Each of us moves through the day gathering more than we realize. The vibrations of the people we meet and the places we pass through leave something behind, and so do the thoughts we entertain or act upon, and much of it settles within the spiritual centers of the body, the chakras. Over time a … Continue reading Cleansing the Chakras →

The word chakra comes from the Sanskrit for wheel, a fitting name for a center of energy that turns about itself, and it is often pictured as a lotus, its petals radiating from the center like the spokes of a wheel. The understanding that such centers lie within the body is far older than any … Continue reading The Seven Chakras →

For in that sleep of death what dreams may come,When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,Must give us pause. William Shakespeare, Hamlet So Hamlet wondered, as many of us do: he pictured death as a kind of sleep, and because no one could tell him what dreams might come in it, the thought gave … Continue reading Life Between Incarnations →

Our spiritual growth is an evolutionary process, and there is an order to it. Think of how anyone learns to read. Before we can read a sentence, we have to know the words in it. Before we know the words, we have to know the letters and the sounds they make. Our growth works much … Continue reading Evolution and Revolution →

This is a prayer given to us by Master Ayuibbi Tobabu. Oh great Masters of Wisdom, bestow unto us thy knowledge. Enlighten my path, so I might see clearer the negativity of my ways. Allow my soul, through mortal consciousness, expression. Allow the consciousness of God Universal for each to be expressed through the agapé … Continue reading The Mortal Soul →

Within our philosophy of the Universal Understanding of the God Consciousness, there are Universal Laws that govern the unfoldment of all consciousness. Among them, the Law of Transmission and Reception stands apart in a particular way. Most of the laws concern the oneness of the individual. The Law of Transmission and Reception always has to … Continue reading The Law of Transmission and Reception →

What Is a Teacher? Many people on the physical plane speak of their spirit guides and guardian angels; someone watching over them whose presence they have felt. These terms are a somewhat broad and general reference. In the Universal Understanding of the God Consciousness, we have a more definitive hierarchy of entities from the astral … Continue reading The Teachers Who Walk With You →

When our loved ones leave the physical plane, we often want to know if they have gone on to another plane of existence or what, if anything, happens after death. Some people sense or feel the presence of that loved one nearby after they have departed. Often in the mourning of this loss, we are … Continue reading Death, Grief, and Letting Go →

There is an old story, told in many traditions and in many forms, about a tortoise and a scorpion. A tortoise was preparing to cross a river when a scorpion came to the water's edge and asked, "Will you carry me to the other side?" The tortoise refused. "You are a scorpion. If I carry … Continue reading The Nature of the Scorpion →

In everyday language, providence has come to mean a guiding force that looks after our welfare. The word providence comes from the Latin providere, to see ahead, to foresee and provide for what is needed before the need arises. Within the Universal Understanding of the God Consciousness, Divine Providence carries that same root meaning, but … Continue reading The Hands of Divine Providence →