Eye-witness account of the impulse for revenge after 9/11 and a practice of monitoring one's own urges for revenge.
Category Archives: Spirituality
Spiritual Practice: Shema: Listen
A breath practice utilizing the traditional Jewish prayer, the Shema.
Spiritual Practice: An Invitation to Pray
A practice for forgiving yourself and others.
Spiritual Practice: Walk a Mile in Prayer
A practice of reciting the Jesus Prayer while walking for a mile.
Spiritual Practice: Take the Other Out to Lunch
The practice of taking someone who doesn't agree with you to lunch as a way of meeting divisiveness with spiritual convictions of unity.
Spiritual Practice: Prayer for World Peace
A prayer for world peace from Sister Joan on the anniversary of 9/11.
Spiritual Practice: Wordless Intercessory Prayer
Jane E. Vennard's story about personal transformation following wordless intercessory prayer for Osama bin Laden.
Spiritual Practice: Prayer for Peace
A spiritual practice of sending peace to loved ones, to the victims of 9/II , to suffering people everywhere and to our enemies.
Spiritual Practice: Meditation on Positive Emotions
A meditation practice to train the mind in a positive outlook.
Map: 10th Anniversary of 9/11
An art meditation, spiritual practices, reflections, poems, and stories for the anniversary of 9/11 contributed by Living Spiritual Teachers profiled at SpiritualityandPractice.com
Map: Spiritual Practices for the 10th Anniversary of 9/11
Map: Reflections, Poems, and Stories for the 10th Anniversary of 9/11
Spiritual Practice: Three Poems and an Exercise
Three poems, a snippet from a novel, and an imaginative exercise all seek to open our hearts and minds to the reality of death.
Spiritual Practice: Dwelling in the Heart
A breathing into the heart practice to open us to greater awareness of the suffering and pain of others.
Spiritual Practice: The Practice of Mirroring
The practice of mirroring involving listening intently to someone whose views are different from your own.
Spiritual Practice: Taking the World into Our Heart
A practice for a prayer of the heart that includes the earth and the whole of creation in our prayers.
Book Excerpt: It’s Really All About God
Samir Selmanovic on thin places, like the streets of New York, as entry points for God's grace.
Book Excerpt: The Furious Longing of God
Brennan Manning's revolutionary thinking that God loves us as we are.
Book Review: Where’s the Party?
Story of a young girl who listens to the birds and discovers a world of wonders right nearby.
Book Review: The Gift
An extraordinary story about having a special place that both stirs and nurtures the soul.