Happiness is eating a delicious chocolate bar. It’s a physical pleasure that lasts a very short time. What if you could find something akin to happiness, only deeper and longer lasting? Kind of like a permanent orgasm? Would you want some? Joy dives deeper and lasts longer. It’s a spiritual experience that comes from within. [...]
About Debra Moffitt
Debra Moffitt is the award winning author of "Awake in the World: 108 Practices to Live a Divinely Inspired Life" and "Garden of Bliss". A visionary, dreamer and teacher, she’s devoted to nurturing the spiritual in everyday life. She leads workshops on spiritual practices at the Sophia Institute and other venues in the U.S. and Europe. Her mind/body/spirit articles, essays and stories appear in publications around the globe and were broadcast by BBC World Services Radio. She has spent over fifteen years practicing meditation, working with dreams and doing spiritual practices. Discover more at her Awake in the World Website, on Facebook and on Twitter.
Ten Days With Tetanus: Why We Need to Question Vaccines
There is growing controversy around vaccines. A weighty social contingent claims that they are beneficial and necessary. While that may be true in some circumstances, a recent experience with a tetanus cocktail that included diphtheria and polio is making me question mainstream attitudes. About two weeks ago a doctor gave me a shot of the [...]
Let’s Walk Together for World Labyrinth Day!
May 4th is Labyrinth Day and a good opportunity to circle inward to your Self and spend some time focusing on oneness. Proclaimed world Labyrinth Day by the Labyrinth Society, it’s an opportunity to become familiar with this spiritual practice of walking on a guided path into the center and following the same path back [...]
How to Connect With Your Inner Secret Garden of Joy
If you do not know the difference between pleasure and joy you have not yet begun to live. – Thomas Merton Everyone wants to find happiness, but what if there is something deeper, something more lasting? Happiness is good. It’s a wonderful feeling that comes from buying a new dress or eating an ice cream [...]
Cooking with Love: How to Practice Mindfulness in the Kitchen
Many mindfulness practices are done in yoga studios or meditation rooms where everything is designed to be calm and peaceful. This is a nice way to begin the practice of meditation, but real meditation starts to take place when it’s intimately integrated into daily life. What better place to start than in the kitchen?! The [...]
Who Needs A Partner When You Can Marry Your Self?
Do you think that you need someone else to make you happy? Why not marry yourself instead? Nadine Schweigert, a woman in South Dakota who had been through a divorce, created a wedding ceremony to marry herself. If that sounds strange to you, then maybe you’ve never abandoned your true Self. But if you’re like [...]
Breakdown to Breakthrough: Creating Community Through Crisis
“Crisis offers a possibility to awaken as a participant in conscious evolution.” – Barbara Marx Hubbard In the light of tragedy and catastrophe it’s easy to wonder why and become resigned. Instead, Barbara Marx Hubbard says,“Crisis has been a part of evolution of the species since its conception.” She sees big social challenges as an [...]
Karma 101: Cause and Effect for Beginners
Karma simply means the effects of our actions. It’s like planting a seed and watching it grow. The more conscious we are of the seeds we plant through our thoughts, words, and actions, the more we can consciously shape our destiny. When we eat a little too much today, tomorrow, and again the next day, [...]
Cool Riders Inspire Spiritual Balance
Recently while out on a walk I saw some guys doing some really cool things with bikes. It was like graceful choreography as they balanced on pedals on the wheel axels, swung the bodies of the bikes around and all while moving forward and backward. It was pretty amazing and I couldn’t help but think [...]
From Zero to Spiritual Superhero: Attitudes for Everyday
We make choices everyday. We can choose to be a zero and make no effort to grow and transform or we can be inspired and become spiritual heroes to ourselves and those around us. Elevated souls like the Buddha, Jesus, Ramakrishna, Mohammad, Krishna and Guru Nanak were all spiritual superheroes. They approached life’s many challenges [...]
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