Spiritual Retreat Learning Center
Inspirational Guidance for Creating a Better Life!“If you judge other people you have no time to love them.”
Judgment is an activity of the mind not the heart. Love is an activity of the heart. It is your heart that is your God-Center, the place where spiritual retreats dwells. It is the place you can most connect with the God-Spirit within you. It is the home of your...
CREATE EACH DAY!
Sometimes we forget that we have the power within to create and change our lives. It is often difficult to understand and accept that the past is over, gone, finished. The past doesn’t control your life anymore. You are the creator every new day of who you wish to be...
YOU ARE A MIRACLE OF LIGHT
You are a Miracle of Light. December 21st is the Winter Solstice, the day that marks the longest night of the year yet also signals the beginning of the lengthening of daylight. Martin Luther King, Jr. said, “Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do...
DO NOT RESIST WHAT IS!
A new year has begun! You may have made resolutions in order to attract something new, different, better, etc. However, consider the necessity of letting go...to release from your life (people, emotions, situations, attachments, etc.) in order to not carry them into...
GRATITUDE LEADS TO JOY
Many of you have heard the quotation from Meister Eckhart (German theologian Eckhart von Hochheim), ”If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is Thank You, it will be enough.” How many times each day do you say, “Thank You?” We invite you to consider that...
Halloween From a Spiritual Perspective
Dear Ones, Greetings and Namaste` It is October...the month of cooler temperatures, warm cider, changes leaves, Halloween, and everything pumpkin flavored! Often when people think of October their first thought is of Halloween, where adults and children alike enjoy...
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that.”
Winter Solstice was December 21st. It is the day that marks the longest night of the year and also signals the beginning of the lengthening of daylight. For thousands of years, cultures across the world have celebrated this day. Light is a common theme in many...
GRATITUDE
Dear Ones, Daily writing in a “Gratitude Journal” is a very powerful spiritual practice. We create more of what we focus upon. When we concentrate on everything we have to be grateful for then we create more blessings in our lives. We invite you to sit quietly with a...
TODAY, I TRUST LIFE
Today, I trust life. There have been many twists and turns to my path. Many times I thought my journey was taking me in the wrong direction only to find they were my greatest blessings. I have learned to trust life and take the next step. I trust life today. There...
FORGIVENESS
GREETING: Namaste` Dear Ones MESSAGE: When April arrives, I (Marian) often think of rainy days even though I live in the desert. Perhaps it is a childhood memory of growing up in the mid-west where it often rained every day in April. As I was contemplating this...