Spiritual Texts
In this section we will regularly present texts from all horizons which we hope will help those who are on a spiritual path to progress and to broaden their perspective on what constitutes spirituality which many people tend to encompass in rather narrow limits.
We want all readers to feel welcome and included, and while in these texts we will use “God“ whenever an author chooses that term, we should like to point out that there are many, many different names and attributes for deity: divine or cosmic Love, Creator, Source, Infinite Mind, Allah, Buddha, Jehovah, Great Spirit, It, Universe, Principle, Father-Mother, etc. etc. So please choose what best resonates with you!
Doing Good
Whenever the opportunity arises to do something good for others, do not hesitate, do it. Tell yourself, “I want to make myself useful. I want to help those in need and in pain, and never mind if there is nothing in it for me and I am not rewarded for my efforts” And,...
Imagine Something Better
Author Sarah Bessey names the need to be “for” something good, not merely “against” what is wrong: Imagining and contending for what you hope for in this world is one of the hardest and kindest paths I’ve discovered out here. In the midst of all this, don’t forget to...
Expanding Our Images of God
Author Shannon K. Evans finds in Julian of Norwich a model for how to expand our images of God: To Julian of Norwich, feminine depictions of God were not radical, subversive, or rebellious. They were obvious, inevitable, and clear. She didn’t feel the need to defend...
Excerpt from “Keep Going or The Art of Perseverance”
Joseph Marshall III, Lakota writer, historian, teacher. "A young man asked his grandfather why life had to be so difficult sometimes. This is the old man's reply. "Grandfather says this: 'In life there is sadness as well as joy, losing as well as winning, falling as...
Let Your Light Shine: The Path to Collective Healing and Love
Things are not always as they seem. And in our life, we may have the tendency to jump to conclusions or go by appearances. Yet, many truths are hidden and need to be revealed. Our inner guidance needs to be attuned to as it is not always obvious. Yet when we are open...
To those I love and those who love me
When I'm gone, let me go!Let me go.For I have so much to do and see!Don't cry when you think of me!Be grateful for the beautiful yearsDuring which I gave you my love!You can only guessThe happiness you've brought me!I thank you for the love everyone has shown me!Now...
Mending the World
CAC teacher Mirabai Starr writes of Judaism’s affirmation of tikkun olam—human participation in the world’s restoration: There is a kabbalistic story in which the boundless, formless, unified Holy One wished to know its Holy Self, and so it contracted and poured...
We are Here to Love
We are here to love and not to hate,To seek the paths of peace, not war,To forgive and not to avenge,To learn deep life lessonsFrom each other. We are here to learn the laws of Love,The laws of Wisdom,The laws of Truth,The laws of Justice,The laws of Goodness,The laws...
I choose joy over judgment, creativity over slumbering in the mundane, and kindness over criticism
by Mara Branscombe* Comment from Marie T. Russell, co-publisher of InnerSelf.com: The greatest gift we have received is the gift of choice, or what is also known as free will. We can choose to be kind, or not. We can choose to be loving, or not. It's always our...
The Beauty of Service: How Serving the World Elevates Our Spiritual Experience
"We rise by lifting others." - Robert Ingersoll We are sharing below excerpts from a recent blog by Steve Farrell, executive director, Humanity’s Team. You will find a link to his full inspiring article (with a link to a free related webinar) at the end of this...
The Sun Is Always Shining
If darkness has fallen, know that the sun is shining at this very moment, somewhere not too far away.There are times when gloom or darkness causes us to momentarily lose sight of the light. It is at these times when the thought of the sun can help us. Its warm,...
The Five-Point Upshift Manifesto
We are sharing a few passages from an inspiring message from Ervin Laszlo: Humanity’s Sacred Mission – 5 Point Upshift Manifesto.Please click on this link to read the entire...
Our Souls in Service
Physician and teacher Rachel Naomi Remen invites readers to a deeper commitment to soul and service:It often seems that the problems in the world are large and overwhelming and there are limits to what we can accomplish as a single person or even as a single group. It...
Don’t give in to gloom and doom
No, I won't give in to gloom and doom.My power is laughter, joy, the awareness that something greater vibrates behind the media and the world's dramas.No, I'm not a better person if I suffer with those who suffer.No, I'm not a bad person if I choose to be happy no...
The Prayer of Yes
by Bunny McBride, from her book Earthshine: Gifts of Reflected Light There is a life force within your soul;seek that life.There is a gem in the mountain of your body;seek that mine.~ RumiSome years ago, darkness came over me like a lunar eclipse. It began in the...
New Year, New Opportunities
Joanna Macy (b. 1929) has worked for decades to support the Great Turning, a movement towards life-sustaining cultures and economies. She writes:When a change wants to happen, it looks for people to act through. How do we know when a change wants to happen? We feel...
A Place to Worship
Dr. Stewart Bitkoff Magnificent Monastery For the longest time, I wished that I had a church, temple, mosque or synagogue to attend. I could find no special place that called to my heart and helped my soul sing. In years past, there had always been a place: top of a...
Mindfulness of Love
Buddhist practitioners Peggy Rowe Ward and Larry Ward invite us to engage the breaches of the world with the “mindfulness of love”: The mindfulness tradition calls us home to our true hearts and minds, to the realization of our true identity and our connectedness to...
What If?
What If?there was a place where we could practicerespecting religious differences while honoring sameness?Perhaps then we could . . .recognize the face of our brother and sisterbeyond color, dress or language. What if?there was a place where we could...
Compassion
The following excerpt was shared during the 2023 Interfaith Compassion Challenge organized by Servicespace.org and is from the foundation of Kabbalah, Jewish mysticism. It was offered by Ray Davis. He is a singer/songwriter, actor and Qabalist. He lives with his...
Excerpt on Gratitude
from Principles of TransformationIntroduction by Fred Burks, Founder of Peers Though I have worked as a language interpreter for George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and many other world leaders, I am in my core a deeply spiritual being committed to personal and global...