Recent Spiritual Practices of the Day

Angeles Arrien in The Four-Fold Way: Walking the Paths of the Warrior, Teacher, Healer, and Visionary Attend to health and well-being through what is called cradling work
Gunilla Norris in Sharing Silence: Meditation Practice and Mindful Living We each possess a deeper level of being
Lalla in Naked Song When you eat too much
Marion Woodman in Conscious Femininity: Interviews with Marion Woodman I fill up with gold
Marianne Williamson in A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles We're all assigned a piece of garden
John J. Delaney in Saints Are Now: Eight Portraits of Modern Sanctity It is not so much a question of where to look
Rachel Naomi Remen in Kitchen Table Wisdom: Stories that Heal Labeling sets up an expectation
Anthony de Mello in Awareness: The Perils and Opportunities of Reality There's only one reason why you're not experiencing bliss
Scott Russell Sanders in Staying Put: Making a Home in a Restless World There is no center
Don Jose Matsuwa in Profiles in Wisdom: Native Elders Speak About the Earth Never take a leaf or move a pebble without asking permission
Thomas Merton in Contemplation in a World of Action Imagination has the creative task of making symbols
Holly W. Whitcomb in Feasting with God: Adventures in Table Spirituality It is the heart that gives
Bernard Glassman, Rick Fields in Instructions to the Cook: A Zen Master's Lessons in Living a Life That Matters The pure lotus growing in muddy water
Joseph Gosse in "Inexhaustible Springs," Spiritual Life That's not the problem.
Bradford Keeney in Everyday Soul: Awakening the Spirit in Daily Life Gentleness values the softly spoken word
Angeles Arrien in The Four-Fold Way: Walking the Paths of the Warrior, Teacher, Healer and Visionary The bridge between Father Sky and Mother Earth
Terry Tempest Williams in Listening to the Land: Conversations about Nature, Culture, and Eros The gift of travel
Richard Brautigan in The Pill Versus the Springhill Mine Disaster Karma Repair Kit
Henri J. M. Nouwen in Bread for the Journey: A Daybook of Wisdom and Faith One of the most beautiful fruits
Scott Russell Sanders in Staying Put: Making a Home in a Restless World Nothing less than the undivided universe
Lal Ded in Women in Praise of the Sacred: 43 Centuries of Spiritual Poetry by Women I was at home
Marcy Heidish in Who Cares? Simple Ways You Can Reach Out Holding someone in the Light
Wendell Berry in Sex, Economy, Freedom & Community The real work of planet-saving
Mother Teresa in Mother Teresa: Caring for the World's Poor God has created us so we do small things with great love
Elaine MacInnes in Light Sitting in Light: A Christian's Experience in Zen Separation is the arch-enemy of all life
Joseph Campbell in A Joseph Campbell Companion: Reflections on the Art of Living We must be willing
Wayne Muller in How, Then, Shall We Live? Four Simple Questions That Reveal the Beauty and Meaning of Our Lives Much of spiritual practice is just this
Sue Bender in Plain and Simple: A Woman's Journey to the Amish The Amish love the Sunshine and Shadow
Joseph Campbell in A Joseph Campbell Companion: Reflections on the Art of Living Do not give up your vices
Bettina Vitell in The World in a Bowl of Tea: Healthy, Seasonal Foods Inspired by the Japanese Way of Tea When Rityu, Japan's legendary sixteenth-century tea master, was asked the secret