Archived Episodes
Our Difficulties With Forgiveness
Why is forgiveness sometimes difficult? It may be that forgiveness is complex and may often be misunderstood. "Forgive and forget" is an example of oversimplification. Similarly, "turn the other cheek" may not offe...
Goodwill Toward All Life
When we think of acts of goodwill, we often imagine humanity on the receiving end. As stewards of our planet, we must extend goodwill to all kingdoms: human, animal, plant and mineral. Expanding our concept of...
Why Is Goodwill Challenging?
The premise of goodwill is that you do something today and the benefits are received in the future, what's more is that the benefits are for the greater good and not necessarily for personal gain. Between the moder...
Cultivating Right Action
“The future depends on what you do today.” -- Mahatma Gandhi Through cultivating right action on a regular basis, we can help create the world we'd like to live in. Do you envisio...
Strengthening Our Moral Compass
Our moral compass is the internal guide that leads us toward right action in the form of ethical behavior and virtuous decision-making. How do we ensure that our compass still points True North? How do we ...
Why Is Right Action Challenging?
We are living in a world right now where “alternate facts” and “fake news” blur the lines of a clear picture of what is appropriate. We seem to being losing our way, morally speaking. On thi...
Right Action
Right speech leads to right action. We will spend the month of May discussing the concept of right action. We are moral agents, you and I; we have the capacity to reflect on a situation, decide how we inte...
Cultivating Right Speech
Right speech is foundational in creating a positive, meaningful and productive life. We will wrap up our month-long series on right speech by discussing ways to cultivate it in your day to day. We wi...
Principles of Abundance for the Cosmic Citizen
We are thrilled to invite Dr. Dorothy Riddle back to our show for a third conversation. This time we explore the first book in her rich three volume series, Enough For Us All. This selection,
Being Vincent Van Gogh
Meditation step #11 of The Practice of Living Awarenss is called Ground Of Being. Within this step we explore the ground on which our being sits. This includes the various bodies (physical, emotional, mental, spiri...
Practicing Positive Harmlessness with Dr. Dorothy Riddle
With so many examples of inconceivably reckless violence surfacing week to week, we cannot help but ask ourselves questions. Where have we gone wrong? What part do I play in this? Can I be a part of the solution?&n...
Graceful Interlude: Exploring Qigong with Jessica Kern
We have reached the 7th step of Interlude this week in The Practice Of Living Awareness. Interludes are easily taken for granted or mistaken for "time-off." Much can be gained from an intentional pause. The followi...
Soften, Open, and Release: letting go & letting flow
This week in The Practice Of Living Awareness we are meditating with the natural response to the previous step of Soften, Open, and Receive; Step #5 is Soften, Open, and Release.
!Soften, Open, and Receive... Key Elements of the Creative Process
This week within The Practice Of Living Awareness we are meditating with Step # 4: Soften, Open, and Receive. This meditative tool calls the creative process to mind. Creativity requires a softening and openin...
Cycles, Constancy, and Abundance: The Flow of the Breath
Life is in motion, constant motion. Is there a flow to your moment to moment experience? Are you flowing with life's persistent current or fighting it? By simply noticing the gentle fl...
Creating Your Day with Ellyse Jolley
We started a new round of The Practice of Living Awareness meditations this week. Now that makes us smile! For six years Spirit Fire has been offering free online daily meditations. We often end the sittings by say...
Living Awareness
Living Awareness can also be translated as Living Love or Living Gratitude. Awareness comes about when we understand the interconnectedness of all things. When we connect from the inner-heart, appreciation surfaces...
The Dynamic Effects of Toroidal Flow
The torus is a mechanism that reports back to us the effect of that which we express. Here are a few words about toroidal flow from the meditation pages of our website: Toroidal flow is exper...
The Illumined Potential of The Mind
As we move into the so-called New Age, individuals are finding themselves attracted to a more conscious way of life and modern living has seen us connected globally, offering insight into a world humanity like never b...
Negotiating Mindfulness
Soften, Open, and Receive is the step covered this week in Spirit Fire's meditation practice, The Practice of Living Awareness. This step asks us to do just what the phrase says: softento the moment, ope...
Creating Vibrant Health with Nutritionist Laurie Warren
We had so much fun (and learned so much!) chatting with Laurie Warren as we started Spirit Fire Radio last September, that we thought it'd be perfect to have her join us as we start the new year. Laurie says, "creati...
