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GUIDED MEDITATIONS
This guided healing meditation opens the door to better health through peace and calm.
By Tulku Thondup
Use the metta, or lovingkindness, meditation to cultivate a deep sense of caring for self and all of creation. By Sharon Salzberg.
A multimedia feature tracing Jesus' passion and death. Flash and non-Flash versions available.
Start your day with this gentle, centering meditation. Narrated by Rev. Alma Daniel, music by Gerald Jay Markoe, and photographs by Marcia Lippman. Requires Flash.
Inspired by monk, author, and peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh.
A seven-minute meditation that will open your heart and calm your mind. By Sharon Salzburg.
Relax your body and clear your mind with this ten-minute mindfulness meditation.
By Tara Brach, photographs by Marcia Lippman
AUDIO/VIDEO FEATURES
"When I dance, I am, for brief moments, free of my earthly ties." Watch our video feature of Hindu dancer Rama Balachandran.
12/20/1999
A vehicle to carry us to higher consciousness.
By Rabbi David Cooper
04/24/2000
On knowing the Tao.
By Ken Cohen
04/17/2000
An autobiographical excerpt on staying creative.
By Julia Cameron
04/11/2000
Marion Woodman explains the effects of the unconscious in our lives.
03/24/2000
Celtic music and verse by Noirin ni Riain and the Monks of Glenstal Abbey.
03/17/2000
On coming into rhythm with your soul.
By John O'Donohue
02/01/2000
Join us for the exclusive webcast of the Dalai Lama's address delivered in Washington, D.C.
07/05/2000
COLUMNISTS
CHAT TRANSCRIPTS
The Wisdom of Menopause
A chat with Christiane Northrup, M.D., on the power of menopause to transform your life.
04/04/2001
Dreaming True
A Chat with Robert Moss, author, lecturer, and dreamworker.
11/09/2000
Live Chat With Dr. Deepak Chopra
On the concepts in his latest book, the human genome, and the afterlife.
08/03/2000
Live Chat With Donald S. Lopez
About the Dalai Lama, Tibet's relationship with China, and more.
07/05/2000
YOGALearn postures, read essays, listen to a chant, and more on Beliefnet's interactive yoga resource page
Yoga in the Kitchen
Yoga can be done anywhere, anytime.
By Shoba Narayan
03/29/2000
Yoga Then & Now
02/29/2000
Yoga as it's practiced in American gyms has strayed far from its Indian roots.
By Shoba Narayan
Is Yoga losing its spirit by becoming mainstream?
By Anne Cushman
A way to flex your physical and spiritual muscles.
By Mirka Knaster
GENERAL SPIRITUALITY
Is Spirituality For Real?
03/10/2000
The spirituality craze indulges only the self and fails to help improve the world. By Arthur Hertzberg
Rodger Kamenetz responds that there is nothing narcissisitic about the spiritual quest.
Spirituality Is Not Flaky New Age Mush
Religion need not be reactionary and spirituality need not be fluff--though there's a lot of both out there.
By Michael Lerner
05/12/2000
Are You Spiritually Intelligent?
08/15/2000
Is Ambition OK If It's Spiritual?
By Lama Surya Das
02/14/2001
God as Earthquake
By Dan Wakefield
02/16/2001
Jesus as Artist
By Dan Wakefield
01/12/2001
Which Road Taken?
03/01/2000
Some warning signs on the road to a multi-faith future.
By Frederica Mathewes-Green
Confessions of an Irish-Catholic American Buddhist.
By Dinty W. Moore
FENG SHUI/SACRED SPACE
Play the Feng Shui game.
(Requires Shockwave)
Balancing Wind and Water
Create a spiritual space using feng shui principles of color and shape.
By R. D. Chin
06/09/2000
The Vasthu Vibe
Vasthu is Indian feng shui. It is the art and science of designing flowing, open spaces that swirl with good energy.
By Shoba Narayan
02/07/2000
Extrovert Orange and Mellow Blue
How color affects the energy of your environment.
By Joanna Trevelyan
02/02/2000
Bull and Bear Meet Wind and Water
How Wall Street is waking up to the economic advantages of feng shui.
By Ellen Leventry
03/24/2000
Heart-Minded Feng Shui
If your heart doesn't lift when you return home each night, you need feng shui.
By Nola Day
07/28/2000
In the Flow
Personal fountains bring nature indoors.
By Ann Kathleen Bradley
07/13/2000
MONASTIC LIVING
The Monastic Living Series, by Lynda McDaniel
How communities help us grow spiritually.
05/31/2000
How to adapt the monastic practice of hospitality to everyday life.
05/10/2000
A daily prayer practice builds a relationship with the divine.
03/31/2000
Living simply by knowing what's important.
03/08/2000
How work can be a spiritual practice.
02/22/2000
Increasingly people are finding that principles practiced in monasteries are relevant to their lives in the outside world.
01/21/2000
EVERYDAY SPIRITUALITY
20 Great Spiritual Adventures
Read our suggestions for soulful experiences that will feed your spirit--maybe even change your life.
01/20/2000
Gen X Spirituality
A Time to Keep Silence
Amid the hubbub of a society that equates talking with healing, the author finds a well-chosen silence sometimes soothes our inner child best.
By Jack Miles
01/20/2000
Taking It Big
By Dan Wakefield
12/07/2000
Everyday Dharma
How do you fit Buddhist practice into an over-full life?
By Lama Surya Das
03/24/00
Bringing Spirituality to Work
Some ideas on incorporating spirituality into a business setting. By Christian de la Huerta
03/20/2000
Slowing Down
By taking one thing at a time, and being mindful of our state of mind, we can simplify the business of life.
By reclaiming Shabbat--Hebrew for 'pausing'--in the true sense of the word, we can regain peace of mind and the eight-hour day.
It's time to balance Workaholic Adam with Adam the Nurturer.
Take Your Breath Away
It's the pause that refreshes.
By Bruce Feiler
01/14/2000
In the Beginning Was Silence
Much can be said and written about G-. But perhaps the best way to know Him is through quiet.
By Sam Keen
02/24/2000
Cooking in the Spiritual Fire
Author Charlotte Kasl advises loving with abandon instead of holding back in fear.
02/14/2000
Retreats as Close as Your Teacup
You don't have to travel far to restore your spirit. You can turn any place into a meditative spot.
By Jennifer Louden
02/14/2000
Playing Hooky
Taking time away from the office can get us back into the flow of life.
By Arthur Magida
02/02/2000
Gratitude
11/07/2000
11/16/2000
11/07/2000
11/09/2000
Food for thought from ancient and modern thinkers.
11/17/2000
A Gift of Living Water
When I had a well dug for my home, I promised the land that I would go easy on the water. Like everything else, it was on loan from the Creator.
By Barbara Brown Taylor
10/05/2000
Courage
Choosing to face obstacles bravely and helping others face their own.
By Melissa Giovagnoli
08/15/2000
Prayers for Abundance: A Beliefnet prayer circle
On Anger:
04/30/2000
What makes our columnist really mad? His own mind.
By Dinty W. Moore
By Darlene Cohen
By Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche
By Rabbi Joseph Telushkin
By Gary Chapman
Dying Without Fear
What would happen if we openly faced the fact that life, in all its goodness, includes the reality of death?
By Fran Moreland Johns
12/20/1999
Back to Basics
A family initiates a different kind of downsizing.
By Leslie Garcia
05/17/2000
"Thank God for charity, but it's not a substitute for justice"
Kim Philips-Fein talks with Jonathan Kozol about faith and activism.
05/17/2000
The Tree and Me
Most of the time, a child's most powerful spiritual experience doesn't take place in Sunday school.
By Rabbi Sandy Sasso
05/17/2000
Holiness is Where You Find It
Discovering the sacred in everyday activities.
By Rabbi Jane Rachel Litman
05/11/2000
Making the New Fire
How a family gift opens up a writer's imagination and creativity.
By bell hooks
02/22/2000
Does God Care if You Drive a Red Convertible?
Author Dan Wakefield realizes that with his sexy car, facelift, and gold jewelry, he's violating the code of spiritual correctness.
By Dan Wakefield
02/10/2000
Tilling the Soul
Gardening as a spiritual path.
By William O'Sullivan
05/31/2000
Path of Parenting, Path of Awakening
Looking at child rearing as a course in mindfulness.
By Jack Kornfield
01/28/2000
Keeping the Holy Land Holy
Group travel can test your will to be uplifted. How to stay tuned in on tour.
By Mary Ann Brussat
05/05/2000
Thinking Like the Universe
How the Sufis integrate the egoic and cosmic levels of reality.
By Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan
05/05/2000
We Are Not Alone
Thomas Merton's struggles with sexual desire and the need for public acclaim remind us that everyone wrestles with human frailties.
By Dan Wakefield
08/09/2000
Online Ancestor Worship
Still Here
05/05/2000
How one man's spiritual journey turned on and sustained a whole generation.
By Mark Matousek
An interview with Ram Dass.
An excerpt from his latest book.
Communicating With the Unseen
05/24/2000
The Grasshopper Tale
Learning to see the extraordinary in the ordinary.
By Lewis Richmond
03/10/2000
Far From the Maddening Din
The case for creating your own inner Cone of Silence.
By Arthur Magida
03/17/2000
The Game of Run and Seek
Sometimes to find ourselves we need to care for someone else.
By Mark Matousek
04/13/2000
Sex, Love, and God-Images Divine intimacy and human intimacy might actually go together.
By Wade Clark Roof
04/04/2000
Homecoming
A son leads the way for his parents' emotional return to a country they thought they'd left for good.
By Andrew Pham
03/29/2000
Meeting in the Rain Forest
Journeying far from home to find out what home is all about.
By Ira Rifkin
03/17/2000
Our Soul's Odyssey
The soul has its own set of rules that are not the same as those of life.
By Thomas Moore
03/17/2000
Altars All Around Us
An altar can be a place where you reflect on the things you truly value.
By Margot Adler
07/17/2000
A Tactical Retreat for the Spirit
What happens when you withdraw from the world and concentrate on spiritual practice?
By Lama Surya Das
04/07/00
Art of Pilgrimage
In search of the sacred on the road more travelled.
By Phil Cousineau
12/20/1999
Seeding Your Spiritual Path With Pebbles
Taking a spiritual dimension away from your trip can be as easy as leaving a trail of trinkets. By Carolyn Scott Kortge
04/19/2000
Sister Pilgrim
Modern-day journeys--whether actual or virtual--connect us to ancient pilgrimages.
By Diana Bass
04/19/2000
Intentional Communities
08/23/2000
The author had everything he ever wanted; yet he still felt fragmented, unsatisfied. Then he took a radical step.
By Charles E. Moore
The Bruderhof communities have a long history of Christian faith and social action.
By Frances Borsodi Zajac
Spiritual R and R
Spiritualist community offers programs, readings, meditations to lift and guide the spirit. By Carolyn Thompson
09/07/2000
Meet the Gita
10/05/2000
Does Being Gay Make You More Spiritual?
09/28/2000
Being gay can mean looking at society as an outsider. A new book says being different gives gays a unique view to a higher plane.
Mother Drexel's Miracle
09/28/2000
Letting Go of the Divine Matchmaker
The longer I felt God was making me wait for my perfect partner, the more pressure I put on any potential mate.
By Amy Sullivan
09/25/2000
Needed: One Spiritual Emergency
A Protestant encounters two very different experiences with Catholic institutions.
By Dan Wakefield
09/21/2000
Hospital Patients Walk a Labyrinth
The ancient maze has yet another new application
10/12/2000
Walking the Wedding Labyrinth
Getting married on a labyrinth turns a ceremony of union into a walk of love
By Helen Curry
10/12/2000
Balancing Inner Work With Group Needs
Quakerism is about more than self-realization. How can Friends balance individualism with the will of other members?
By Marty Grundy
10/05/2000
What Price Enlightenment?
10/18/2000
A Common Spirituality
Matthew Fox's latest book serves as a report from the front lines of the spiritual movement in modern American society.
10/05/2000
Sinful or Good?
07/21/2000
"Some believe human nature is bad. I think that's a mistake." - Dalai Lama
Each religion has a different way of thinking about the human condition. Are we born in sin? Are we born blessed?
Quotes on our essential nature from Dante to Yoda
A Zen perspective
A Buddhist fable
An excerpt from Rachel Naomi Remen's most recent book
The Spiritual Life of Kids
Young children have a spiritual hotline to the divine presence. Don't talk too much--just listen in. By Jean G. Fitzpatrick
07/21/2000
True Freedom
When identity of 'sexual abuse survivor' no longer fits.
By Mariah Burton Nelson
07/21/2000
Barking for the Buddha
07/19/2000
A professor of Buddhism explains how a classic Zen koan sheds light on the nature of dogs--and their owners.
By T. Griffith Foulk
What happens when a mutt becomes devoted to a guru.
By Rodger Kamenetz
TEACHING TALES FOR KIDS
As retold by Aaron Zerah
CULTURE
Beliefnet's Top Ten Spiritual Picks for 2000
Enlightening Film Fare
The best movies of 1999 that will enrich and inform your spiritual journey. With trailers for films you may not have caught in theaters.
By Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
03/20/2000
Spiritual Sundance
01/26/2001
How the West Lost Mysticism
When did Western Christians stop expecting mystical union with God through Christ?
By Frederica Matthewes-Green
10/05/2000
Trafficking in Compassion
Nieman-Marcus presents compassion as a plentiful, pleasurable commodity.
By Frederica Mathewes-Green
05/24/2000
Returning to the Feet of the Master
03/14/2000
A Mass For The End of All Time
Anonymous 4 stays true to its origins with a stunning recording of an apocalyptic Mass.
10/30/2000
The Great Bobo Spiritual Revival
The new upper class has returned to religion on its own terms. An excerpt from "Bobos in Paradise."
By David Brooks
07/13/2000
A Cup of Joe for the Soul
Dan Wakefield laments the loss of the coffeehouse. Once a place of refuge and community, it's falling victim to the frantic franchising of American life.
06/28/2000
Boomer Spirituality
06/07/2000
Baby boomers lead cultural shift from religion to spirituality.
Boomer seekers tell their stories.
By Connie Lauerman
Gifts From Heaven
The Shakers are famous for their simplicity, an ethic they broke when they sat to draw their Spirit-given visions. Plus: A gallery of Shaker art from the Hancock Shaker Village museum.
By Jane F. Crosthwaite
08/22/2000
The Power of One Spirit
Tom Bee brings Native American music to a higher level.
By Brad MacDonald
08/15/2000
A Spiritual Smorgasboard Why is spiritual fiction so lousy?
By Arthur Magida
08/09/2000
Fear and Craving in Disney World
While some parts of the Magic Kingdom may be fun, its aggressive commercialism sows the seeds of discontent.
By Dinty W. Moore
03/31/2000
In Search of Harry Potter's Soul
03/30/2000
Without fantasy, we lose our capacity to approach God with the trust, wonder and honesty of children.
By Jean G. Fitzpatrick
Something's missing from J.K. Rowling's otherwise wonderful novels: a sense of the supernatural.
By Mark P. Shea
An astrologer uncovers Harry Potter's birth date and charts his horoscope.
By Barbara Schermer
Exploring the Rhythm of the Heart
Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart looks far afield--and deep inside--for the soul of his art.
By Paul Raushenbush
07/28/2000
The New Trinity
Bringing together the environmental, social, and spiritual movements. An interview with Satish Kumar, plus an excerpt from his book.
By Barbara Graham 04/19/2000
Simplicity Sells
Scott Savage eschews cars--except when he's promoting his book.
04/13/2000
The Holy Longing
What Mother Teresa, Janis Joplin, and Princess Diana have in common spiritually.
By Ronald Rolheiser
04/04/2000
The Message Is Real Simple: Buy More Stuff
How simplicity went from a movement to a trend.
By Karen Lehrman
04/04/2000
To Bead or Not to Bead?
Does the fashion craze for so-called Buddhist 'power beads' strip them of their power?
By Dinty W. Moore
07/21/2000
SPORTS
God as General Manager
By Dan Wakefield
03/01/2001
Gandhi and Tiger Woods
Exploring the natural links between spirituality and golf.
By Robert Wright
08/15/2000
Buying a Seat Near Heaven
The NBA finals have columnist Jack Miles reflecting on sports arenas as temples, where we tithe more gladly than in our own places of worship.
06/14/2000
The Soul of the Olympics
09/13/2000
The Sound of One Hand Dribbling
Is it Zen or the players that keep winning for six-time world championship coach Phil Jackson? And can he do it again?
By Daniel B. Wood
06/07/2000
THE HOLIDAYS
Empty Pockets
One woman's unique celebration during the High Holidays.
By Johanna Skilling
09/25/2000
New Year's Rituals for Families
How to celebrate a festive, meaningful New Year's with kids.
By Meg Cox
12/26/2000
Happy Holidays (All of Them)
For a pluralistic family like ours, the phrase 'One God, Many Paths' is the perfect fit.
By Rosemary Bray McNatt
12/12/2000
A Multifaith Gift-Giving Guide
By Arthur Magida
12/08/2000
Top 10 Tips for Making Your Holidays More Meaningful
By Lama Surya Das
11/17/2000
Holiday Depression
100 Blessings
A Jewish prayer tradition that transforms the everyday into the spiritual.
By Mary Beth McCauley
12/26/2000
DREAMS
Strength in (Small) Numbers
Small groups are attracting more people, but do they have a lasting impact on participants?
By Wade Clark Roof
05/01/2000
Who's the Saint?
06/14/2000
What makes a person a saint? And who gets to decide?
By Dan Wakefield
Dan Wakefield advocates Dorothy Day's canonization.
They're not canonized, but Buddhism's masters and miracle workers have all the right stuff.
By Lama Surya Das
Adopt-a-Nun
A community of Franciscan sisters launch an unusual fund-raising campaign.
By Carolyn Thompson
06/08/2000
