Recent Spiritual Practices of the Day

W. A. Matthieu in Musical Life Music makes an altar
Robert Thurman in Inner Revolution Imagine yourself to be someone you know
Terry Bookman in The Busy Soul Think about the recognition that has come
Zen Master Seung Sahn in Only Don't Know This is the correct Zen sickness
Hugh Prather in The Little Book of Letting Go If we consistently felt our oneness with our partner
Mark Nepo in The Book of Awakening One key to knowing joy...
John Cage in Going on Being If something is boring
Joyce Rupp in The Star in My Heart If I stay in the darkness long enough
John Backman in Why Can't We Talk Tell me how you got there
David Chadwick in To Shine One Corner of the World: Moments with Shunryu Suzuki A wonderful teaching from Zen master Shunryu Suzuki on the value of beginner's mind.
Mark I. Rosen in Thank You for Being Such a Pain In the school of life, difficult people
Celeste Headlee in We Need to Talk We become the evolution
The Thirteenth Dalai Lama in Gems of Wisdom from the Seventh Dalai Lama We can be good to someone a hundred times
Catherine Blyth in The Art of Conversation A chance to reflect on how your challenging talk worked out.
Rabindranath Tagore in Behold Your Life Every time a child is born
Shunryu Suzuki-roshi in At Home with Dying When you give something
Etty Hillseum in God-Birthing I now realize, God, how much
Celeste Headlee in We Need to Talk If you are unable to engage meaningfully
Lawrence Kushner in Invisible Lines of Connection So that's what it's all about
Godfrey Chips in Walking on the Wind I'm the spirit's janitor
Franz Metcalf in What Would Buddha Do? 101 Answers to Life's Daily Dilemmas Look upon one who tells you your faults
E.B. de Vito in Divine Things We always find ourselves in others
Mary Margaret Funk in Thoughts Matter When deep in sorrow
David Steindl-Rast in Fugitive Faith When I go on my morning walk
Dwight Currie in How We Behave at the Feast: Reflections on Living in an Age of Plenty The next time you find yourself dining
Kathleen Dowling Singh in The Grace in Dying Silence engenders the space
David S. Ariel in Spiritual Judaism The highest form of worship
Helen M. Luke in Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made On A lifetime of habitual reactions stands like
David A. Cooper in Entering the Sacred Mountain I have begun visualizing myself cradled
Shoni Labowitz in God, Sex and Women of the Bible PMS means: pause, meditate