Ten days ago I was happily unemployed. Being a Type A personality, I was not, however, idle. Since being laid off in April 2016, I wrote a book, Faith without Labels — A Guide to Eclectic Spirituality, and sent query letters to every New Age publisher listed in the Writer's Market. I also created and built an …
Spirituality vs Religion
Amanda's perspective on spirituality vs. religion is so on target and clearly stated that I wanted to share it with my readers. I encourage you to follow her and show her some love at https://semanticsstation.wordpress.com/.
Thank you for the nomination!
I was utterly shocked -- and totally delighted -- to discover that ALALYAK, author of one of my favorite blogs, ESSENCENTRAL, had nominated me for a Mystery Blogger award! Thank you so much, ALALYAK! I invite my readers to follow ESSENCENTRAL, which has been nominated twice for the Mystery Blogger award, for some of the most thoughtful, …
Spiritual Being
The following post was written by Olga and appeared on her excellent blog: Act 3. I encourage my readers to get to know Olga, who has a refreshing, open minded, and logical take on spirituality. Spiritual Being JANUARY 15, 2017 ~ OLGA I am interested in religion. Maybe curious about religion is a better characterization. I have always …
What price love?
Once upon a time, my husband and I had a pet chukar partridge. No, that's not a punchline. We really did have a partridge.
Shine your brightest light
I believe that our bond stemmed directly from my conscious decision to be of service in a job that was most definitely not a helping profession.
Do you believe?
The following article was originally posted by calensariel. It made such a powerful impact on me that I wanted to share it with my readers. I hope that you enjoy this, the first “guest post” on my Eclectic Spirituality blog. I encourage you to subscribe to calensariel’s blog for more thoughtful spiritual reflections.
Have been over to Denzil Walton’s blog Life Sentences reading his Sunday Supplement post. He reblogged a post about discovering angels in your life. It resonated with me because I’ve had exactly the kind of experience he described in his first paragraph. He said,
All of us probably have stories where a complete stranger seemed to appear at just the right time to prevent an accident, help us make the right decision, find something that was lost etc. etc.
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One afternoon fifteen years ago or so I was on the interstate on my way home from work in March or April. The weather was beautiful. The snow was melting, the roads were clear. It was no where near rush hour so there wasn’t a lot of traffic. I was just tooling along listening to the radio when I came round a bend in the highway and a huge gray…
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The woman in the mirror
The beginning of the year is always an introspective time for me, though not for the reason you may think. Yes, there are the usual New Year resolutions and intentions, but, for me, January begins the inevitable descent to my next birthday, which is in April. Throughout the years, that descent has generated a myriad of emotions, particularly if the upcoming birthday was a major milestone.
Is New Age spirituality bad for young people’s mental health?
I recently happened upon an article entitled DIY religions: more harm than good, which opens with the following paragraph: Meditation, crystal therapy, self-help books – think they’re making you happier? Think again. A Brisbane academic has found a strong link between new-age spirituality and poor mental health in young people. While I contend that New …
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Resolutions, intentions and vision boards
Habit is habit, and not to be flung out the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs one step at a time. -- Mark Twain According to a December 11, 2016 Static Brain poll, 45% of Americans "usually make New Year's resolutions," despite the fact that 24% "never succeed and fail on their resolution each year." …