faith  (f 1. Confident belief in the truth, value, or trustworthiness of a person, idea, or thing. 2. Belief that does not rest on...

I’m asked with some frequency if I believe in reincarnation, past lives, life after death, the afterlife, Heaven, and such.  Invariably,...

From a dude on a dating site:  “How can you call yourself a mystic but not be spiritual?”  From a friend: “Isn’t a vision just a...

Since my own significant personal transition began just about three years ago, I’ve experienced the world in a magnificent manner than...

I’ve been asked my opinion of the Travyon Martin case a few times the past week and have not really given a response other than, “I...

“As a child I felt myself to be alone, and I am still, because I know things and must hint at things which others apparently know nothing...

On June 3, I posted this on the UnCommon Touch facebook page: “Are we *so* sure that we’re not “being real” or our “authentic self”? Are...

Maybe, somewhere burbling within I do have a message.  I dunno.  Here’s what came through today. My prayer is that you hear the Divine...

It’s been kindly suggested that I hold back from sharing my struggles with folks who share my social media stream and, potentially, the...

I often can’t find the words to describe the UnCommon Touch experience.  So, I’ll let another tell you a little about it!...

Thomas Merton to Aldous Huxley during their discussion about genuine & pseudo-mysticism: What I would call a supernatural and mystical...

And I have felt A presence that disturbs me with the joy Of elevated thought; a sense of the sublime Of something far more deeply...

I don’t share with many folk the experiences I have with some frequency; almost daily.  I’m not quite sure why I tend to keep them to...

That line comes from Dan Millman’s Sacred Journey of the Peaceful Warrior.  Here, Mama Chia is reminding Dan that really, seriously, we...

Inspired by Rumi, blog posts about hate, love and god; and 24 hours steeped in connection with all that is. In Between Stories ~ Rumi Did...

Every now and again, I feel the need to get a taste of my own medicine.  When I do that, I click around and find out when and where...

There are those who think of me as ‘merely’ naive when it comes to things of spirit.  Here, I ask they consider their own limitation of...

When I woke up this morning, I felt my body pulsing in a manner not entirely my own.  It’s not an unusual thing for me.  I always know...

Inspired by a local listserve’s back-n-forth about prayer–the belief in, efficacy of, purpose for, and belly-aching about it not being...

This post is inspired by two events last week.  The first involved a session with a new client; the second, a reminder from Panache Desai...