Posts tagged meditation
Overwhelmed by Love
Dec 10th
At the time I found the Center of Light two years ago, I felt like a leaf that was hopelessly tossed about in the autumn wind. There were some temporary ups and funny turns, but the overall trajectory seemed downward and hopeless. In my heart I was despaired. For years I had tried to find More >
Dreaming of Brotherhood
Dec 10th
When I was nine years old I remember my parents telling me, “we’re going to move just one more time.” They sincerely understood that it was getting harder to leave friends and schools as my sister and I got older. By the time we settled in Colorado one year later it was the eighth house More >
The Start of My Life in God
Aug 19th
I was an artist. This was just what I was and if you asked me how I was going to support myself as an artist (was I going to be a commercial graphic designer? NO!) I would get very offended because that just didn’t matter to me as much as being “free” and making art More >
Not Your Parents’ Jesus and Mary
Aug 6th
I have been living in spiritual community for six weeks now, as a novice at the Chicago Center of Light. I made this move because for the last two years I have been more and more involved with this spiritual practice, through meditation classes, spiritual seminars, and eventually through relationships with Teachers, priests, and the More >
Will My Question Finally Be Answered?
Aug 6th
For the past 20 years, my subconscious mind was driven by one pre-dominantly question, “What is the purpose of my life?” I got raised by an agnostic mother and grew up in a country destroyed by a religious civil war so turning to God, Jesus and Mary to get questions answered was not an option. More >
Being Set Free
Jun 30th
Sunday morning, right before going to the Center, a wasp buzzed in the kitchen. As I took it into a napkin to release it outside, I realized how in the past I would have crushed it. Also, this made me think how the world is more often reacting to God’s loving touch and care by More >
Becoming a Shining Light
Apr 13th
This is real Christianity – a faith that transforms us into shining lights.


