Within us is a Life Force Energy that gives life to and sustains our mental, emotional, physical being. We are not just a body, a heart, a brain. 

Why does the body breathe? Why does it stop breathing? Not every body stops breathing due to injury or disease. And what about those who live into their 100's with full mental capacity and an older but not ill body?

What is this Life Force Energy that is at the very core of our human existence?

Religions ancient and new seek to define  this for us and to offer practices that bring us understanding, peace, and answers to what comes after this human life. Life Force Energy has been called the Soul, the Spirit, the True Self. I have and do use these terms. Even as I do, I find words/language incapable of truly revealing the essence and depth of spiritual truth. My own journey has & does include a variety of experiences and practices. On any given day, I grow still and ask mySelf "What do I need right now?" This morning one of the answers was...