Spiritual Attunement through Meditation

Today we’ll be reading from the 1999 book, The Mastery of Love, by Don Miguel Ruiz. Mr. Ruiz writes from the shamanic Toltec perspective and reminds us that everything is made of love. Love is life itself. When we master love, we align with the spirit of life passing through us. We are no longer the body, or the mind, or the soul, we are love. Then every action we take is an expression of love, an...

Spiritual Attunement Through Meditation. Episode #69: Edgar Cayce on Prayer and Attunement Today we’ll be reading selected quotes from the Edgar Cayce readings that focus specifically on prayer and spiritual attunement. We’ll then close today’s episode with excerpts from the Christian Science textbook, titled Science and Health With Key to the Scriptures, by Mary Baker Eddy, published in 1875. Eac...

Spiritual Attunement Through Meditation. Episode #68: Mind is the Builder. Today we will be reading from the classic, You Can Heal Your Life by Louise Hay, published in 1982. We’ll begin with an affirmation that she gives in the preface and then I will read selections from Chapter 1 titled, What I Believe. Each podcast episode will also include the preparatory meditation attunement techniques sugg...

Today we'll be looking at the 1979 book titled Edgar Cayce, Reflections On the Path, written by Cayce scholar, lecturer, and teacher, Herbert B. Puryear, Ph. D. We will focus on the chapter called Meditation, the Hub of Healing. There is a lot of important information in this particular chapter, but I’m only going to pull certain excerpts from it to share with you all since, of course, our time is...

Today we'll be looking at the 1961 classic, Living the Infinite Way, by Joel S. Goldsmith. We’ll focus specifically on Chapter 8, entitled Meditation. This is the third and last section of the chapter. If you did not hear part one and two, you may want to refer back to the episodes from the last two weeks. Living the Infinite Way thoughtfully ushers the reader along the first steps in the Infinite...

Today we'll be looking at the 1961 classic, Living the Infinite Way, by Joel S. Goldsmith. We’ll focus specifically on Chapter 8, entitled Meditation, and will review part two this week. If you did not hear part one, you may want to refer back to last weeks episode. Living the Infinite Way thoughtfully ushers the reader along the first steps in the Infinite Way message, and helps the reader arrive...

Today we'll be looking at the 1961 classic, Living the Infinite Way, by Joel S. Goldsmith. We’ll focus specifically on Chapter 8, entitled Meditation. We’ll review part one this week and part two next week since it is too long to cover the full chapter in one session. Living the Infinite Way thoughtfully ushers the reader along the first steps in the Infinite Way message, and helps the reader arri...

Today we'll be looking at the fascinating 1990 book entitled The Way, written by C. Allan Boyles. Using relativistic quantum physics as the foundation for theological concepts, and drawing on the work of Edgar Cayce, the author offers explanations for both the origin and purpose of human existence. Each podcast episode will also include the preparatory meditation attunement techniques suggested in...

Today we'll be looking at Eckhart Tolle’s famous 1999 book The Power of Now, A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment. Mr. Tolle speaks of the Christ consciousness and its reality within you, manifesting as pure, silent, and unchangeable presence. Each podcast episode will also include the preparatory meditation attunement techniques suggested in the Edgar Cayce readings and will then be followed by a f...

Today we'll be looking at the 2003 book entitled Universe of Worlds by Robert J. Grant. This book explores in Mr. Grant’s words, the frontiers of the afterlife, as well as spiritual evolution and meditation. He also speaks of a spiritually advanced group of souls known as the Great White Brotherhood which both Edgar Cayce and White Eagle spoke of as well. Each podcast episode will also include the...

Today we'll be looking at A Search For God, Book II, chapter III which speaks to our concepts of God. To those who are new, the Search For God books published in 1942, are compilations of texts, put together by study Group #1, who asked Edgar Cayce to do readings for them specifically focusing on spiritual growth. We will read the first section of this chapter as an introduction, but there is much...

Today we'll be looking at the 1999 book, The Essential Chögyam Trungpa, edited by Carolyn Rose Gimian. Chögyam Trungpa was one of the most influential figures in the development of Buddhism in America. As the first Tibetan lama to teach in English, he coined such phrases as “cutting through spiritual materialism”, “crazy wisdom”, and his pupil Alan Ginsberg‘s favorite “first thought best thought.”...

Today we'll be looking at the 1997 #1 New York Times best seller called Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff ….Simple Ways to Keep the Little Things from Taking Over Your Life, by Richard Carlson, Ph. D. This is a great little book with practical, every day advice that can help us to lead better lives and can in turn then help others to also improve their lives. The focus for today is kindness. Each podcas...

Today we'll be looking at a little book called the Quiet Mind published in 1972 by the White Eagle Publishing Trust. The Quiet Mind comes in response to many requests for a collection of White Eagle’s sayings, chosen to give guidance and help with the problems and experiences of every day. White Eagle is a teacher in the spirit realm and was channeled by Grace Cook in England in the 1930s and beyo...

Today we'll be returning once again to the A Search for God, book #1, Chapter 8, The Open Door. For anyone not familiar with the Search for God books, these are compilations of material put together in 1942 by study group #1, which formed around Edgar Cayce in 1931 and who asked Mr. Cayce to do readings for them that focused on the work of personal spiritual growth. As always, we will include the...

Today we'll be looking at the 2009 book Commit to Sit, Cultivating a Meditation Practice, from the pages of Tricycle, the Buddhist Review. We will do two short readings, the first about sitting meditation practice and the second one about walking meditation practice. Part of the idea here is that our entire waking life can essentially be a form of meditation. I believe that when Jesus said in 1 Th...

Today we'll be looking at the 1991 classic by Thich Nhat Hanh, Peace is Every Step, The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life. In the section titled Transforming Feelings, it is suggested that the acknowledgement of our feelings rather than the avoidance of even the negative ones, is key. We’ll then close with an Edgar Cayce reading. Each podcast episode will also include the preparatory meditation...

Today we will be looking at The 2004 book titled The Essential Edgar Cayce, by Mark Thurston Ph. D., who has worked with the Association for Research and Enlightenment for more than 30 years. Although the vast majority of Edgar Cayce‘s readings were for ordinary people and dealt with everyday issues, there was a foundation underlying his pragmatic advice, a metaphysical system defining the orderli...

Spiritual Attunement Through Meditation, episode #52: The Coming of the Light. Today we are going to return to the search for God books, which, as many of you know, contain the information published in 1941 by study group number one, which had asked Edgar Cayce to do readings for them specifically on the subject of spiritual growth. The two volume A Search for God set is the culmination of that ef...

Today we’ll be reading from the fascinating 1914 book, The Impersonal Life, by Joseph Benner. His book The Impersonal Life contained words Benner believed were recorded directly from God. Benner taught that Christ's proclaiming "I AM" indicated "the true spirit that resides in every human being." It’s challenging to pull random material from this book, as the ideas build on one another, but we'll...

Today we’ll be reading from the 1999 book entitled Chanting, Discovering Spirit in Sound, written by Robert Gass. Sound is something that has obviously been an important part of spiritual traditions from the beginning of time. Whether it’s Christians praying the rosary, Buddhists using mantras such as om mani padme hum, or Hindus chanting om namo bagavate vasudevya to Lord Vishnu. They all have be...

Today we’ll be reading once again from John Van Auken’s 2007 book entitled Toward a Deeper Meditation. Mr. Van Auken is a Director at the Association for Research and Enlightenment in Virginia Beach. We’ll focus on Chapter 5 which speaks to the concept of an Ideal and how it can guide us through life. As always, we will include the preparatory meditation attunement techniques suggested in the Edga...

Today we’ll be reading once again from The Door of Everything, by Ruby Nelson, originally published in 1963. This is an obscure and truly unique little book that has added so much to my own personal spiritual growth. We'll be looking at chapter 7, entitled The Ascension Attitudes, which comprise love, praise, and gratitude, But this time we'll focus specifically on gratitude. The ascension attitud...

Today we’ll be reading from Thich Nhat Han’s 2001 book You Are Here, discovering the magic of the present moment. Today we’ll look at the idea that happiness and peace are possible through the first miracle of mindfulness, which is presence. Thich Nhat Han says that we can touch the kingdom of God in every moment. As always, we will include the preparatory meditation attunement techniques suggeste...

Spiritual Attunement Through Meditation, episode #46: Wisdom From Emmanuel. Despair, Fear, Forgiveness. Today we’ll be reading a few of the channeled Emmanuel sessions by Pat Rodegast from her 1994 compilation entitled Emmanuel’s book III. We’ll be looking at three readings that focus specifically on despair, fear, and forgiveness. As always, we will include the preparatory meditation attunement t...