By Jessica Zack — 2020
Like a lot of people with newfound interest in Buddhist meditation, Jarvis Jay Masters struggled at first to sit still and quiet his mind.
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Is it really possible that imagination can influence outcomes in the “real” world? Using your imagination can be a powerful and creative tool for a life transformation.
For most of us, real transformation happens in recognizable stages, as the dance between Being and Becoming moves from one pole to another.
This questing stage of the transformative journey requires help—not only the help of a teacher or counselor, but the help of grace.
Even when we're given a glimpse—sometimes a long glimpse—of who we can be, it usually takes work to bring the separate strands of our being into alignment with the awakening vision.
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A few weeks ago, a Baptist minister in Texas started a rumble, or at least a small brouhaha, when he declared that yoga is not suitable for Christians. His point was that using the body for spiritual practice contradicts basic Christian principles.