The Spiritual Forum

Episode 56 - The Beatitudes: Seeing God

The heart is more than a physical organ. It is the center of of emotions, thoughts and intentions. Understanding, discernment, insight, conscience and morality live there. To have a pure heart is to be free from thoughts and feelings that are not our Divine Truth (like hate, fear, disease, limitation, jealousy, domination, resentment or victimization). When our hearts are pure we allow the Spirit of Love and Life to fill us, guide us, and act through and as us. We see Good/God. In this episode we explore the Beatitude, "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God."

Episode 55 - The Beatitudes: Sweet Mercy

Divine Mercy is a quality that is within us. It includes showing forbearance toward an offender or someone we have power over, as well as having sympathetic concern/awareness of another's suffering and the desire to alleviate it. When we see an expression of mercy we are usually profoundly moved. In this episode we explore the fifth Beatitude, "Blessed are the merciful," and how we can bring ourselves as Divine Mercy into our world.

Episode 54 - The Beatitudes: Unfettered, Consuming Passion

In this episode we delve into the fourth Beatitude, "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness." Righteousness is more than a morally virtuous life. It is the Presence Itself that we can choose to express as right living, right thinking and right being. We must first have a yearning for God's presence before we can expect it to manifest in our lives, and when we do. we are filled in multiple ways. There is a lot of deep spiritual work shared in this one.

Episode 53 - The Beatitudes: Living Honestly Self-Assessed

In this episode we delve into the third Beatitude, "Blessed are the meek." Meekness is not a favorable term in today's world. But when we look at the word's historical context, other meanings come to light, such as power/strength under control, honestly knowing who you are and where you stand with God/self/others, not needing to defend/react/take offense/offend. This is the balance that all spiritual journeyers strive for every day. Here we share how we have grown in our experience of 'meekness' and its promise of life mastery.

Episode 52 - The Beatitudes: Good Mourning

In this episode we delve into the human experience of mourning. Mourning is the expression of grief or sorrow. It’s no fun, but going through it gets us to a new normal. There is “Good” on the other side. The promise to those who mourn is Divine Comfort, which shows up in myriad and unexpected ways. Ultimately, we find it within ourselves.

Episode 51 - The Beatitudes: Happy Are the Spiritually Humble

The Beatitudes are the first eight statements of the famous Sermon on the Mount. They present a revolutionary set of ideals that focus on love and humility rather than force, power and status. The first one is about being spiritually humble. In this episode we reveal that spiritual humility is the fundamental basis of spiritual living. When we live in partnership with Spirit, heaven consciousness is the result.

Episode 50 - The Law of Increase

The Law of Increase is a spiritual law that operates on every plane of our lives, including money. When we wisely use whatever we are given, we produce more than we originally had. This includes our innate talents/abilities, our mind, our ideas, and also our money. Many of us play small and keep our talents and resources buried. In this episode, we share about the activity of the Law of Increase in our lives and our challenges with effectively using what we have been given.

Episode 49 - Money, Money, Money

Money has been with us for a looooong time. Bartering - the exchange of goods and services for mutual advantage - started tens of thousands of years ago. The first coins came onto the scene in 1000 BC and paper money showed up for the first time in 806 AD. We had a gold standard for a little over 100 years and dumped that in 1930. Now our money is primarily electronic, something we rarely even touch! Money has taken a lot of forms, but it has been, and still is an integral part of our social structure and everyday lives.