Meditation

While experiences and other people can challenge us to grow on our journey, our ability to meet those people and experiences with consciousness and intention to grow and serve God is dependent on the ongoing preparation that we do to realize the opportunity in the moment.

No matter how much we train the mind to stay present with our current moment to moment experience, we are not able to pay attention if we don’t want to. Sometimes life is so uncomfortable or painful that we don’t want to pay attention to the present, we want to escape.

How do we wake up each morning, stay connected to the goodness of creation, and be an instrument of love and truth within this dark time?

When we live in awe, we live with gratitude, with openness, and with the desire that our words and actions serve the Good.

The point of spiritual practice is to create sustaining habits of relating to each moment that allow us to feel deeply a part of God’s presence. Feeling deeply a part of God’s presence means that we are conscious that every aspect of our experience is vital, alive, has intelligence and purpose. This knowing is not