Portals of Spirit

Archive for May, 2013

Soul At Work by Robert Rabbin

We all want to enhance our experience of work and enrich our work environments with meaning and purpose, vision and values, creativity and inspiration, joy and deep human connection. How do we do this? Let’s look inside our own self, into our own soul, for guidance. If we’re going to use the word soul in […]

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Authentic Living by Robert Rabbin

A few years ago, I was invited to give a commencement speech to a group of students at a California high school. That honor remains one of my favorite speaking experiences. I believe what I said then and there is pertinent to all of us, even today. As we set sail from 2004 to 2005, […]

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Radical Sages by Robert Rabbin

I have always been one of those people who believe they are in this world for a particular purpose. The poet Rumi said something along these lines: There is one thing that we all must do. If we do everything else but that one thing, we will be lost. And if we do nothing else […]

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Principles of Growth for A Life of Passion by Robert Rabbin

Even Buddhists want to live passionate lives, in spite of their equanimity. Passion is life force itself, the very energy whose intensity, love, and enthusiasm for beauty and creativity produced this infinitely exquisite universe, whose mystery is beyond measure. If we are to honor the ancient stardust within our DNA, we must become passionate, we […]

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Being Peace by Robert Rabbin

‘In the hearts of people today there is a deep longing for peace. When the true spirit of peace is thoroughly dominant, it becomes an inner experience with unlimited possibilities. Only when this really happens, when the spirit of peace awakens and takes possession of men’s hearts, can humanity be saved from perishing.’ – Albert […]

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Iroquois Prayer of Thanksgiving

Gratitude is Attitude.   PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING  We return thanks to our mother, the earth, which sustains us. We return thanks to the rivers and streams, which supply us with water. We return thanks to all herbs, which furnish medicines for the cure of our diseases. We return thanks to the moon and stars, which […]

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Books: Spirit Guides

Spirit guides are incorporeal beings that are assigned to us before we are born that help nudge and guide us through life.  They’re responsible for helping us fulfill the spiritual contract we make with ourselves before we incarnate.  Your Higher Self helps select these guides, who help us while we are living out our incarnation. […]

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Books: Wicca 3

Wicca, a diverse religion, is typically duotheistic, worshipping a god and goddess traditionally viewed as a other goddess and horned god; these two deities are often viewed as facets of a greater pantheistic godhead.   An unattributed statement known as the Wiccan Rede (Do what you will, so long as it harms none) is the traditional basis of Wiccan morality.  […]

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Books: Wicca 2

Wicca, a diverse religion, is typically duotheistic, worshipping a god and goddess traditionally viewed as a other goddess and horned god; these two deities are often viewed as facets of a greater pantheistic godhead.   An unattributed statement known as the Wiccan Rede (Do what you will, so long as it harms none) is the traditional basis of Wiccan […]

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Books: Wicca 1

Wicca, a diverse religion, is typically duotheistic, worshipping a god and goddess traditionally viewed as a other goddess and horned god; these two deities are often viewed as facets of a greater pantheistic godhead.   An unattributed statement known as the Wiccan Rede (Do what you will, so long as it harms none) is the traditional basis of Wiccan morality.  […]

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