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Julie Redstone's Articles in Religion

  • Trusting The Opening Of Insight And Intuition
    There are many souls who are opening now to a deeper level of knowing and perceiving than generally occurs through the physical senses Sometimes this knowing comes in the form of internal messages of a verbal kind
  • Letting Go And Why It Is So Difficult
    In the ordinary experience of living and more so with the passage of time, the heart forms attachments to things, not only because it deems the things it holds onto to be valuable in themselves, but also because in the holding-on process, it acquires a sense of identity as the one who exists in relation to what is being held onto
  • The Purpose Of Silence
    Long ago, in the days before telephones and wireless communication, there existed a zone of silence in the world that covered the earth with a blanket of peace and quiet It carried in it the wishes and prayers of those who sought to lead a good life, a holy life, and it helped allay the fears of those who were concerned for the future
  • Addiction And Spirituality - The Way Home
    There is a time and place in which the soul begins to seek a path of return to its lost home, and, finding the way blocked or invisible, yearns once again for the sense of peace and love that it remembers as having been part of its deepest longing In that moment of time, when the soul turns toward the sun of its longing seeking remembrance and reunion, seeking the sense of peace and completion that it believes is possible, a significant step toward the light of Spirit is taken and the soul will never be the same again
  • The Way Of Inner Guidance: Knowing What Is True
    For many people, there is a great desire to feel and sense the direction one is being guided in by God and one's higher Self, and yet the inner directive is not always clear, and the path ahead not always discernible In some cases, this is due to the fact that there is fear involved in listening and in hearing, so that what comes through as the gentle message of the soul is received with doubt and timidity
  • Emotional Intensity And The Recurrence Of Old Patterns
    Today, the presence of greater spiritual light on earth is affecting the entire planet, and with it, all of her inhabitants This increased light is not an abstraction, but an energetic phenomenon that influences physical and emotional functioning in much the same way that the rays of the sun can influence body and psyche, affecting many areas of feeling and perception
  • The History Of The Soul's Journey Through Time
    From the beginning, the soul has traveled down a path of its own choosing, entering the sphere of time ad space in order to experience its own individuality in a world within form This choice that was so fraught with consequences, was not imposed on the soul by any external edict, but was thrust upon it by virtue of its own preferences toward individual self-expression and the freedom to say "yes" and '"no
  • The Way Of Being Led
    So many, today, are desiring to be led by Divine guidance and intention, and seek to bring their lives into conformity with what God desires These acts of love and surrender are offered from a heart that is increasingly open to love, both human and Divine, and that seeks to create a life that serves the earth and the upliftment of humanity
  • The Road To Awakening
    Beloved Ones, the road to awakening lies within each soul and does not need to be sought outside of the self It is a path of truth that has been implanted within the soul since the time of its beginnings, a path that leads irrevocably to the center of its own life and to the center of the life of the world which is God
  • Living Without Blame - The Way Of Peace
    There are circumstances that arise, today, in which it can feel entirely justifiable to blame others, both on the collective level and on the personal, and yet the energy that we give to blame is not conducive to producing any effect other than to cast us even further into a depth of discouragement and despair
  • Healing The Wounds Of Childhood - The Purification Process
    Many emotions typically reside within the human heart that are residues from childhood Some are experienced consciously and are a familiar part of one's emotional life
  • Saying Goodbye To The Past
    It often happens in the course of a life, and especially when inner movement causes the heart to seek new horizons or relationships in order to further its own growth, that the past must be let go of Sometimes this involves a physical change of circumstance and a physical separation from what one has formerly loved
  • One World Meditations - A Time For Change
    Many know that the world is in need of great help at this time in order to change conditions that are harmful to body, mind, and spirit and to the Earth itself Among those who feel most deeply concerned, some become discouraged or despairing, some find a means of taking action within social or environmental movements, and some seek to address the layer of causality that exists beneath the outer difficulties and challenges
  • The Task For The New Year
    Most people have hope within their hearts on the eve of a new year, and plans and dreams that they vow to bring into fulfillment With or without New Year's Resolutions, we are tuned to the future and to having the hope that the new year be even better than the last – that it fulfill whatever has lacked fulfillment for us, and that it extend whatever has been worthwhile and precious to us
  • Purification And Truth - The Task Of Light
    Today, there is much darkness that covers events and people on the world stage - in nations where violence is everywhere and no one is safe, in governments where deception is widespread and honesty barely visible, and among groups of people who are willing to hate and blame others who are different from themselves
  • The Human Family - An Idea Whose Time Has Come
    There are pivotal ideas that have changed the destiny of mankind and shaped its future Many have remained unnoticed within the shadowy corners of history until a bright light has shown on them, illuminating them, and making them relevant to time, place, and circumstance
  • Expanding The Sphere Of The Heart
    Many people live within the boundaries of a small sphere of perception and interest Within this sphere, everything is very real, very meaningful and emotionally penetrating
  • America's Future - One Nation 'Under God' And What It Could Mean
    Scattered throughout human history, are travesties of all kinds imposed on human beings 'in the name of' God This has been the dark side of religion - of many religions and religious doctrines - that while they claimed to worship the Divine Source of being and of love, their actual practice was anything but reverent and anything but loving
  • Springtime For The Soul
    Springtime for the soul brings with it the beginning of new possibilities for awakening, and for realizing the greater expression of the deeper self on all levels of manifestation

    It uncovers dormant perceptions and allows them to flourish in the new warmth of the spiritual sun
  • Alpha And Omega - The Purpose Of History
    'Alpha' and 'Omega' – Christian symbols that carry with them essential features of the Christian mysteries, belong not only to the Book of Revelation and its prophesies concerning the Christ They also belong to the world at large and to its need to develop a picture of the goal and purpose of human experience
  • Spiritual Awakening And The Reshaping Of Identity
    There are certain times in life when one wishes that the limitations of self could be other than they are, and that the personal characteristics and attitudes that have been troublesome in the past could simply disappear

    Often, efforts of will to eradicate these undesirable emotional habits and tendencies are found to be unsuccessful, and after a short time of seemingly positive improvement, one reverts to the old patterns and ways of being
  • What Is Spiritual Purification?
    Spiritual purification is not an intellectual process, but one that is initiated by the creative power of light - the very force of Creation that was manifested at the beginning of time and that furthers Divine intention throughout time

    Spiritual light travels across all dimensions of reality, both physical and non-physical, affecting one's body as well as one's consciousness
  • Coming Together In The Light
    The oneness that is shared by all of life can be perceived on many levels – in the whisper of a beloved, in the smile of a child, in the fragrance of a flower, in the graceful dance of a leaf as it falls from a tree – all of these gestures of life can touch the heart and cause it to embrace life in its fullness, to experience something of the mystery of connection that resides within all living things
  • The Art Of Being Present
    There is an awakeness that comes from a clear mind, unobscured by wandering thoughts and preoccupations, and there is an awakeness that comes from a clear heart, willing to engage with life as gift and as an ever-unfolding revelation of the purpose of Creation

    Such an awakened heart cannot respond indifferently to life because it sees the outstretched hand of the Creator at every turn and in every particle of experience
  • The New Reality Of Energy
    We have tended to think of matter as solid and of thoughts and feelings as invisible and insubstantial More like air than like anything physical
  • The Earth Purifies - Earth Changes, Flooding, And Extreme Weather Patterns
    It may be difficult for us to imagine how the earth which appears to us to be a solid mass of complexly interrelated parts, can have an intentionality to purify and can be undergoing a process we normally associate with human beings on a spiritual path And even if it is true of the planetary body, we may well wonder how this happens and how it can affect weather patterns
  • The Art of Being Present - Part II
    To truly be present, we need to be available to the moment with our whole self This requires not only an act of attention but also an act of integration so that we are drawing upon all parts of ourselves to 'be with' another
  • Meditation For Children
    All parents and educators know how open children can be to new learning and how receptive when interested We also know how responsible we must be with respect to what we teach our children and allow them to absorb
  • Spiritualizing the Body
    Many people today who have some knowledge concerning the identity of the soul and the passage of human beings through multiple lifetimes of experience, also have an understanding that ‘karma’ is what we carry from one lifetime to another as unhealed portions of ourselves

    Sometimes these unhealed portions show up in emotional difficulties or mental preoccupations
  • Spiritual Anchoring in Times of Difficulty
    There is a great need for spiritual anchoring in times of turbulence and change Anchoring in a deeper truth helps us to weather the currents of emotion that pass through us due either to external events that we experience directly, or to taking in the reactions of others to these events

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