Living Grace

Anyone familiar with the Christmas story will be aware of the three Magi who followed the star they had seen in the East. What is the relevance of their story for us? Remember, in the ancient world travelers navigated their journeys via the stars which functioned...

This week I have been writing about the different types of births that can unfold in the lives of human beings. While we cannot undo the natural births we have undergone, we can choose to experience a sacred birth everyday of our lives. Each morning when we awake from...

Some souls in heaven have reached such a state of realization that they have no karma whatsoever. They fully embody the divine life; they are God-like. These magnificent souls exercise a great deal of influence on the spiritual evolution of other sentient beings in...

Some holy or liberated souls in heaven have exhausted their earthly karma and have no need or desire to return. They might still be working through some subtle astral karma, but nothing so heavy that it would pull them back down to planet earth. Typically, they sit at...

As the story goes, before we descended to planet earth we were citizens of heaven, and we enjoyed our celestial home. The weather was to our liking, the conversations stimulating, and the festivals filled with merriment. Creative and noble endeavors filled our time....

It is tempting to believe that history is unfolding in a haphazard manner, that there is no rhyme or reason to the events that unfold in our lives, and that everything is just a roll of the cosmic dice. In such a worldview, we are lucky if we can live our lives...