Spiritual Articles

Reflections on the Sacred Path

A growing collection of essays on awareness, the nature of the soul, free will, forgiveness, and the daily practices that quiet the mind and open the heart. Each piece weaves together direct experience with teachings from the world's wisdom traditions.

The Language Jesus Spoke

Behind the Gospels’ Greek and Latin stands Aramaic — the language Jesus actually spoke — and the words open differently in his native tongue.

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Pranayama: Ancient Breath Control

The Sanskrit science of breath — a 5,000-year-old yogic practice for regulating life force and entering higher states of consciousness.

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Happiness: Everyone's Dilemma

Everyone wants to be happy — yet why does the conventional pursuit so often leave us empty? On the difference between fleeting pleasure and lasting peace.

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Understanding the Soul

From Aristotle and Plato to Carl Jung — what is this thing called soul, and can we ever truly lose it?

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Pondering Reincarnation

From Brian Weiss's case studies to ancient traditions — examining the evidence for past lives and what reincarnation suggests about who we really are.

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Is Free Will Free?

Neuroscience shows the brain decides before you know it — what does that mean for free will, and what kind of liberty might still be ours?

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Another Look at Forgiveness

Beyond the seven-times-seventy of religious teaching — what forgiveness becomes when we stop seeing ourselves as victims.

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What Sparks Enthusiasm: My Memory of Fran

A personal memory of Fran — a young man whose vivid presence revealed the sacred meaning of en-theos, the god within.

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Spiritual But Not Religious

On the longing for the sacred without the institution — and why both spirituality and religion, properly understood, point to the same horizon.

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