Spiritual Attunement through Meditation

Spiritual Attunement Through Meditation. Episode #132: Inspiration. Today I’ll be sharing quotes from a wide range of spiritual teachers, including Jesus, Dr. Ernest Holmes, Eckert Tollle, Ram Dass, and Soren Kierkegaard. Even though these quotes are random, they all come together to guide and help us to better know and understand ourselves, improve our lives and the lives of those those around us...

Spiritual Attunement Through Meditation. Episode #131: The Pure Land. Today I’ll be sharing the words of Zen Buddhist monk, author, and teacher, Thich Nhat Hanh, from the 2012 book titled The Pocket Thich Nhat Hanh. In this particular chapter he speaks about the concept of The Pure Land and The Kingdom of God. Each podcast episode will also include the preparatory meditation attunement techniques...

Spiritual Attunement Through Meditation. Episode #130: The Spirit Within Today I’ll be sharing material from the 1962 book titled Heal Thyself. These beautiful and gentle words from a spiritual being called White Eagle were channeled through the mediumship of Grace Cook in England. She and her husband Ivan founded the White Eagle Lodge in London in 1936. We'll focus on chapter two, called Realize...

Spiritual Attunement Through Meditation. Episode #129: A Meditation On Meditation. Today, I’ll be sharing a piece author and pastor Marshall Davis wrote for his Substack platform Spiritual Reflections. This insightful short post delves into the nuances and the potential depth of meditation as it relates to clearly understanding our true nature. Mr. Davis works with the concept of non-duality. He a...

Spiritual Attunement Through Meditation. Episode #128: Manifesting the Christ Today I’ll be reading from Paramahansa Yogananda's beautiful book titled the Yoga of Jesus, published by the Self Realization Fellowship in 2007. The book is subtitled Behold, the Kingdom of God is Within You, Understanding the Hidden Teachings of the Gospels. We'll focus today on a section of chapter 1, Jesus’s Principl...

Spiritual Attunement Through Meditation. Episode #127: Seeking Peace Today I'll be reading the forward and preface from the 1998 book titled Seeking Peace, by Johann Christoph Arnold. The two voices who introduce this book, Madeleine L'Engle and Thich Nhat Hanh, speak to their concepts of peace and what true peace means to them. We’ll close the podcast today with the World Peace Ideal, from the As...

Spiritual Attunement Through Meditation. Episode #126: Finding Good. Today I'll be reading from the 1989 book titled, Happiness is an Inside Job, by John Powell. Mr. Powell tells us that happiness is within the reach of all. However, the direction of our reach must be inward, not outward. We must all accept full responsibility for our own happiness. To see happiness from other persons or from thin...

Spiritual Attunement Through Meditation. Episode #125: Finding Refuge. Today I'll be reading from the 2011 book titled, Just One Thing, developing a Buddha brain one simple practice at a time, by Rick Hanson, PhD. In Chapter 28 Mr. Hanson speaks to the concept of finding refuge, and the importance of having a safe place, external or internal, to go to in times of challenge. Each podcast episode wi...

Spiritual Attunement Through Meditation. Episode #124: Inspiration From the Edgar Cayce Readings. Today I'll be sharing excerpts from the Edgar Cayce Readings. I have chosen some of my personal favorites at random. Each podcast episode will also include the preparatory meditation attunement techniques suggested in the Edgar Cayce readings and will then be followed by a few minutes of meditative si...

Spiritual Attunement Through Meditation. Episode #123: The Kingdom of God. Today I'll be reading excerpts from a book titled The Wisdom Jesus, Transforming Heart and Mind, a New Perspective on Christ and His Message, by Cynthia Bourgeault, published in 2008. Each podcast episode will also include the preparatory meditation attunement techniques suggested in the Edgar Cayce readings and will then b...

Spiritual Attunement Through Meditation. Episode #122: Quiet and Conformity. Today we will be looking at a book called Sweeping Changes, Discovering the Joy of Zen In Everyday Life, by Gary Thorpe, published in the year 2000. We'll look at the art of quietly sitting in our own unique way, with our own unique passing thoughts and without judgement for ourselves or others. Each podcast episode will...

Spiritual Attunement Through Meditation. Episode #121: Meditations from The Tao. Today we will be returning to the lovely book, 365 Tao, by Deng Ming-Dao, published in 1992. This is a book of meditations on what it means to be wholly a part of the Taoist way, and thus to be completely in harmony with oneself and the surrounding world. It’s good to keep in mind that the Tao Te Ching, upon which thi...

Spiritual Attunement Through Meditation. Episode #120: The Meaning of Miracles. Today we’ll be reading from A Course in Miracles, the 1976 book by Helen Schucman. The underlying premise is that the greatest "miracle" is the act of simply gaining a full "awareness of love's presence" in a person's life. Schucman said that the book had been dictated to her, word for word, via a process of "inner dic...

Spiritual Attunement Through Meditation. Episode #119: Co-creating and Action Today we’ll be looking at the concept of co-creation through the words of Deepak Chopra, in his wonderful book, How to Know God, and also some thoughts on action from Substack writer Shiphra Tang. Each podcast episode will also include the preparatory meditation attunement techniques suggested in the Edgar Cayce readings...

Spiritual Attunement Through Meditation. Episode #118: Chanting for Health, Wellbeing, and Enlightenment. Today I’ll be sharing some thoughts on chanting as given by John Van Auken, a director at the Association for Research and Enlightenment in Virginia Beach. We frequently return to John's writing as he is a wealth of information on meditation and the Cayce readings. Each podcast episode will al...

Spiritual Attunement Through Meditation. Episode #117: Turn To The Light. Today I’ll be reading from the 2007 book, Toward a Deeper Meditation, by Association for Research and Enlightenment director, John Van Auken. Chapter 28, Turn to the Light, offers up a bit of helpful inspiration as to how to keep our spirits up during difficult times. Each podcast episode will also include the preparatory me...

Spiritual Attunement Through Meditation. Episode #116: Opening To The Sacred World Today I’ll be reading from Buddhist nun, author, and teacher Pema Chödrön s 2022 book entitled How We Live is How We Die. In the chapter Opening to the Sacred World, Pema speaks to the concept that we are already living in an enlightened state of being and that it is simply a matter of waking up to the reality of th...

Spiritual Attunement Through Meditation. Episode #115: The Nameless Name. Today we'll be returning to author Marshall Davis's Substack writing platform, Spiritual Reflections. In this piece Marshall speaks to the idea that the Name of God cannot be named. As the Tao Te Ching calls it, the Nameless Name of God. Each podcast episode will also include the preparatory meditation attunement techniques...

Spiritual Attunement Through Meditation. Episode #114: The “I”. Today I'll be reading from the 1905 book, Raja Yoga, by Yogi Ramacharaka. The first lesson is titled, The “I”, and speaks to the true reality of our eternal Divine self. Each podcast episode will also include the preparatory meditation attunement techniques suggested in the Edgar Cayce readings and will then be followed by a few minut...

Spiritual Attunement Through Meditation. Episode #113: Letting Things Go. Today I'll be reading from the 2021 book titled, How to Let Things Go, by author, lecturer, and Zen Buddhist priest, Shunmyo Masuno. Each podcast episode will also include the preparatory meditation attunement techniques suggested in the Edgar Cayce readings and will then be followed by a few minutes of meditative silence pr...

Spiritual Attunement Through Meditation. Episode #112: Vibrations and Attunement. Today I'll be reading from A Search for God, book one. In 1931, Edgar Cayce agreed to help a group of people grow spiritually, with one condition: They would have to "live” the precepts. It took the group eleven years to apply and compile the twenty-four lessons that became A Search for God, Books I and II. Chapter o...

Spiritual Attunement Through Meditation. Episode #111: Peace All Around Today I'll be reading from Spiritual Reflections, the Substack writing platform of author, minister, podcaster, and proponent of unitive awareness and non-duality, Marshall Davis. Today the timely topic is peace and how to rediscover it. Each podcast episode will also include the preparatory meditation attunement techniques su...

Spiritual Attunement Through Meditation. Episode #110: The Language of Love Today we'll be reading from the book, Kindness Now, a guide to loving with authenticity, intention, and compassion. Written by meditation teacher, speaker, and author Amanda Gilbert in 2021. Each podcast episode will also include the preparatory meditation attunement techniques suggested in the Edgar Cayce readings and wil...

Spiritual Attunement Through Meditation. Episode #109: Strength and Light. Today we'll be reading from The Quiet Mind. This beautiful book contains the sayings of White Eagle, a spirit entity channeled through the mediumship of Grace Cooke in England beginning in 1936. Each podcast episode will also include the preparatory meditation attunement techniques suggested in the Edgar Cayce readings and...

Today we will once again be returning to the concept of Oneness. To me it sees to be a relevant current topic of great importance and is therefore worth revisiting. Marshall Davis, author of the book titled The Tao of Christ, who also does a podcast of the same name, was for over 40 years a Baptist pastor. He gradually began to question his mission though. Looking more deeply, he embarked on a new...