Heather Ruce

It is winter time here and in many parts of the world. The barren trees, brown patches on the ground, animals hibernating, plants lying...

We are entering thanksgiving week here in the United States. With the complicated history in mind, wounds still fresh in the land and in...

We have been focusing on the essence of ourselves that is unable to be destroyed. The golden kernel, the invincible heart, the center...

Coming through the Fall Triduum this past week as well as a weekend focused on mystical hope I am so grateful for the wisdom teachings...

Here we are on Halloween or All Saints’ Eve. The thin time of the Fall Triduum has begun and we can enter the interior of our hearts...

It is finally beginning to feel like fall is in the air here in Southern California. I once heard and often joke that living here we can...

As we stay committed to our practice of centering prayer and other types of silent meditation, we trust that we are coming to more fully...

Help is all around us when we have eyes to see. Help definitely does not always come in the form or timing that we want it to. Help does...

When strengthening our nervous systems, there is both effort and letting go required. We do need to work with our attention, not simply...

Last week I talked about strengthening our nervous systems to be able to bear this individual and collective free fall we are in the...

This week I was reminded of Logion 2 from the Gospel of Thomas as well as the ongoing wisdom invitation to expand our awareness and...

This continues to be a profound time of polarization and uncertainty biosphere-ically, politically, socially, physically, economically,...

Other than recognizing Labor Day as part of a long weekend when summer begins to come to a close ushering in the fall season, I have to...

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...