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#bookReview; a new category of #blogs from #MoonLitPress! We review and recommend "To Travel Well, Travel Light" by Mary Coday Edwards. Edwards is at once a deep thinker and deeply spiritual. This extraordinary memoir recounts Edwards’ global quest for religious belonging.

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New episode just uploaded! Check out "Episode 16: Anchoring Amid the Chaos".

Do you find the current situation in the United States alarming? Are you having trouble finding serenity while chaos reigns? Join Jill in exploring how to anchor yourself and stay steady. Let love reign as you find ways to stay positive and take action.

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www.spiritualbnr.org · Episode 16: Anchoring Amid the ChaosDo you find the current situation in the United States alarming? Are you having trouble finding serenity while chaos reigns? Join Jill in exploring how to anchor yourself and stay steady. Let love reign as you find ways to stay positive and take action. Links: The Brain: The Story of You https://eagleman.com/books/the-brain/ The influence of group membership on the neural correlates involved in empathy https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3644680/ SBNR Episode 4: Takeaways from "Letting Go: The Pathway of Surrender" by David R. Hawkins https://www.spiritualbnr.org/letting-go Ballotpedia Elections Calendar: https://ballotpedia.org/Elections_calendar NPR 2024 Election Recap: https://www.npr.org/2024/12/27/nx-s1-5222570/2024-politics-recap 2024 Presidential General Election Results https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/ University of Florida Election Lab: https://election.lab.ufl.edu/2024-general-election-turnout/ Music credit: Almost in F - Tranquillity by Kevin MacLeod

Episode 15 of my Spiritual But Not Religious podcast is now live. It's a review of the memoir by John Hamilton titled "Honest to God" and how I found that although we have traveled different paths, I feel a deep kinship with his journey.

Check out my post on Substack:
open.substack.com/pub/spiritua

You can also find the episode on your favorite podcast app and on my blog at spiritualbnr.org/honest-to-god.

The quote on the image below appears on page 46 of the book "Ramana Maharshi: Teachings of Self-Realization" by Robert Wolfe. It begins with, "For those who ask, 'What is to be done about the conditions in the world?', Ramana replies: 'First set yourself right, and then only set out to improve "others."'

In other words, only when you let go of your small self and accept the "capital S" Self can you hope to help "others" see that there are no others.

Now you can watch the video version of Episode 14 of the SBNR podcast: Awakening to Life's Sacred Moments: Journeying Through "Wake Up Call" with Tom Rapsas. In this episode, we explore highlights from several chapters of the book, with some helpful links in the episode description. Enjoy!

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Richard Rohr reminds us that the self is a small, petty product of the ego, but the Self is everything. "People with a distorted image of self, world, or God will be largely incapable of experiencing what is Really Real in the world." You can find his meditation here: cac.org/daily-meditations/our-

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Center for Action and Contemplation · Our Limited PerspectivesFor Father Richard, contemplation begins as we realize the limits of our own perspective. Reality is far vaster than we can perceive. Every viewpoint is a

I'm encouraged by the response to my latest episode! Thank you for listening. Please share it with anyone you know who might be struggling with #addiction #recovery. Dr. O'Connor put a lot of wisdom into that book, and I hope my review does it justice.

You can find the podcast and the written transcript at spiritualbnr.org/episode-11-hi. The image with this post includes one of my favorite quotes from the book.

I finally got a new episode up! Join me as I delve into “Higher and Friendly Powers: Transforming Addiction and Suffering” by Dr. Peg O'Connor. You can listen to the podcast and read the transcript now at spiritualbnr.org/episode-11-hi or find it on your favorite podcast app when they get it circulated sometime in the next 24 hours. I've attached a little soundbite for your listening pleasure. #podcast #BookReview #SpiritualBNR #SBNR #Spirituality #philosophy #addiction #recovery #AA