Living Grace

“Create in me a clean heart, O Lord.” Psalm 51 If we want to nurture beauty in our lives, our families, and the world, we must have a clean heart. Sri Yukteswar tells us that a clean heart is one that is perpetually lifted up toward “Maharlika,” that is, to the...

“The astral (heavenly) world is infinitely beautiful, clean, pure, and orderly.” Sri Yukteswar  Even though the beauty that is seen, felt, and heard in the astral realms is infinitely beyond anything we experience on planet earth, we do experience a portal into that...

“At the foundation of life is the silent voice of God who eternally calls us through the flowers...through all the beautiful things that make life worth living.” Yogananda The experience of Beauty might come to us through our five senses, but it is actually...

“Live quietly in the moment and see the beauty of all before you. The future will take care of itself.”Yogananda The greatest challenge facing humanity today is not Covid, the environment, or social justice issues, but the countervailing forces of meanness,...

“Man does not live by bread alone.”   Jesus We say that God is Love, and this is a true statement. However, it is also true that God is unadulterated Beauty, and this Beauty is what we are really striving for in all of our religious and spiritual yearning. We can have...

Given the fact that you are reading these words, it is safe to assume that you are searching for God‘s. Though this search is fundamentally positive, it comes with a certain danger: we tend to look for God in extraordinary occurrences, fantastic experiences, and...