Heather Ruce

Keep hunkering down, down, down to the rock of your Being. To that immortal Diamond of Self that lies beyond time and cannot be...

Part of our work as humans on a wisdom path is to contribute to something more than strife, polarization, and unhelpful chaos. Our work,...

Over the past few weeks I have noticed another rise in existential angst and individual and collective nervous system activation with the...

I found myself re-turning to love and sorrow and hope this week. It was as if each were whispering in the ear of my heart “remember. . .”...

As we have explored these months, Yeshua’s non-dual teachings in the beatitudes hold an invitation that is pertinent in the midst of the...

“Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” The kingdom of heaven is within us...

“Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.” I’ve spent a lot of my life settling for creating false...

“Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.” In the Christian wisdom tradition, along with many other spiritual traditions,...

This past week you were invited to spend time with the fifth Beatitude “ Blessed are the merciful; for they will receive mercy. ” As many...

This past week you were invited to hold inside yourself and meditate on the fourth Beatitude “Blessed are they which hunger and thirst...

Today, and hopefully every day, we honor our fathers. Like Mother's Day I know that Father’s Day can bring with it a slew of complicated...

Into the larger mind. . . This is not about thinking differently but about moving beyond the mind. Jesus is showing us how to do this in...

Our contemplative practice is all about moving beyond our usual limited field of perceptivity based solely in the small egoic structure...

No matter what spiritual path you are on, the non-dual teachings of Yeshua (Jesus in Aramaic) in the Beatitudes open those who have...

This Paschal Season and our Vigil in this form comes to an end today on Pentecost Sunday. For those of you who have joined me...

As you know, according to the liturgical year in the Christian tradition, we are still in the fifty days of Eastertide, holding vigil,...

Today, and hopefully every day, we honor our mothers. Having walked alongside others for many years I know firsthand that Mother’s Day...

We carry on holding vigil in Eastertide. Last week we returned to Gurdjieff’s teaching that each one of us has an atmosphere, like the...

As we continue on in this Paschal Season, many of you holding vigil with me, I hope you are finding ways to ‘keep within’. . . to stay...

Springtime and Eastertide are upon us as the world continues to open up from 'stay at home' dictates in fits and starts. Wisdom is here...

In this Paschal Season, the world is opening up and in need of wisdom to chart the territory of loving presence and action toward all...

It is Easter Sunday, the start of the great fifty days of Eastertide (or Paschal Time) which runs up to Pentecost Sunday. In the...

It is Palm Sunday or Passion Sunday, the first day of Holy Week, in the Christian tradition. I know that everyone has their own kind of...

I am often despaired by the ongoing hate and violence that exists in humans. The murders of the Asian American women this week was heart...