by Lily Forester | Dec 8, 2021 | podcast, short episodes
Episode 380 Thank the Inner Lord In the Christian tradition, we hear these words repeated: “The Kingdom of God is within.” If that is true, then it must be true that the Kingdom lies within every person – and perhaps within every element of ourselves. Likewise,...
by Lily Forester | Dec 7, 2021 | podcast, short episodes
Episode 379 God is Sufficient in Disposing of Affairs In Mos Def’s song Fear Not Of Man, he makes several references to the Holy Quran, and adds some wisdom of his own for us to interpret. One verse that he references is 33:3: “Put your trust in Allah, for Allah is...
by Lily Forester | Dec 6, 2021 | podcast, short episodes
Episode 378 Food Worthy of Grace In many traditions, there are rituals associated with food. In the west, we might say grace before we eat, and in the east sometimes they say grace after they eat. In the Hare Krishna tradition, they only eat food they have prepared...
by Lily Forester | Dec 2, 2021 | podcast, short episodes
Episode 376 This Too is Lord In Baba Muktananda’s Play of Consciousness, he tells the story of traveling to a distant realm through meditation, entering a dark place that we might call “hell”, and then seeing, seated upon a dark water buffalo decorated with flowers...
by Lily Forester | Dec 1, 2021 | podcast, short episodes
Episode 375 Manners Maketh the Man The expression “manners maketh the man” is an old one, going back hundreds of years, and it has been placed as a motto on many family crests. The heads of those families might have known wealth and nobility, but the thing they chose...
by Lily Forester | Nov 30, 2021 | podcast, short episodes
Episode 374 Play, Not Games There are many games we can play in life – some that elements of society have dictated to us, and some we might come up with for ourselves. For example, we might believe that other people’s opinions are the source of our value. That...