Must the Spiritual Path Be Difficult?

Many people get seduced into thinking that by walking a spiritual path they will obtain some sort of divine protection from anything that is too difficult and too painful. The fact is, the spiritual path is difficult. No matter how you slice it, it comes up difficult.

It’s good to know this from the [...]

Letting Go After a Loss

By Jennie Marlow

Question: I’m having a hard time getting over a break-up. She’s moving on and I’m still hurting over it. I gave my power away in this relationship big time. It’s a pattern I have had with previous relationships. Possibly life in general. Any advice in regaining my power? Thanks- Mark

Mark, the [...]

Making the Connection: Part 2

By Rebecca Traver

Learning how to implement our creative gifts in service of our spirit’s longing for essence, the feeling experience we want, instead of our mind’s attachment to form, fear, and fantasy is the work at hand as we evolve our lives. We have a tendency to tip out of [...]

Stumbling Down the Path

Lately I have found myself in some challenging circumstances. Aging parents with various accompanying scenarios have occupied much of my time and most of my thought. And to my disappointment, I have not been at my best. I have watched myself pushing energy all over the place — insisting I’ve got the answers; worrying endlessly about imagined, future scenarios; doing all the talking and none of the listening.