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“Leave behind all regrets about the past, let us not make the path to the future difficult for ourselves. The very mistakes of the past must not fix attention upon themselves. Striving into the future must be so strong that the light will not grow dim in eyes which are not directed backwards. Let us…

“In the practice of Intimate Communion we learn that love is something you do, not something you fall into or out of. Love is something that you practice, like playing tennis or the violin, not something you happen to feel or not. If you are waiting to feel love, in passionate sex or safe conversation,…

“How would love wash a dish? While standing at the kitchen sink, breathing love in and out of your heart, feeling outward to the moment’s open edge, how does your body rub the soapy sponge across the surface of each plate? How can you give your open heart-truth to your coworkers, even when you disagree…

The Chattering boys are out of school all week, so today I took them to New York City’s historic Central Park Zoo (I had to blog until three in the morning to earn this day off, but I’m so glad I did.) Spring is in full flower here; the portrait artists were hawking their services…

I’ve been thinking about the soul of money because, as you know, it’s tax time. Happily, our 2005 return is ready to mail, but once again, Mr. Chattering and I won’t know what we’re really owed; we’re too busy with parenthood and spiritual development to itemize our home-office deductions. A third of our finished basement…

“Spiritual development is basically an attempt to balance two opposing forces in human nature. We are two-natured beings. One in us moves toward God, and the other moves out toward the world. This is humanity’s uniqueness, its glory, and its challenge. To find the force within ourselves that can balance and find the proper place…

From reader Pacific231: “Borg’s “Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time” is essential reading. I could totally relate to his personal religious conundrum and found his book extremely helpful.” From reader Rebecca T:“I’m not a fan of Borg myself. It’s not that I think he’s horrible or digging his own pit in hell or anything,…

Do you want to eat healthier and raise kids with good eating habits, but lack new ideas as you stand at the health food store thinking, “I’m so tired of packing my kid’s lunch, I can barely stand it”? My heartfelt thanks go to Beliefnet’s Spirituality Editor Valerie Reiss for alerting me to the most…

“Somehow the notion of putting specific requests to God strikes me as unseemly, if not absurd. I squirm when I hear trendy clergymen asking God to attend to our balance of payments, or to adjust the terms of trade more in accordance with the interests of under-developed countries, or to ensure, in a forthcoming general…

“National boundaries are illusions. They are man made. So for instance, if a rainforest is cut down, we lose the lungs of our planet. And when the lungs are lost, the results are felt throughout the whole world.” —Dr. Brian Weiss
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