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Portland Center for Spiritual Living provides spiritual tools to transform lives and make the world a better place.
Faith does not come easily to everybody. Some struggle with the whole concept of a deity even existing, let alone being responsible for all...
The Great Thing Itself, what some call “God”, has no name, but goes by at least 1,000 names. We’ll explore the many names for “God” across d...
Is the course of our lives predetermined; one of fate? How much control do we have? What does that thing we call “God” have to do with it? C...
Happy Pride! Today is Pride Day here in Portland. Pride has been a source of confidence, self-respect and solidarity for the 2SLGBTQIA+ comm...
Selfishness is putting one’s own needs before those of others. This is sometimes necessary, as in self-care. But, can showing care and compa...
Earth, Wind, Fire, Water – the four basic elements, each essential to life as we know it. This week, we take a look at the magnificent Intel...
All humans desire, and ought, to be free. In celebration of Juneteenth and July 4th, we look at the ultimate goal of life for all people, fr...
Every day, in every way, we are getting better and better, no matter what we think! How can we tone down any negativity in our lives, includ...
What if there were one thing that could solve every problem, no matter what it is? No matter how big? No matter how entrenched? There is – T...
Vulnerability is not being weak. Vulnerability is actually essential for real strength.
Our history, individually and collectively, lives in us, we carry it with us, and it informs and impacts our present experiences.
This week, we look at the profound importance of truth in our lives.
In our teaching, everything is from and of The One Divine Life. If that’s so, then isn’t everything sacred, connected to God in some way? Le...
Rev. Ruth Miller explores the possibility that our life, today, is in a different kind of womb--and we are about to be born.
There is a lot of what appears to be not Love active in our world today. Many of us ask, where is the humanity? It lies with and in us. As w...
Ralph Waldo Emerson, in his essay entitled “Self-Reliance,” encourages us to be non-conformists, if we are to become our best selves. But, r...
As we experience constant change in our lives, we get to ask ourselves – Who am I becoming? What is wanting to express through me? This week...
Life is cyclical, and sometimes chaotic. We go through periods of growth, hardships, renewal, sometimes in neat orderly cycles, and sometime...
The ego gets a bad rap. We spend a lot of time, effort, and spiritual practice trying to not let it lead our lives, and that’s good! But, le...
Health includes not only our physical well-being, but also our emotional, mental, financial, and spiritual well-being. And, our body, mind,...
Sabbath can conjure up images of strict religious observance, no play, and fear of retribution for breaking the rules. But, in today’s fast-...
Peace! Everyone wants it, many pray for it, some even devote their life’s work to it. Yet, there is so much that is not peace in the world....
We often think about love being a demonstration of a gift or kind gesture to give or to receive. How would life change if we saw love as a d...
Life is hard; at times, it can feel like we’re pushing against the current getting nowhere. It seems rational to find and take the easy way...
This month we go back to basics, exploring some of the foundational principles of our spiritual philosophy as a Center for Spiritual Living,...
No Hell, Only Heaven Within – This month we go back to basics, exploring some of the foundational principles of our spiritual philosophy as...
This month we go back to basics, exploring some of the foundational principles of our spiritual philosophy as a Center for Spiritual Living,...
This month we go back to basics, exploring some of the foundational principles of our spiritual philosophy as a Center for Spiritual Living,...
As we approach Christmas, we look at Christ Consciousness. Attaining Christ Consciousness was not an accomplishment exclusive to Jesus of Na...
As we approach Christmas, we look at Christ Consciousness. Attaining Christ Consciousness was not an accomplishment exclusive to Jesus of Na...
One hundred twenty seven years later the answer is the same. What are your thoughts? Your beliefs? What do you KNOW in your heart of hearts?...
The Buddha taught, “My teaching is like the finger pointing at the moon. Do not confuse the finger for the moon.” We teach, we study, we lea...
The election is over and the votes are in (hopefully). Now what? How do we move forward, together, when some are filled with joy and some wi...
Awe is a powerful experience, a spiritual on ramp. Dr. Dacher Keltner defines Awe as “the feeling of being in the presence of something vast...
Gratitude is a spiritual super-power. We close-out our Partners in Prosperity series by looking at the role of gratitude in both growing our...
Our society constantly bombards us with messages of scarcity. But, all the important things in life, all the things that help us feel prospe...
Ernest Holmes said we should wish for no private good when we pray, that what we desire for ourselves we should desire for all humans. We Ar...
What do you think of when you hear the word prosperity? There’s a good chance you’re thinking of financial freedom. While prosperity can mea...
When it feels like everything is falling into pieces, Truth reveals there is a pathway of Peace amidst the chaos. Our individual presence ma...
There’s a point in every process where things are not what they were, but not yet what they are becoming, and how we manage this liminal sta...
Source matters. This can be considered on many levels. Is something a “fact”? What’s the source? Are you feeling anxious? What’s the source?...
Life is always responding to our predominant thoughts and actions; Dr. Ernest Holmes says, “where the mind flows, energy goes”. We truly are...
Stuck in the past, with feelings of resentment and anger? Anxious about what you need to do today? Worried about the future? There’s a spiri...
I have to get this done. I should go visit so and so. I need to work. It’s easy to bemoan or even resent the “have to’s” and the “I should’s...
If you can’t see it, does it exist? If you see something that can’t be explained, does it exist, or does your brain create a thought to make...
Many people like to tell us what we ought to do, and why. It can all seem like a lot of confusing disorienting noise, especially when it con...
The Lakota People, as well as other Indigenous Peoples, celebrate Sun Dance during the hot summer months. It is a profoundly sacred time of...
It’s so easy, isn’t it? We all do it – judge others for actions we believe are wrong. Sometimes we simply cannot imagine any circumstance un...
Joy simply IS, it’s a Universal Truth. It has tremendous benefits for our overall health. Yet, when facing adversity, or when simply caught...
Freedom has many expressions, such as freedom from persecution, violence, and lack, and freedom to learn, thrive, and be one’s self. This we...