Category: Spirituality

The Power of Kindness

The Power of Kindness

As the Institute for Spirituality and Health (ISH) celebrates its 60th anniversary, we asked more than 30 Americans a series of questions centered on spirituality, health, and inspiration. On a daily basis, the Institute is…

Butterflies and Your RAS

Butterflies and Your RAS

How many butterflies do you see around you? Right now, in your home or office, probably none. But you will probably notice a few later today – maybe in a magazine photo, or on television,…

Sowing Seeds of Gratitude to Cultivate Wellbeing

Sowing Seeds of Gratitude to Cultivate Wellbeing

In several clinical populations, spirituality and/or religious wellness are often associated with better mental and physical health. In this literature, spiritual wellbeing is seen as distinct from religiousness. In individuals with symptomatic heart Sowing Seeds…

What Is Self-Realization?

What Is Self-Realization?

by Ann Purcell This term “self-realization” is used and asked about quite often. I see no wrong answers to this question, however there are certainly different layers to its meaning and understanding. The term “self-realization”…

Supermoon of Healing Light (Vedic Astrology)

This full moon – a supermoon – open your mind, body and spirit to the infinite healing possibilities offered by its light. This powerful lunar event will shine a brilliant beam of visionary light into…

Enlightenment untapped

Enlightenment untapped

And as many before them realized, the path to enlightenment is paved by one’s own good works, not those of others. With this in mind, the couple opened Dakota Shivers Brewing earlier this year in…

12 Qualities of an Enlightened Person

12 Qualities of an Enlightened Person

We sometimes say that some people are enlightened, but do we really know what that means? We might say that because they are kind, loving, and insightful. While these may indeed be qualities of an…

Actualizing The Fundamental Point

To study the way of enlightenment is to study the self. To study the self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to be actualized by myriad things. When actualized by myriad…

Islam and the Enlightenment

Islam and the Enlightenment

The growing spectacle of violence led by the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), al-Qaida, Boko Haram and others usually ends up with calls for an Islamic enlightenment. A movement of enlightenment in Islam,…