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2016 is shaping up to be a wild one, with a contentious election process and conflict all around us. From April 14-16, get away from it all and centered in your right mind at Garrison Institute’s annual silent retreat for... Continue reading
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What I pray for is quite simple: allow the parts you love - that make you happy, that give you life - to consume you… to envelop the entirety of your life in Love. Thank you for the years of... Continue reading
Posted Aug 18, 2015 at MyOutSpirit.com Gay Spirituality Blog
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“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” (Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.) The name Emanuel means “God is with us”. And as if one needed any... Continue reading
Posted Aug 12, 2015 at MyOutSpirit.com Gay Spirituality Blog
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Remember the Arab Spring? Fueled by social media, the people of several Arab nations started taking to the streets five years ago to demand a different way of life, a change in the relationship they have with their governments. Now... Continue reading
Posted Aug 12, 2015 at MyOutSpirit.com Gay Spirituality Blog
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From April 9-12, 2015, you are invited to attend an LGBTQI Meditation Retreat at Garrison Institute in upstate New York: Embodying Presence in Our Lives: A Mindfulness Meditation Weekend for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, and Queer Communities. MyOutSpirit was... Continue reading
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After a few too many late nights out, many people in the gay community begin to feel that they are ready for a new routine. Within the course of a year, I went from being lost in a college daze... Continue reading
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So how do you move your focus from a lack mentality to one of abundance? It starts with a shift in mindset and a heightened awareness. {by Life & Executive Coach,Joel Readence} "Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end... Continue reading
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We need some powerful collective New Year's resolutions – yes, resolutions – to help us change the way things are and the way they might be. {by Rev. Paul M. Turner, Gentle Spirit Christian Church of Atlanta} It’s the first... Continue reading
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Beauty Buggery and Bliss are powerful intoxicating, addictive forces: they can lead us to concsiousness, to soulful awakening and a fulfilled life, but they can also lead us into an oblivion of compulsive behaviours, negativity and unconsciousness. Gay people have... Continue reading
Posted Dec 31, 2014 at MyOutSpirit.com Gay Spirituality Blog
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Many white Americans tend to see this problem as unfortunate incidents based on individual circumstances. Black Americans see a system in which their black lives matter less than white lives. I wish what has gone on recently, was something unique,... Continue reading
Posted Dec 31, 2014 at MyOutSpirit.com Gay Spirituality Blog
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{by Shokti Lovestar, London, England} AIDS was a collective wake up call to gay people and to all humanity. Calling us to wake up to the fact that Healing Is Vital - healing of the human condition of separation, fear,... Continue reading
Posted Nov 24, 2014 at MyOutSpirit.com Gay Spirituality Blog
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Just because I look like you, does not mean I think like you. And, just because I do not look like you, does not mean I don't feel like you. {by Rev. Paul M. Turner, Gentle Spirit Christian Church of... Continue reading
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Why America's best-known hatemonger was good for LGBT people. Fred Phelps is dead. Nobody in the LGBT community is sorry to see him go, but looking back on his legacy, from one perspective, he did us a great service. With... Continue reading
Posted Mar 20, 2014 at MyOutSpirit.com Gay Spirituality Blog
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It feels like if we’re not trying to feverishly manipulate, steer, force and push every facet of our existence, we’re somehow failing at life. {by Life & Executive Coach,Joel Readence} So I’m going to start this article off with a... Continue reading
Posted Mar 11, 2014 at MyOutSpirit.com Gay Spirituality Blog
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Our gay souls need more than endless, unconstrained pleasure. {by Shokti Lovestar, London, England} It is not hard to understand why gay life in general leaves the divine out of the picture, unless that divine is a great big drag... Continue reading
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I can no longer plead ignorance. I can no longer be silent. I can no longer stand on the sidelines. Originally, I was planning on writing a blog concerning “Marriage Equality”. Last night that all changed as I attended a... Continue reading
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HOW DO SO MANY STRAIGHT POLITICIANS GET AWAY WITH DOING EVIL IN CHRIST'S NAME? {by Rev. Paul M. Turner, Gentle Spirit Christian Church of Atlanta} For the person of faith (in this case Christian) there is this standard which says... Continue reading
Posted Feb 27, 2014 at MyOutSpirit.com Gay Spirituality Blog
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The institutional church has taken the position they own the faith and simply rent it to us. That is a lie. {by Rev. Paul M. Turner, Gentle Spirit Christian Church of Atlanta} Writing these days seems to be somewhat challenging... Continue reading
Posted Jan 25, 2014 at MyOutSpirit.com Gay Spirituality Blog
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TAKE IT EASY! 10 Things LGBT People can do to Relax into Wisdom at Any Age {Guest Post by Life & Executive Coach,Joel Readence} So I turned 42 the other day. Yep, I’m one of those crazy people who claim... Continue reading
Posted Jan 17, 2014 at MyOutSpirit.com Gay Spirituality Blog
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People who discover I am bisexual and not straight seem to feel like I lied to them or betrayed them in some way, especially straight women. {By Lani Kwon, CoPOWERment.com} “Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn’t.” –Mark... Continue reading
Posted Sep 22, 2013 at MyOutSpirit.com Gay Spirituality Blog
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When I realized I was gay, I hated myself. I wished and prayed endlessly that I could just be like everyone else. Being different felt like a curse, but now... {Mitch Anderson, the 2013 Salutatorian at Belton High School in... Continue reading
Posted Jun 12, 2013 at MyOutSpirit.com Gay Spirituality Blog
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The same-sex marriage fight is about whether or not straights see gay people as equal to them as human beings. {by Rev. Paul M. Turner, Gentle Spirit Christian Church of Atlanta} "Marriage Equality" - those two words have become the... Continue reading
Posted Apr 25, 2013 at MyOutSpirit.com Gay Spirituality Blog
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{Via International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia} Around the world, many faith communities and organizations mobilize on May 17th to commemorate the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia. These faith communities and organizations not only come together to highlight the... Continue reading
Posted Apr 12, 2013 at MyOutSpirit.com Gay Spirituality Blog
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{by Patrick Henry Morris of Sang-gye Healing Arts} It’s been a week since I returned from retreat in upstate New York. I’m settling into my newfound freedom of mind quite nicely. I feel so grateful to have had such a... Continue reading
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{by Patrick Henry Morris, Awakened Artistry} Last weekend I started my year long immersion training with The Interdependence Project in New York City. Entering those doors and climbing the 200 stairs to the loving space of my Sangha I was... Continue reading
Posted Mar 25, 2013 at MyOutSpirit.com Gay Spirituality Blog