Tag: faith

My New Thought teachers have been encouraging me to expand since I began in the movement 14 years ago: expand my vision, beliefs, consciousness, goals, dreams, and so forth.  They’ve provided various techniques along the way, such as visioning and meditating, creating vision boards, and journaling.  I continue to engage in these practices, but I’ve […]

“Channels come and channels go. Blessed be the name of the channel!” ~ Rev. Dr. Mary A. Tumpkin From where does your supply come? Confusion between source and channel, cause and effect, is a common occurrence.  Let’s begin by examining some possible answers to what supplies our good to see what makes sense. Employers – […]

Last month I quoted Dr. Scott Peck who said that deep feelings of discomfort bring us to our finest moments, because they propel us to find “different ways or truer answers.”  Just how do we find those ways and answers?  Having experienced my own “finest moment” in the past and again just recently, let me […]

While traveling in Alaska a few years ago, I learned about the tradition of potlatches. The word “potlatch” means to give, and it is a celebration of a person’s well-being.  These were important events, as they established the people’s economic stability and confirmed their status and family ties. In the absence of written deeds, a […]

Are you striving to receive something?  Perhaps it’s a new job, a special relationship, or a healing.  Let’s make sure we’re open to receiving by turning our thinking inside out regarding receiving. What would someone do who believes it’s better to give than to receive or feels guilty when given recognition or gratitude? Refuse offers […]

“The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers.”  ~ M. Scott Peck […]

If you’ve been with me from the beginning, you may recall that I’m writing about what I want to learn: how to receive with more grace and ease.  Because of my focus, I am led to many teachings and examples that support this vision. The ones that strike me the most I log in my […]

Have you noticed that the vast majority of the time our prayers are answered through the actions of other people?  If we’re not alert, we can be like the faithful old man caught in a flood.  Have you heard about him?  He was lifelong believer who lived alone in a small town.  One day a […]

Ask any Human Resources professional and they’ll tell you that praise given correctly is a terrific motivator and morale booster.  It’s an effective, no-cost way for companies to recognize employees.  Marriage counselors also love praise as a way to strengthen the couple’s relationship.  As long as the praise is sincere, it’ hard to imagine there […]

If you’ve had any exposure to the New Testament, you’ll probably recall the master teacher’s promise that whatever we pray for believing we have received we will receive.  It’s easy to pray for something; it’s another thing to believe we have already received.  How can we do this?  Ask yourself: How would I feel if […]