Touching the Stillness

Monasticism has had a makeover. As modern-day mystic Rev. Robert Brumet suggests, the contemplative life is now more readily available to almost everyone. We no longer have to cloister ourselves away to effectively live a reflective life.

In this jam-packed episode, loaded up with ideas, meditations, and prayers to help us take our practice to the streets; straight talking, thought-provoking special guest Dr. Shariff Abdullah returns to say more about ways we can make the societal journey from the shadow to the light.

How is your spiritual practice? Is it all about soft candlelight, burning incense, and sitting on a mat? Or do you believe, as does special guest Dr. Shariff Abduallah, that how we engage in the world is our spiritual practice? Tune in to hear more about how we, too, can choose to take our spiritual practice to the streets.

Do you have plans for Sunday nights at 8 p.m.? Special guest Rev. Ed Kosak extends an invitation to join him for a few minutes to be part of an initiative designed to encourage prayer en masse. It's just what the world needs right now-an opportunity to unite around ideas and principles important to all of us.

Still buzzing from the retreat she facilitated during World Day of Prayer Week, our host highlights some of the practices that took her breath away and guided her guests into a richer experience of meditation and prayer.

After several weeks of deep discussion, debate, and deliberations, our host thought it was time to lighten up. So in this episode's mesmerizing meditation we eavesdrop on our soul for clues on how to turn up our love light.

Join us in the Spiritual lab of this atom-smashing power episode featuring special guest Rev. Toni Boehm, and a selection of meditation and prayer designed to dance us to the edge of mystery.

There's a Zen proverb that goes, "Before enlightenment: chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment: chop wood, carry water." In this episode, special guest Mark Waldman shares another enlightenment proverb to illustrate how we can dramatically alter our brain activity through spiritual practice; even while we chop wood, carry water ... and do laundry.

Listen in on a potentially controversial conversation our host has with Rev. Ellen Debenport and find out what about the idea of "causative thought" has Rev. Paulette so agitated.

In this episode, we find ourselves on a path of discovery and asking some important questions to help unleash our divine potential; as Interim Vice President of Silent Unity® Rev. Patricia Bass makes a return guest appearance to help us get ready for another meaningful Unity World Day of Prayer.

We may not raise a fist, point a gun, or use a weapon, but spewing forth harsh, cutting language at those who may have a different political perspective, religious belief, or cultural leaning is tantamount to acts of violence. In these times, when pummeling others with our word is becoming all too commonplace, our host encourages us to raise our vibration, not our voice.

When it comes to the idea of oneness we might talk a good talk. But how do we walk the talk if there is a part of us fixated on exclusion borne of fear and misunderstanding? In this episode the question is held up for review as we continue taking steps to activate our inner mystic.

To set us up for this episode's meditation, where we're encouraged to say "yes" to our soul's inner prompting, our host reminisces on 15 years of sacred service as an ordained minister and shares her response to a question that plagued her for years.

Don't let those distractions fool you. It's likely you still went deeper than you think in your Centering Prayer meditation practice. So, in this final episode of the series, our host reviews the exit plan and encourages us to keep calm and exit quietly.

Resistance is futile when it comes to stopping our thoughts. As we continue our exploration of Centering Prayer as a meditation practice, we're offered a few insights and tips to help those incessant thoughts float like a boat across the river of our mind instead of mooring us to the shores of our mind.