outright devilish assignments and character assassination attempts, God will give you joy over your enemies. You will have joy because of the covering of God. He will cover you so that you will be so immune to Satan's tricks, that you will be able to dance with joy!

“Bambara Nuts - A New Super-Food for Feeding the World” Here is a great tasting high protein nut that is similar to peanuts but even better. Contains lots of antioxidants and anti-inflammatory agents that are wonderful for healing arthritis, anemia, and other inflammatory diseases. And it’s full of protein and can be made into a wonderful probiotic drink and a tasty high protein flour. Bambara Nuts are easy to digest, drought tolerant, easy to grow, and full of great nutrition for feeding all the hungry people of the world.

Over the years I have met lots of people who get ill and expect someone to care for them… and many times they are let down. Expectations Expectations are a type of desire. We want something to be a certain way… and this leads to great pain and suffering. Because many times what we want doesn’t turn out the way we expected. So if we let go of expectations… and decide to allow people to be themselves and care for their own needs. Then we are never let down. Live in the World Now

You are a light to the world. You are a living example of what all of us can achieve. Your personal transformation helps to transform all of us. People who are helping to transform the planet are called light workers. They are bringing light, a higher energy, into life on earth at this time. ...

This past week, I found myself on the road again. My family and I took an emergency road trip to my husband’s home town. Though, not a pleasant reason to travel, I suddenly remembered how much I like the actual process of traveling. When I was a kid, we traveled a lot My parents being from the Czech Republic, we went to Europe often. We also moved a bunch, four new houses in three different states by the time I was ten!

I keep hearing that we are not perfect and I must disagree. Each of us is being the best person we know how to be, at the present moment, with the information we have, and I believe that makes us perfect. We don’t always like everything about ourselves or our lives, which is a catalyst for change. And, although change is sometimes difficult, it is also a wonderful thing. Change has created everything on this planet including you and me. Children change into adults, adults cha

This is one of my communications from 2000. I asked advice about my own jou ey. As you can see, angel answers are about spiritual growth and our own free will impacts greatly upon our jou ey. Like you, I wanted to know the short cut answers, but was directed back to prayer, and the advice ...

Hello, I'm Joy Idries and it wasn't that long ago that I was living in a virtual prison of constant pain and fatigue. I had tried many different ways of getting rid of it but nothing much seemed to work. I might get the edge taken off it for a little while if I took regular drugs but then it ...

Personal Development is not the same thing as Self Development. Personal Development starts with becoming problem free. Solving problems never developed anyone. It just allows one to tolerate a situation until the problem returns. Being problem-free allows me to undertake life as a challenge. Personal Development is a Life Challenge and as I succeed in my life challenges and learn my life lessons, I develop personally on my individual and unique path in life. Learning my lessons and succeeding in my challenges allows me to develop my Self.r

Sometimes life gets pretty tough and dark and a term sometimes used “Walking the dark night of the soul” isn’t far from the truth. nnIt’s during this time a sense of loneliness might be experienced; there’s no-one around to provide comfort or support and we think to ourselves no-one understands and cry “I’ve tried everything” and struggle to find the switch to turn the light back on. nnThis would be a pretty good time to call in for some spiritual help. When s

Every bit of our potential lives outside what we think is possible or probable, outside of who we think we are. The natural self is hidden away behind a false self, and we miss it primarily because we simply don’t know it is there, having been fooled by the puppet show we have been buying ...

Do you know what hidden emotions are express with your finance or is it hidden in plane site from you and your partner? Someone to bail you out There are many emotions express in your finances and some of these are shown as when you get pay and you do your best to spend all the money you have and by the next week day starts you are broke and are looking for someone to bail you out. When someone comes to your rescue you know that you are not alone and you put yourself in a situation to receive help. Your identity The emotions that you are expressing may be that

We have been told that the things we don't like in our children are the same things we don't like in ourselves. We are told that we project our own flaws and issues onto our perceived enemies in an attempt to work them out within ourselves. We stereotype people according to who they hang out ...

It's really easy to press delete, to skip a message, to not answer a call or to judge another person for what they do or don't do. It's easy to move forward and not help another; Oh yes, it's easy. It's easy to pick and poke, joke and frown at everything that someone needs help with..it's easy to be the wolf in sheeps clothing. Yes, it's easy. How do I know?

What images come to mind when you consider the word abundance? Are beautiful homes, shiny cars, lush resorts filled with palm trees and expansive beaches what you imagine? Perhaps sparkling jewels, closets overflowing with designer clothing and endless nights out on the town at first class ...

Coaching is a connection of two minds in communication. The role of the Coach is to ask questions. The task of the Coachee is to find the answers. The Levels of Coaching are determined by how, where, and when the Coachee accesses the answers. A level of coaching is determined by whether: • It accesses the Conscious, Sub-Conscious or Super-Conscious Mind • It is a Dependent, an Inter-dependent or an Inter-developmental Relationship • It addresses the future, the past or the present moment of time • It is intellectual, instinctive or intuitiver

This weekend was exceptional. It was hot and sunny and it seemed as though the days were full of life. Birds were singing, bees were buzzing and crickets were playing their tunes.There were sounds of children splashing in water everywhere. Even the cats were frolicking under the newly leaved bushes. I took time to prepare and plant my garden. Planting for me is very relaxing. I go into myself when I am digging and putting my hands in the earth. As I dug I could feel the tens

The meaning of word “Spirituality” is not understood by everyone. It's meaning can only be understood by the people who have calm and clear-sighted intellect and who are leading a well-disciplined life. The essence of spirituality lies in the self growth and self realization. It is in the love that religion exist, not in the ceremony. Unless a man is pure from his heart, his worshipping to God is useless. Exte al worship is only the symbol of internal worship, but internal wo

If you have had a chance to read my book, Spiritual Novice: Begin the Journey, you know that when I first started to look within and find my spirit it was quite by accident. During my first months, trying to figure out what to do and how to do it, I attended some classes offered through a local “metaphysical store.” If you are just starting out, I think you might relate to my experience below. Crystals are very beautiful and powerful beings. They contain a wealth of knowledg

Step one: Acceptance of present circumstances and reality You cannot change what you do not acknowledge the pink elephant in the living room that everyone seems to want to ignore is going to squish you sooner or later. Standing in your truth is not about judgment or shame or guilt it is about ...Step one: Acceptance of present circumstances and reality

Do you know who you are?nnHave you ever taken the time to think about who you are, seriously? Have you ever taken the time to think about why you are here on this planet? Do you realize that there is not, there never has been, and there never, ever will be another you? You are unique, and there is a reason why you are on this planet: You have a mission to accomplish.nnIf you are not going to be the real you, the rest of us, the whole of humanity, are going to miss out; and if

“We are all spiritual beings traveling a human journey with the common goal of soul advancement.” ~ Eva Rose Are you living a soulful life? Until recently, I don’t believe I could have truthfully answered yes to this question. Don’t misunderstand; I had a wonderful life filled with countless blessings. But there have also been times while travelling this human journey when I felt far more committed to the human tasks of advancing my career and my bank account than nurturing the tasks of my soul. Let me share a brief personal example to make this point.

The room you are in is filled with Angels! The next room you go to will be filled with Angels, and Angels will be at your side with every step you take today. The Angels are with us and are eager to help us. How do I know that? That's my specialty - I am an author, workshop leader and Ordained ...

When the solution is simple, God is answering. Albert Einstei Last night I had a dream. In it, both Mr. Obama and Mrs. Clinton became president of the United States. In my dream, it is the late summer of 2008. The Democratic Convention in Denver has ended in a deadlock and delegates to the ...

Read 2013 again then read 2014. It blends in together. 2014 In 2012 I wrote an article about connecting to your higher self. Last year was about following your path and spirituality to be in a peaceful, joyful place. This year 2013 is about choices we make. Many people are struggling with all these energies coming in and do not understand what is going on. The energies coming in are making us choose which path we will be on positive or negative.

Last weekend marked the end of yet another season of basketball for my daughter. An unusually demanding season, I still found myself looking forward to not just watching her play but to cheer and gab with other parents. It started out as any other season except that I seemed much more emotionally involved regarding the outcome of each game. Not a competitive person by nature, I had my share of competitive tennis growing up. I remember enjoying the mantra of hitting and receiving the ball on my racket but very little interest in winning, or so I thought.r