Seekers search for deeper meaning mostly outwardly, through words portending to be wisdom sought. Yet, most meaning seekers seek-surely religious meaning-comes from a very limited understanding of holy writ-perhaps ever purposely misrepresented. While such renderings can point to what has real meaning for us, the clearest and most accurate means is by going inward and following only what rings true to us in the fullness of spiritual awareness. Gleaned from various spiritual books written by Jim Young, brief inspirational messages speak profoundly as spiritual consciousness discerned deeply...

What you are about to read is a series of letters from a concerned father to his sons and daughters. They are mature adults now-both in experience and spiritual awareness. The setting depicts the "delivery" of the letters to yet another level, prompting conversation among various members of the family at large-conversations which would have laid fallow in the fields of family relations had it not been for one person's inquisitive nature. Nikos, one of the grandsons, reveals priceless wisdom found in letters to an earlier generation...and mystery unfolds many life themes that impact one's...

DEFROCKING THE GOPSEL OF THOMAS-WHAT "THE CHURCH" HAS FAILED TO TELL US "An amazing turnaround of Jesus' teachings-profoundly penetrating " "A shape-shifting treatment of spiritual discernment, from Jesus to the guide he left us." "A teacher's dream-opening the doors of enlightenment through spiritual metaphor." Many of us who follow Jesus have formed and maintain a religion about the man Jesus, rather than learning how to live from his teachings. So we are generally left with finding our view of God in the words and images that come to us from those outside ourselves. Jesus implored us to...

The expansive national forests, craggy canyons, sparkling waterways, and downy meadows of Plumas County lie along the union of the Sierra Nevada and Cascade Mountain ranges in northeastern California. Native home to the Maidu tribes and settled by Euro-American gold seekers, Plumas County evolved as an industrial fulcrum of the Feather River watershed and is a treasured reminder of the strength of the pioneering spirit.

PERFECT-JUST LIKE YOU proclaims unabashedly that all life forms are perfect, just as they are. Debunking many of the misrepresentations that keep this clarity from everyday view, you'll be led to authentic intimacy with the real you, so you can live faithful to what really rings true to you. Taken as serious study or with tongue in cheek, you'll come to comprehend fully that, indeed, you are absolutely perfect-unless, of course, you forget you are-in which case you'll behave as though you're not.