Touching the Stillness

As a meditator, one may think there's no merit in having angry emotions. Yet the story we hear going into this episode's meditation demonstrates how a renowned and respected meditation teacher channeled his anger to change one life and save another.

We interrupt this broadcast with breaking news that is the prelude to this episode's mind-altering meditation and affirmative prayers.

The rare occurrence of Valentine's Day and Ash Wednesday colliding on the same day inspired this episode in which our host prepares us to love for Lent. And, in a new segment, our host addresses passion of another kind in answering a listener's question.

The first episode of the year starts with a good reminder: Whatever we practice, we get really good at doing. So, to get the ball rolling with that stalled or deferred intention, our host leads a meditation designed to support our becoming more practiced in the art of practice.

While Advent and the holiday season hinges on the ritual of gift-giving, in this 2017 finale episode we're encouraged to take pause to meditate on what gift to humankind we, like Mary in the Christmas story, can give birth to.

Here's a present you can give to anyone on your holiday list this Advent season. It won't cost a penny but the impression left behind will be priceless! And, to get ready to share this invaluable gift, our host leads a meditation that helps us to put a bow on it.

Your loved one died unexpectedly while you weren't on speaking terms or following a roaring row. Now what ...? In our annual Hope for the Holidays episode, grief counselor and Unity Online Radio host Rev. Chaz Wesley discusses the difficult topic of dealing with the loss of a loved one when the goodbye wasn't on good terms.

Rev. Paulette Pipe challenges us to take Thanksgiving beyond the holiday and cultivate a gratitude practice where we literally give thanks every day for everything: the messy and the mesmerizing, the challenges and the blessings, and the stuff we like and don't like.

As she stood before the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C., recently, about to share an affirmative prayer as part of the Stand Up For Humanity event, our host declared her personal commitment. Here, through a motivating meditation, she invites us to join her in this pledge-by first taking a seat before taking a stand.

Beware! This episode comes with the following caution: "Beliefs at work which, if not observed, can become dangerous!" Which is why through, prayer and meditation, our host provides a frame work designed to take us beyond belief.

Taking pause from preparations for her 10th annual Silent Retreat, our host gently steers us into the inner temple for our own mini stillness experience.

How do we respond to the soul-wrenching headlines of previous days? In this prayer-infused episode, brimming with moving music and meditations, our host encourages us to keep our hearts wide open and remember, love will meet the need.

How are we spending the currency of love? Special guest Sarah McLean poses this and other thought-provoking questions before leading us in a love-inspired meditation, which our host follows up with soothing prayers for comfort.

When our host made an unlikely-and unceremonious-covenant regarding her life's work, she didn't take into account the Universe was listening so intently. Tune in to learn how she had to take a moment to listen to her life, and reinstitute the promise that will forever change how she earns a living; before you experience her compelling abundance meditation.

First it was the car, then the refrigerator, then the air-conditioning ... What revelations did the break down of these products, all with similar issues, bring to light for our host and become a coaching moment that reinvigorated her financial well-being? In this two-part prosperity healing series, she receives pointers from beyond the grave that inspire this episode's meditation.