God – The Awakened Dreamer

Awakening and the Radiance Factor

You know those halos on the heads of saints in medieval Christian art, the solar disc in Egyptian hieroglyphs or the flaming nimbus in Asian holy art? Well, I call it the radiance factor. And everyone has it. The thing is your radiance factor might be shining at only 40 watts instead of say the […]

by Lori Ann Lothian

The Carnal Elephant in the Satsang Room

A reader asked me the other day about my sex life post-awakening and whether it had changed (Answer: yes, drastically and yet, not at all). During the same time I got wind of an upcoming teleseminar series with interviews of well known spiritual teachers about their vulnerabilities and challenges. A kind of get real endeavor […]

by Lori Ann Lothian

Bending the Reality Spoon

I was nine years old when my first miracle happened. It was June, and a school field trip to the zoo was about to be cancelled in light of a monsoon-like morning. The torrential rain was forecast to continue well into the next day. I’d been looking forward to this outing for weeks and, like […]

by Lori Ann Lothian

Five Things My Dog Taught Me About God

I have a pet theory, no pun intended, that God is really a dog. Forget a bearded fellow on a throne, a crafty one-eyed Odin, or any number of fierce sword or skull wielding goddesses. Even forget softies like compassionate Kwan Yin or hearth-tending Hestia. God has four legs—meaning any anthropomorphic diety clearly is two […]