Spiritual Growth

Love: Human and Divine

How many loved your moments of glad grace, And loved your beauty with love false or true, But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you, And loved the sorrows of your changing face. – William Butler Yeats Americans often finish their phone calls with relatives by saying “Love you!” @Pexels: Words may become inflated and empty when used too … Read More

Meditation, Spiritual Growth

How to Cultivate Even-Mindedness

Now, tomorrow, and always I shall place the God of meditation-born peace on the altars of my silence, of my activities, of my emotions, and of all my spiritual perceptions. —Paramhansa Yogananda Yogananda called even-mindedness the most important condition for happiness. In 2020, I wrote an article called:  Meditation: The Key to Even-Mindedness, where the emphasis was on meditation to cultivate even-mindedness. … Read More

Spiritual Growth

Mother of Us All

Mother of Us All @Unsplash Our neighbor’s car door was badly scratched. The householder, a dentist, had sandpapered the damaged area on the driver-side door, but that had only served to highlight the need for the whole door to be repainted. The little boy I was at that time, normally inattentive to concerns about cars, couldn’t help but notice the … Read More