Today's Spirituality Pulse
Charitable giving highlighted as a path to spiritual fulfillment
Manila Bulletin’s feature “When you give alms…” examines the role of almsgiving in personal growth, while a companion piece “Treasures in heaven” reinforces the theme across two outlets.
Easter Baptisms Double in Westminster as Record Numbers Join Catholic Church
ZENIT reports that Easter Vigil baptisms in the Diocese of Westminster have doubled over the past two years, reflecting a broader surge in Catholic conversions across the United Kingdom. The trend highlights a growing search for belonging and meaning amid societal uncertainty.
The Week After Resurrection
The post reflects on Easter Tuesday, focusing on Mary’s encounter at the tomb where she first misidentifies the risen Jesus and then experiences a profound shift when He calls her by name. It contrasts internal recognition with external naming, suggesting...
When You're Too Hurt to Pray
The article explores how deep emotional hurt can make prayer feel impossible, describing a state where words fail not from busyness but from a heart overwhelmed by pain. It draws on biblical examples—Jesus on the cross, David, Hannah, and Job—to...
We Settle for Small Pleasures, Ignoring Infinite Joy
“It would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to...
The Psychological Friction of Living a Life That No Longer Matches Your Identity
The post describes a subtle psychological friction that emerges when a person’s self‑identity evolves faster than their external life circumstances. Outwardly, everything appears functional—work, routines, relationships—but an undercurrent of misalignment creates a feeling that interactions and decisions are slightly off....
Psychedelic Study Maps Brain's Construction of the Self
Scientists reported that psychedelics temporarily loosen self‑related brain networks, enabling the first detailed mapping of how the brain constructs the sense of self. The finding, highlighted by The Hindu, could reshape spirituality research and therapeutic approaches to mental health.
M.I.A. Unveils Gospel‑Infused Album M.I.7 and Lead Single “Everything”
M.I.A. announced her seventh studio album, M.I.7, slated for April 17, and released the lead single “Everything.” The project, described as a gospel record rooted in prayer and biblical imagery, marks her first full‑length release since 2022’s Mata and comes...
Not Every Free Person Is Free
Baruch Spinoza, excommunicated in 1656, illustrates that physical escape does not guarantee inner freedom. The essay links his 17th‑century philosophy to Passover, arguing that true liberty requires self‑knowledge and mastery over passions. Spinoza’s *Ethics* teaches that desire must be examined,...
Day Fifty-Nine: Unity and Relationship
Day Fifty-Nine: Unity and Relationship continues Dr. Roger McFillin’s daily spiritual series, urging readers to move beyond classroom‑style learning toward lived connection. The post emphasizes that true unity arises when relationships are cultivated through practice, not just theory. It links...
Navigating the Metacrisis: Finding Calm in the Storm Through Awareness and Meditation
The Great Simplification podcast episode explores how cultivating inner awareness through meditation can help individuals and societies navigate the "metacrisis" of overlapping global and personal challenges. Host Sam Harris argues that most suffering stems from unconscious identification with thought, which,...
Depression and Anxiety: Cultural Failures, Not Personal Faults
What if depression and anxiety aren't personal failures — but cultural ones? For the full 10percenthappier podcast episode with Prentis Hemphill — therapist, somatic facilitator, and national bestselling author of What It Takes to Heal — head to the link in...
Margaret Fuller Reveals Path to Oneness with the All
Unselfing into oneness with "the All" – the forgotten visionary Margaret Fuller on transcendence https://t.co/ZPkjr4d4Wx
Lead Human: Talentfoot's Camille Fetter on Finding Your Soul Fuel
Talentfoot founder Camille Fetter reframes career success around a single concept—finding your “soul fuel,” a purpose‑driven internal driver rather than external validation. She argues that early‑career professionals should prioritize rapid learning over brand prestige, and that the manager you work...
Music, Zen, and Cage: Blueprint for Good Living
“Good music can act as a guide to good living.” Gorgeous read on the inner life of the creative spirit lensed through Zen Buddhism and the life of John Cage https://t.co/GknNVx2rF8
Train Your Mind, Improve the World One Step
“The way to make the world better is to get your mind trained. There’s a Buddhist saying, ‘you couldn’t pave the entire world. But you could have better shoes.’” https://t.co/ifOnomC9BJ
The Not-Yet: Dreams, Reveries, and Hope in an Unfinished World
Designboom frames Ernst Bloch’s philosophical concept of the Not‑Yet as a practical design tool, arguing that dreams function as actionable blueprints rather than escapist fantasies. The magazine’s "Room for Dreams" immersive installation at Milan Design Week 2026 converts a hotel...
What Happens when Fear Loses Its Grip
The post explores how fear, rooted in shame and judgment, can be overcome through the Christian concept of perfect love, citing 1 John 4:18. It argues that Christ’s sacrificial love drives fear out, offering believers assurance of forgiveness and eternal...
Dr. Rachel Goldman Offers Proven Strategies for Confidence and Calm in Turbulent Times
On April 7, 2026, NYU psychologist Dr. Rachel Goldman appeared on Oprah Daily’s “In Conversation With” series to unveil practical, research‑backed methods for building confidence and calm amid uncertainty. The interview promotes her newly released book, “When Life Happens,” which...
The Case for Doing Nothing
The article challenges the pervasive belief that constant action equals value, arguing that intentional inaction can be a strategic advantage. It explains how our instinct to fix problems often disrupts natural resolution processes in ecosystems, relationships, and organizations. By framing...
Research Suggests that People Who Pursue Happiness Directly Almost Never Find It – but People Who Pursue Meaning, Connection, and...
Recent research shows that directly pursuing happiness often backfires, while focusing on meaning, connection, and acceptance yields lasting contentment. Studies by Iris Mauss at UC Berkeley found that people who value happiness most report lower satisfaction when good things happen....
Daily Meditations Publishes Essay Linking Dickinson, Jung and Herrmann on Resurrection
Daily Meditations with Matthew Fox released a new essay that weaves Emily Dickinson’s poetry, Carl Jung’s archetypal psychology, and Jungian analyst Steven Herrmann’s insights into a unified view of resurrection. The piece argues the archetype bridges literature, depth psychology and...
JKYog Publishes "Embracing Impermanence" Guiding Readers Toward Detachment
JKYog released a new Samarpan e‑journal article titled “Embracing Impermanence: Finding Freedom in Letting Go,” drawing on Swami Mukundananda’s Vedic teachings to explain why attachment causes suffering and how detachment can foster lasting peace. The piece arrives as mindfulness and...
Nature Reviews Psychology Releases Consensus on Self‑Knowledge Definition and Measurement
Nature Reviews Psychology published a consensus statement authored by 17 experts that defines self‑knowledge as accurate perception of stable traits and momentary states. The panel highlighted domain‑specificity, context‑dependent benefits, and the difficulty of changing self‑knowledge, while calling for refined measurement...
Unshakeable
The April 8, 2026 "Unshakeable" daily devotional targets women with a 53‑minute guided meditation rooted in Joshua 1:8 (KJV). The post thanks contributors Clairefully, Janice, Caroline Goings, Natia, and others for joining the live session. It includes a promised link to the meditation,...
Esalen Institute Launches Gene Keys Activation Workshops Starting March 2026
The Esalen Institute in Big Sur announced a new Gene Keys Activation workshop series that begins on March 9, 2026. The multi‑day program combines astrology, the I Ching, Kabbalah and contemporary science, and will run through April 11 despite seasonal road closures. Organizers say the...
Why Shrinking Your World Might Be the Path to Inner Peace
The article argues that relentless exposure to global news and social‑media alerts fuels chronic anxiety by overloading our nervous system. It cites research from Johann Hari and Jon Kabat‑Zinn that disconnection and unchecked information flow erode mental well‑being. The author proposes a...
Spiritual People Often Sabotage Change with Five Common Mistakes
Part 1: The 5 Biggest Mistakes that Spiritual People Make When It Comes to Change Drop a ❤️ if this resonates
Therapists Turn to Somatic Movement to Boost Trauma Healing
Therapists across the U.K. and U.S. are weaving somatic shaking and other movement techniques into standard talk therapy, a shift highlighted by London therapist Bianca Stephenson. The trend reflects a broader search for embodied approaches that address trauma where the...
Challenge Biases, Embrace Analytical Perspective on Nature
It’s important not to let our biases stand in the way of our objectivity. To get good results, we need to be analytical rather than emotional. Whenever I observe something in nature that I (or mankind) think is wrong, I assume...
A 12-Minute Meditation to Approach the World With a “Don’t-Know Mind”
Mindful.org published a 12‑minute guided meditation designed to cultivate a \"don’t‑know mind\", a state of curiosity that balances familiar comfort with openness to the unknown. The practice walks listeners through grounding, breath work, and visualizations of familiar anchors before inviting...
When We Abandon Ourselves
The author recounts a restaurant incident where she accepted a fried grouper she didn’t want, realizing she had slipped back into a lifelong habit of self‑abandonment. She links this pattern to early conditioning that teaches women to suppress needs and...
Jung Labels Addiction as Spiritual Crisis: What It Means
In 1961, Carl Jung wrote a letter to the founder of Alcoholics Anonymous. He said addiction is a spiritual crisis. Everyone quotes it, but the question it raised is still unanswered: What does a spiritual crisis actually look like inside the psyche? 🧵
What About Knowledge That No Longer Knows What It Is For?
The essay argues that today’s policy‑driven, metric‑obsessed management of science and higher education has turned these institutions into a fragile chimera, unable to sustain genuine knowledge creation. It contrasts this with the 19th‑century Humboldtian model, which granted autonomy, stable funding,...
Meaning Is Assigned, So Letting Go Becomes Easier
Letting go gets easier when you realize the things you're holding onto only have meaning because you gave it to them.
Why the Search for Your “True Self” Is a Trap?
In this episode, the host challenges the popular notion of uncovering a singular, authentic "true self," arguing that the quest itself is a cultural trap that obscures the fluid, context‑dependent nature of identity. Drawing on philosophical and psychological insights, they...
Cut the Nonessential, Gain Time and Tranquility
"Most of what we say and do is not essential. If you can eliminate it, you'll have more time, and more tranquility. Ask yourself at every moment, "Is this necessary?" -Marcus Aurelius
Cosmic Music: The Life, Art and Transcendence of Alice Coltrane | In Conversation with Andy Beta
Andy Beta’s newly released biography, "Cosmic Music: The Life, Art and Transcendence of Alice Coltrane," delves into the pianist‑composer’s multifaceted journey from jazz prodigy to spiritual leader. The book draws on decades‑long research, rare recordings, and personal archives to map Coltrane’s...
Day Fifty-Eight: Commune With Your Higher Self
In Day Fifty‑Eight of his "Higher Self" series, Dr. Roger McFillin urges readers to commune with their inner guide through silence, focused journaling and gratitude. He frames the higher self as an innate compass that can steer personal and professional choices....
17-Minute Postive Affirmation Yoga Practice for a Quick Confidence Boost
Audriana Monteiro, a trauma‑informed yoga teacher and physiotherapist, offers a 17‑minute yoga sequence that pairs each pose with a positive affirmation. The routine targets the hips, legs, and low back, encouraging both physical stretch and mental reinforcement. Each posture is...
A Free People Still Have to Learn How to Live
Maimonides authored the Mishneh Torah, a ten‑year project that consolidated scattered oral Jewish law into a single, fourteen‑book code. By arranging topics from divine fundamentals to commerce and justice, he created a clear, ordered framework for everyday practice. The work...
Mindfulness Coach Completes 57‑Mile Silent Walk From London to Cambridge
Mindfulness coach Bhupinder Sandhu walked 57 miles (92 km) from Parliament Square to Cambridge in complete silence over Easter weekend, aiming to raise awareness of mindfulness as a tool for mental health. The 15‑hour trek underscores a growing trend toward embodied...
A Child's Prayer: Love over Hate After Terror
Willa, my godchild, was three, and lived 2 blocks from the WTC on Sept 11, 2001. She was 7 years old at the time of the London metro bombing. On being told about the London terrorism, her eyes filled with...
Brain May Filter, Not Create, Consciousness, Says Bi
My guest @JohnathanBi suggests that scientific materialism isn’t wrong—it’s just incomplete. “Materialism assumes the brain creates the mind. But there are strong reasons to think the brain might be filtering consciousness instead.” ~Johnathan Bi
What Does It Mean to Be Immortal?
The essay examines immortality through myths, literature, film, and recent sci‑fi, highlighting recurring themes of longing, loneliness, and the human desire for lasting impact. It contrasts physical eternity with psychological, digital, and spiritual continuations, noting how each portrayal shapes our...
Discard the Surface Self with Underhill’s Timeless Guide
How to shed the surface self – the forgotten visionary Evelyn Underhill's century-old field guide to touching the depths of being https://t.co/C5ea57rwsN
Courage Guides Action; Agency Lacks Moral Direction
"'Courage' has a moral valence that agency doesn’t. Agency is about action, but it tells us nothing of direction. You can just do things, sure, but what will you do?" We've "collectively lost a sense of moral guidance" and don’t...
Living without My Self
The author describes a personal sense of lacking a stable, narrative self and finds validation in Robert Musil’s unfinished novel *The Man Without Qualities*. By connecting Musil’s fiction to Buddhist anattā, Hume’s bundle theory, Ernst Mach’s functionalism and recent neuroscience, the...
Astronauts Reveal Awe: Embrace Feeling Small
The Overview Effect: What We Can Learn From Astronauts About the Importance of Feeling Small, by @sambmd Good advice on getting more awe into your life: https://t.co/mAAM4VEEe4
Mental Pain Originates Within, Not From Others
No one can cause mental pain to you. It is caused by you and no one else but you, in reaction to something that happens around you. #SadhguruWisdom https://t.co/X7sW7kg8Ii
Diane Ackerman Explores Intimacy Within the Infinite
A Cosmic Pastoral – poet Diane Ackerman on the intimate in the infinite and the responsibility of rapture https://t.co/evvyU595DA