Awakening to Your Cosmic Purpose
By Nicolae Tanase – Excellence Reporter on June 7, 2025 Excellence Reporter is a unique, contemplative online journal and multimedia platform dedicated to exploring one of humanity’s most enduring questions: “What is the meaning of life?” Founded and curated...
Saying “I Love You”
Learning How to See invites listeners into contemplative practices that strengthen our ability to see through the eyes of love. CAC faculty member Carmen Acevedo Butcher leads this guided meditation: We’re going to meditate on love in a very personal and...
Kids Value Humility Over Arrogance, Study Finds
In a new study, children as young as five-and-a-half years old show a preference for intellectually humble adults over overconfident ones, signaling an innate appreciation for open-mindedness. The research, led by Shauna Bowes of Vanderbilt University, involved...
Mooji – You Are the Intelligent Space that Allows the Play of Duality
Walking with Mooji Baba In this brief interview, we see Moojibaba develop the theme of Essence and the Joy of Being. In this video, as well as others in this series, Moojibaba gives us guidelines for achieving true and lasting happiness by opening a path to a new way...
Be Brave and Be Yourself
Excerpt from How To Rise Above the Dark Days of Life, Innerself.com magazine, July 28, 2025, By Marie T. Russell Each one of us is unique. We are the only person like us in the whole Universe. So, when we try to be like someone else, not only are we not being true to...
The practice of blessing – a return to the Self
Guest blog by Fabrice Pinel The practice of blessing is often considered a powerful spiritual tool, a source of well-being and miracles. It is less often perceived as a spiritual path in its own right, offering a complete and structured journey of self-realization....
Recognise The Divinity Within You
The divine spark is within each individual, but it needs to be drawn out and fanned into a flame in many souls. Wake up from your slumbers, recognise the divinity within you, and nurture it and allow it to grow and flourish. A seed has to be planted in the soil before...
How Hope Helps Us Build a Meaningful Life
A new study, published in the journal Emotion, underscores the pivotal role hope plays in crafting a meaningful life. Researchers found that more than just a vague sense of well-being, hope is crucial in shaping our perception of life’s significance. Through...
A Collective Impact
Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis considers how individual decisions create collective change: All of us must face and embrace the urgent need for deep social change—change that begins within, then spreads like ripples on a pond, and finally becomes a tsunami of love-inspired...
The Gentle Art of Blessing
This month’s blog is a review by Helena Regan of Pierre’s book The Gentle Art of Blessing, published July 19, 2025, on Goodreads.com. Years after its initial publication, this book continues to touch and change lives. Thank you for this lasting gift to humanity,...
Surrendering
Surrender is the discovery that we are in a river of love and that we float without having to do anything. —David Benner, Surrender to Love Father Richard Rohr considers how surrendering is simply accepting the reality that we are not in control: If we cannot...
Life in Harmony with Nature: The Quiet Wisdom of Masanobu Fukuoka
For our June positive news, we are sharing the following from Excellence Reporter. “The ultimate goal of farming is not the growing of crops, but the cultivation and perfection of human beings.” In a world obsessed with growth, speed, and control, Masanobu Fukuoka...
How Forgiveness Changes You and Your Brain
Excerpt from https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/how_forgiveness_changes_you_and_your_brain “Forgiveness … does not mean condoning or endorsing anything that was done that caused harm to you. Forgiving also does not necessarily involve trying to reconcile...
Excerpt from “The Force of Kindness” – Sharon Salzberg
Our guest blog this month is an excerpt from Sharon Salzberg’s book The Force of Kindness. Sharon is a meditation pioneer, world-renowned teacher, and New York Times bestselling author. She is among the first to bring mindfulness & lovingkindness meditation to...
Contemplation: A Path to Compassion
Excerpt from CAC’s meditation Friday, March 28, 2025, Fr. Richard Rohr Father Richard reminds us that regular contemplative practice is not an end in and of itself, but for the sake of solidarity with the suffering of the world: One of the main works of contemplation...
Being Kind–and Believing Others are Kind–Makes you Happier Than Wealth:
Believing that a wallet will be returned if dropped in public is one of the most important indicators of well-being and happiness. In fact, it’s 7 times more impactful that doubling your income, according to the World Happiness Report 2025 just released this week....
The Serenity Prayer – a guide for the soul
Although widely known, the Serenity Prayer remains an invaluable tool for regaining inner balance and calm. Its universal values and timeless wisdom transcend all forms of spirituality, offering everyone, whatever their path, a path to peace. Sometimes it’s the...
The meaning of life and simplicity of life
The text below is the translation of an excerpt from a book by Pierre published in 1996 by Jouvence. Pierre used to share it with participants at some of his workshops. Simplicity of life is much more than just consuming a little less; and to present it in this way is...
Just Add Love: A Recipe for Life, Love and Happiness
by Marie T. Russell. Many years ago, someone I knew had a “mantra” or “catch-phrase” which he repeated to all who were willing (or not) to hear. And it was: “Love Is All There Is”. And while I felt was a lofty statement, part of me bristled every time I heard it....
Growing a Flourishing Future
Food has the power to transform. Consumed, it can turn sickness into health. Given as a gift, it can turn worry into hope. And when the knowledge and ability to grow food are passed to an individual, it has perhaps the most power: to transform multiple lives and...
A Blossoming Journey: The Inspiring Symbolism of the Cherry Tree
Excerpts from Excellence Reporter, February 25, 2025 The Cherry tree, adorned with gentle pink and white blossoms, has long been revered across many cultures for its breathtaking beauty and profound spiritual resonance. In particular, its symbolism holds deep roots in...
Why is blessing always the best option?
Our translation of a video produced in French by Fabrice Pinel ~ https://youtu.be/m_qanQAtA8U?si=t6yUxqEJANzB-imW Fabrice Pinel created a YouTube channel called Poésie Sacrée (Sacred Poetry). Having been deeply touched by Pierre’s writings, he decided to use his...
We are all One
The blessing below was written by Pierre at the request of Humanity’s Team for Global Oneness Day 2016. Nine years later, amidst the crises and chaos existing in many parts of the globe, it is ever more important and urgent for all of us to communicate and...
When Life listens to our inner truth
Have you ever noticed that Life listens to us, but not always in the way we expect? It perceives what’s behind our words, our intentions and even our actions. It’s not what we say on the surface that she hears; it’s the energy and deep beliefs that...
Transforming Old Cement Bags into Solar-Charging Backpacks to Help Children Read at Night!
A local entrepreneur in Tanzania is clearing two hurdles in one leap by transforming old cement bags into backpacks that include a small solar panel to power a reading light. By clearing municipal waste and helping rural children study after dark, the bags won the...
Between the Notes: The Gift of Silence and Stillness
Sheryl Chard, Grateful Living Silence and its close ally stillness are paradoxical sources of life, beauty, and vibrancy. Br. David Steindl-Rast describes silence as something “not only as perceived by the ears, but also a quietness of the heart, a lucid stillness...
Accepting myself completely
The March blog is a translation of a text written by Pierre which he used to share with participants in some of his personal development workshops. As of today, I’ve decided to start/continue with the process of accepting myself totally, as I am, with no...
Our Cosmic Context
In her book Race and the Cosmos, Dr. Barbara Holmes expands the quest for justice and liberation to a cosmic level. Excerpted from https://cac.org/daily-meditations/our-cosmic-context/ Any community that we construct on Earth will be only a small model of a...
Historic Edinburgh Airport Runway Site to Become Vibrant Community With 3,000 Homes
For 102 years, an airport runway in Scotland witnessed the likes of The Beatles, Marlene Dietrich, and a slew of British Supermarine Spitfires touching down on its tarmac. But the airstrip, which began as just a humble line of grass, retired in 2018, and the plot of...
Accepting an invitation
You were not randomly chosen or forced in any way to show up on the planet in this form. It was not an accident, nor was it good or bad luck, or chance. It was an invitation from Grace. And guess what? You said, “I’m in!” You came here to learn as much as you were...
Love – the supreme authority
This blog is an excerpt from Pierre’s book Apprendre à s’aimer Available only in French, our translation “To love is to desire the true good for others and for oneself”. There is a reality in the universe that constitutes the ultimate Reality, a law that nullifies all...
Building Bridges for Radical Belonging
Rev. Ben McBride encourages us to listen to our hearts as well as those of our neighbors to build bridges and live out our belonging to one another: You don’t have to have anything to get started, really: just a will, which I believe is already within you, and a way....
Bees, a solution to the conflict between elephants and humans
Elephants regularly trample crops and pastures on their migration routes. In Kenya, a nine-year study has shown that fences fitted with beehives are a very effective way of keeping the pachyderms at bay; they also enable honey to be harvested, providing an additional...
Change Through Relationship
In this interview for the Daily Meditations, Sikh activist and author Valarie Kaur places love at the center of our ability to bring about wholeness in a divided world: What does it mean to return to a kind of wholeness where the way that we love informs what we do in...Why send love to dictators or leaders whose policies we disapprove of?
Luc Bodin, who shared Pierre’s blessing for politicians on his site https://bit.ly/49IE2Kj has a very good answer to the question below Q. Why send love to dictators or leaders whose policies we disapprove of? If we send them negative thoughts , we lower their...
A Letter of Gratitude to Pierre Pradervand
The January guest blog is in the form of a letter written by Mary Davis from Every Day Spirit. Learn more at everydayspirit.net. Dearest Pierre, Although you left our world on July 26, 2024, your love lives on through the countless souls who were graced by your...
The Art of Loving
By Pierre Malotiaux, Le Murmure du Coeur Love, as I feel it in the depths of my being, surpasses any definition one might try to assign to it. It is an infinite energy, a sacred breath that permeates every moment, every heartbeat, every movement of life. True,...
A look at the Rise of Nature Prescriptions
“It was a naturopathic doctor (ND) who handed me my first PaRx—a park prescription, sometimes called a ParkRx or NatureRx. I had exhausted all the treatment options with my family doctor and had turned to alternative medicine for answers. In addition to several...
Invisible blessings
Nicole Charest To bless is to acknowledge the omnipresent, universal beauty hidden to material eyes; it is to activate the law of attraction which, from the furthest reaches of the universe, will bring into your life exactly what you need to experience and enjoy....Thoughts to ponder
