A Mystic Journey

Summary of “Introduction toTranscending the Divide: A Spiritual Approach to Our Social Unrest” (See Oct 17, 2022 post). The introduction presented the Seven Cosmic Principles, or Universal Laws: Connection, Law and Order, Change, Pattern, Cycles, Balance, and Creation. These Cosmic Principles relate to the 4 Required Actions of I. Release Insecurity, II. Accept Responsibility, III.…

In reading this, you are already on your spiritual path. The challenge, however, is to go deeper and commit to allowing your faith to be stronger with more conviction. This series of 5 posts “Transcending the Divide: A Spiritual Approach to Our Social Unrest” focuses on finding personal peace and changing ourselves, not others.  Our…

I am amazed how powerful this novel is almost 40 years after I originally read it. Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse speaks to our duality, that part of us that is “human” and that part the novel describes as “wolf,” or the shadow side we try to hide. But, as Hesse suggests, we are more than…

I love Louise Erdrich’s powerful use of language in her novel, Love Medicine, but her characters are what I most admire. She portrays Native Americans with their strengths and their weaknesses, and while we may not initially like many of the characters, they grow on us as we experience their stories. There is a potency,…

This is the second post in which I write about a favorite old book. I loved Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig (1974) years ago Funny, but what we knew in our youth was a surprising wisdom. Sure, we tend to be smarter as the years go on, but when it…