When you engage in spiritually uplifting activities—like deep meditation or intense reflection—your brain starts firing up in the prefrontal cortex. This part of your brain is the hub for higher-level thinking, self-awareness, and decision-making. Since these activities are all about self-realiza...
Some researchers claim that falling is a huge red flag from your subconscious mind. Spiritually and mentally, it means that you’re having a major life problem. This could involve work, relationships, or anywhere in your life. It usually comes because you feel as though things are out of co...
Septuagesima, Lent, Holy Week and Easter Triduum, to the bells calling people to Sunday Mass. The ringing of them an hour, a half-hour, fifteen and five minutes before the time of Mass has a psychological effect and prepares the faithful materially and spiritually for the celebration of ...
What does it mean to hear a blue jay? Blue jays mean you need to let your voice be heard. The spiritual symbolism of the blue jay, in my view, is about: letting your voice be heard, assertiveness, determination, and intelligence. These are characteristics that you need to understand if ...
spiritually dead heart. Faith without works is dead because it does not reveal the transforming work of the Holy Spirit manifested in the fruit of righteousness in a person’s life (Ephesians 5:8-10;Philippians 1:9-11). (excerpt by Joel Ryan,"What Does James 2:26 Mean by 'Faith ...
Copper Represents the Goddess of Love Named among the seven metals of alchemy, representing Venus, both the planet and the Roman goddess whose functions encompassed
You know the seriousness of cancer. You know the toll it takes mentally, emotionally, financially, spiritually, and physically. It causes stress in your own mind and body as well as in your relationships with friends and family. Cancer treatments can make it hard to do the things you’ve ...
This doesn’t mean we become cynical and denounce love and relationships completely, but itdoesmean that we becomemore grounded and realistic. In my experience, the more realistic and down-to-earth we are in our relationships, the healthier and stronger they become. ...
The columns that support the nave are designed to resemble tree trunks, branching out at the top, creating a spiritually charged forest-like atmosphere that gives the impression that you’ve just stepped into an enchanted sacred grove. The ceiling of the nave is intricately vaulted, creating a ...
Dōgen is no liar, neither is Gary or Jacques. Today is a day inside the scroll, a day beyond our wildest dreams, a day into which we are writing ourselves without having to. A day of gracefulness and peace, if we mean it to be. Such a day does not know how to end. It will ...