Tag: spiritual growth
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Fasting, Prayer, and Meditation: Ancient Wisdom Meets Modern Science
For thousands of years, spiritual traditions around the world have encouraged three simple practices: fasting, prayer, and meditation. Long before microscopes, molecular biology, or neuroscience, people believed these practices purified the body, calmed the mind, and opened the heart to the Divine. Today, modern science is beginning to uncover fascinating biological changes that occur during…
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Discernment in an Age of Uncertainty
We live in a time when nearly every important decision is met with conflicting voices. Whether the subject is vaccines, medicine, nutrition, politics, religion, or spirituality, one thing becomes clear: human beings are searching for certainty in a world that rarely offers it. Why do some people hesitate? Often, it is not simply because they…
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The Ethiopian Bible says Heaven is Not what the Church Teaches
In the Ethiopian vision, heaven is not a distant place above the world but a sacred reality woven into everyday life. This belief is reflected in Lalibela, where churches were carved downward into living rock rather than built upward, symbolizing the discovery of God’s presence within creation rather than escape from it. Ethiopia’s spiritual imagination…
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The Kingdom Is Within You: Awakening to the One Infinite Creator
How Can We Know Ourselves? One of the most profound instructions attributed to Jesus is found in the Gospel of Thomas: “Know yourselves.” At first glance, the instruction seems simple. But what does it actually mean? Most of us spend our lives getting to know our careers, families, hobbies, opinions, and the world around us.…
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The 51% Teaching: A Simple Choice That Changes Everything
One of the most intriguing connections in my research is between The Law of One and Oahspe. Oahspe: A New Bible was first published in 1882, almost a century before the Ra contact (1981–1984). It was produced by John Ballou Newbrough (1828–1891), an American dentist, physician, inventor, and spiritual seeker. Newbrough was well educated for…
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The Illusion of the Elite: Orion, Free Will and why Humanity gives way to its power
Throughout human history, a relatively small number of people have often held enormous influence over the lives of the many. Kings ruled kingdoms. Empires conquered nations. Religious authorities claimed divine power. Governments created systems of law and control. Wealth became concentrated among small groups, while ordinary people often struggled simply to survive. Today, the names…
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The Holy Spirit and Infinite Intelligence
Since I was a child growing up in a Christian church, I heard countless sermons about the Holy Spirit. As a child, it was difficult to visualize, much less understand. Like most children, I accepted what I was taught by the adults around me. But as we grow older, many of us begin asking deeper…
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The Journey Within
Spiritual growth is why we are here. It is not something we accomplish in a weekend seminar or discover in a single profound moment. It is the work of a lifetime—a quiet, patient journey of seeking truth, discovering our authentic nature, and remembering who we have always been beneath the many roles we play. The…
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Reincarnation: From Ancient Wisdom to the Law of One
Reincarnation is one of humanity’s oldest spiritual ideas: the belief that death is not the end of consciousness, but a transition. The body falls away, while the deeper self continues—learning, healing, and eventually returning to experience another life. Although different traditions use different language, many describe life as a school for the soul. We are…