Mindfulness benefits go beyond stress reduction. Learn how mindfulness for tolerance can help you reduce hate and build a more compassionate world with these insights.

Always I felt called to follow a spiritual path. In fact, I recall my first husband saying, “You act like you are on a mission from God.” I thought, Of course. So are you. You just don’t recognize it.

Little did I know how much would be packed into the decade of the sixties or how deeply my life would be impacted by the transformational seeds that were being planted in an entire generation. 

It is life changing to believe with certainty that you are about to die. The fact that I am alive today and am sharing these experiences with you has prompted many friends to call both events miracles.

The Lakota Sioux leader Crazy Horse supposedly uttered the phrase: “It’s a good day to die” as he headed into battle. But that sentiment has been expanded to describe readiness, living without regret...

Low-frequency thoughts pull you down into the low-vibrational levels of the third dimension of consciousness that still partially exist on this planet.

You are the superhero that can help us reinstate peace and balance on Earth when you join forces with your divine inner child and allow your divinity to flow through every cell of you. How is this possible?

At first Mark was very upset. Then, he realized that he had the choice of his thoughts, and rather than making himself miserable, he could do it with joy. So, the next day...

Certain mindfulness aspects might support mental health and well-being more than others. But which combinations of mindfulness aspects are better than others, and does your age play a role?

While I have no doubt that there are Spirit Beings, I have come upon no sufficient way of completely and effectively explaining what a Spirit Being is made of, where it lives, and how it can move between dimen­sions.

The metaverse could change our religious experiences, and create new ones

In Zen practice we do not treat our teachers like gurus to be worshipped but tend to treat them like wise aunts and uncles who’ve been scouting the trail ahead of us, perhaps made similar mistakes, and are offering us their condensed wisdom as guidance.

Responding as “none” or “unaffiliated” on religious surveys, people increasingly identify as humanists, atheists, agnostics, or simply spiritual. If current trends continue, by 2070 Christianity may no longer be the dominant expression of American religion.

I didn’t go to India to put on a Hindu costume; I got into Vedic teachings to uncover all the costumes I’d been wearing and to find out what I was at my core. The sacred literature of India explained this in a way that gave me the broadest understanding of spirituality I’d ever had. 

The path of awakening is different for everyone, and the truth is that there is no set path, as each and every one of us is unique. In the same way, no two people will require the same level of help or support to navigate their way towards sacred union with the divine within.

If we find ourselves in a supposedly hopeless situation from which we see no issue, or if we are tired of fighting an illness that seems to drag on endlessly, or burdened with “impossible” family or work difficulties, it is time to discover or remember that we are cupped in the mighty hands of divine Love...

In loving and forgiving ourself in order to save ourself, we expand this love to everyone. Many ancient and medieval women mystics personified this theme...

In life, we often have hope, optimism, and faith. While these three are closely linked, each has its own shade of meaning and influence.

On March 17, people around the world celebrate St. Patrick’s Day by parading in green hats, sporting images of shamrocks and leprechauns.

In 1997, my students and I traveled to Croagh Patrick, a mountain in County Mayo, as part of a study abroad program course on Irish literature I was teaching for the University of Dayton.

The catalog of current and past warfare, genocides, and atrocities that occur far and near, and in our own history, are all extreme instances of the deluded dynamic of separateness and greed that characterizes our human experience.

Zen Buddhism presents a path of enlightenment that digs deep into the art of mindfulness, compassion, and a profound bond with the surrounding world.

Before his near-death experience in 2008, Dr. Eben Alexander—who taught and performed neurosurgery at the Harvard Medical School—concurred with most of his fellow scientists by assum­ing that the brain produces consciousness. But after a close brush with death following a week-long coma...