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Explore courses that connect emotions, spirituality, and personal wellbeing. Learn how traditions approach love, grief, joy, fear, gratitude, resilience, and inner balance while offering timeless guidance for navigating the human experience.

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March 12, 2026

Concept of One God

Whether polytheistic, monotheistic, or nontheistic, all religions address the same ultimate reality through metaphorical forms suited to culture and mind. We draw on Hinduism's pantheon, the Jewish Sh'ma and Talmud, Islam's tawhid and 99 names of God, Christianity's Trinity, Daoism's the One, and Buddhist teachings on ultimate reality.

March 12, 2026

Seeing Order in the Universe

Our minds seek patterns and meaning in chaos: the stars guide navigation, Darwin's finches reveal adaptation, and Phi appears in architecture and music. We draw on Charles Darwin's natural selection, Robert C. Fuller's analysis of mathematical wonder, and Beethoven's Fifth Symphony.

March 12, 2026

Common Themes in All Religions

Common Themes in Religion and the Essential Unity of All Religions

October 23, 2025

Environmental Awareness

The month of April is a time when the magic of Spring brings new life back to the natural world around us: flowers are in bloom, trees grow their leaves back, the sun shines brighter, and the sound of

October 23, 2025

The Spiritual Significance of Dreams

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September 3, 2025

Do Not Fear - a Universal Call From the World’s Faiths

From the Hebrew Bible to the Qur'an to the Bhagavad Gita, traditions converge on a unified message: fear thrives in the small, isolated self, but withers in alignment with the divine. We draw on Isaiah's promise, Jesus' peace, Krishna's call to surrender, Buddhist detachment, and Stoic virtue.

August 28, 2025

Light

In this lesson we cover light as symbol of the Divine. One source of light illuminates all, just as God emanates from a single source. Light represents divinity, truth, and spiritual wisdom across all faiths. We draw on the Bible, the Qur'an, the Bhagavad Gita, Buddhist teachings, and Zoroastrianism.

August 21, 2025

Are We Misjudging the World’s Major Religions?

In this course we cover misconceptions distorting understanding of world religions. Colonial narratives, media sensationalism, political conflicts, and echo chambers have obscured the actual teachings of Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism, and other traditions. Stereotypes persist where religious literacy could bring clarity.

February 15, 2025

Gratitude

Gratitude, the act of appreciating what one has, forms a core principle across a vast spectrum of faiths and wisdom traditions. In a world often consumed by desires and anxieties, practicing gratitude

May 11, 2024

Bliss

Joseph Campbell, the popular writer about comparative religion and mythology, once argued that bliss is at the universal core of religion.

March 30, 2024

Two Selves

In this lesson we cover the two selves: a higher self and a lower self, present across all religious traditions. The goal of human life is transcending the lower self and abiding in the higher self. We draw on Christianity's spiritual body, Judaism's soul, Taoism's balanced mind and body training, Islam's Qur'an, and Hinduism's law of duality.

January 4, 2024

We Stand in Awe

In this lesson we cover awe: a profound sense of wonder that transcends the self and connects us to something larger. Awe reduces stress and fosters social bonding. We draw on Judaism's Yirat Hashem, Hinduism's Darshan, Buddhism's devotion, and Christianity's reverence before the divine.

November 23, 2023

Stillness and Silence

In quiet we find clarity and renewal, the space where creative insight emerges. We draw on C.S. Lewis and Zen Buddhism's empty mind, the Prophet Muhammad and Hinduism's restraint in speech, Thich Nhat Hanh's call to stop the noise, and Baha'i's linking of contemplation to silence.

November 22, 2023

The Mayaverse

Maya, the cosmic illusion that clouds perception of ultimate reality. The world is not unreal but constantly changing; our limited senses mistake permanence for flux. We draw on the Vedanta Sutras and Hindu philosopher Shankara, the Bhagavad Gita, Buddhist teachings on transiency through Shunryu Suzuki, Daoist wisdom on knowledge, Islamic and Baha'i perspectives on worldly delusion, and Christian scripture on the brevity of life.