Bruce Magnotti is a Reiki Master/Teacher and has a masters of divinity with a focus on the major world religions including both Western and Eastern faiths. Bruce has been ordained throught he Church of Spiritual Humanism and the Universal Life Church and is a member of the prestigious Monastery. He has a unique approach to conflict resolution, intimacy and relationship issues, and practices what he calls reality coaching.
Emptiness is a spiritual concept that is best defined by the Tao Te Ching. The true nature of the cosmos is emptiness, the universe is almost 100% empty space. The reason we sense the material world as solid is that the solid particles are moving so fast we sense them in millions of places as if at
To most of us, thoughts of the future and past obscure the present moment to a great degree. We consider experience gained in the past to be wisdom and knowledge acquired to be understanding. We consider the pursuit of ideals and goals to be virtue. We believe that what has "happened to us" in the p
The principle of attachment is often thought to be simply a factor of relationship. Our lives are usually defined by our relationship to others and the objects and other factors of our environment. These are our friends, loved ones, family, our possessions, our position, and reputation.
Bad fortune rests within good fortune Good fortune hides within bad fortune Oh the things that heaven sends Who can know their final aim? Who can tell of their endless ways?
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Good fortune, bad fortune One seems to bring benefit,
Reiki is the Japanese word for the universal life force, the animating power of the universe. This life force has beauty, order, sensuality, and intelligence, just like the sentient expressions of that force. Humans are an expression of that force, and as such are pure and virtuous in the natural, u
Karma is thought to be very much like the Biblical "...an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth...", or the more poignant, "...sow what you reap..." In physics there is a concept that supports the view that "every action has an opposite and equal reaction."
The source of all energy is the Tao, the void existing throughout the universe, the empty space between the stars, planets, and atomic particles. This space is within and the very center of every sentient being, and every material form. Sentient beings have Chakras, centers through which the energy
The Tao is the void, the space that exists betwen the subatomic structure of our universe. According to the Tao Te Ching this space is the potential for all that exists though in itself it is nothing.
The Te is the expression tha proceeds from the Tao and expresses itself through all sentient
Life and relationship present us with mirrors that enable us to see what we really are. When you see another sentient being you are actually viewing yourself. How can that be? You are not as separate from other beings as it appears to your perception. The "other" sentient being you perceive is an ex
Meditation is perhaps the most misunderstood concept within the realm of spiritual practice.
Many methods are discussed that teach the principles or the methods of meditation. Even as I write those words I am struck by the arrogance and ignorance that those who claim to teach meditation exhib