Beads Spotlight
The Beads on One String spotlight is intended to shine a light on individuals and organizations that are exploring the ground of unknowing and seeking to illumine the oneness that lies at the heart of humanity.
The Beads Editorial Team invites original content to be considered for the Spotlight Page on any subject that creatively reflects the Beads Mission Statement (see home page). This can include written articles with images (1,500 words max.), short videos, podcasts, art, music and more! The team likes to have a collaborative editing relationship with potential contributors. Please send your ideas to david@beadsononestring.org
Journey to the Source
Introduction:Twelve years have now passed since Don E. Stevens wrote ‘Journeys to the Source’, charting the genesis and ongoing development of the Beads on One String Project.Don intended for this manuscript to be published, asking Ralph Lewis (who has now written its...
A Tribute to Don E. Stevens
What is a tribute? How do we best remember our dear companion, Don Stevens, and celebrate his life? Can we attempt to embody his innumerable qualities as we tell the stories of our relationship with him? Don Stevens was much loved and sometimes misunderstood, and...
Rainbow Peace Mala Bird Carrying Beads on One String
Years ago now, this bird came to me and brought me joy. It may have been in a dream or in a vision. It flew down carrying a message of hope and brightness. The little bird carries blessings, surrounded by Symbols of Unity in Diversity; ‘Beads on One String’( the One...
Envisaging the Future ~ Now
Unique and beautiful, this planet Earth, a world of beauty and wonder, is at a turning point. Some say this time of global pandemic has created a portal; a crucial moment to reimagine our future, to reconnect with each other and the natural world with a deeper...
2000km Pilgrimage – Summer 2020 from Canterbury Cathedral in Kent, to the tomb of the apostle Peter in Rome
In early August of last year, two friends and I departed from Canterbury Cathedral in Kent, starting a 2,000km journey to the tomb of the apostle Peter in Rome. The UK government had just lifted travel restrictions to the European Union and we had long been craving an...
The Red Road: A Native American Path of Oneness
In the summer of 2020, The Beads on One String Foundation met TJ Ravenwolff, an Athabaskan and Muscogee Creek Native American from Alaska. He serves as the Intercessor for the Alaska Medicine Song Sundance, a sacred Native tradition, and is a culture bearer and...
A short history of the Beads on One String Project
Origins The Beads on One String Foundation is an evolving project connecting individuals and groups from diverse backgrounds, cultures and paths, on a spiritual quest to discover and celebrate the ‘Unity of All Life’.......‘Oneness’ is the key. The origins and...
The Art of Listening
Written by Elizabeth Morton lizannmorton@gmail.com “To listen is to lean in, softly, with a willingness to be changed by what we hear.” - Mark Nepo I spent a great deal of time during my formative years, ages 14 to 22, in classrooms studying the craft of acting. I...
Religious Education in the UK
Religious Education (RE) is a subject that is compulsory in UK schools and colleges, for students aged 5 to 18. It has many aspects that echo with the vision of the BEADS foundation, in particular how it ‘appreciates and connects people from all religions, backgrounds...
TZiPi, Meher Baba and Jewish Mysticism
In 1995 I heard a voice in meditation sending me on a solo year-long world pilgrimage. In 2002/3, after 40 years of exploring many faiths and traditions and embracing a Buddhist practice of silence & meditation I came back to Judaism – the faith of my youth and...
Intuition: Sacred and Secular – Saturday, October 12 – Boston, MA
Saturday, October 12, 9:30AM-5PM at the Miramar Retreat Center, Duxbury, MA The Beads on One String Foundation is sponsoring a daylong exploration of intuition, a vital element of the spiritual path. This journey will be informed by four aspects of...
The New Mexico Pilgrimage for Unity
The following glimpse into The New Mexico Pilgrimage for Unity, a recipient of the Beads on One String Connection Grant, depicts inner connections deepening between as well as spiritually within individual participants. The beauty of the land, holy sites, the...
The Ashram of Love
Ekī ātmāṁ alag alag tan Ekī bāpke bāḷak nyāro Only One soul, innumerable bodies The One Father has diverse children[1] On the 1st of May 1927, the “Meher Ashram”, a free educational institution for boys, was officially inaugurated in Meherabad, central...
He is here, in every atom
“He is here, in every atom”. An account of Meher Baba’s trip to Baba Budan sacred site in the Western Ghats. “We were now at a height of nearly 6000! ft. ... One would imagine he was up in the regions of the skies looking down on valleys and plains, lakes...
Celebrating 125th Anniversary of Swami Vivekananda’s Visit to Salem
Celebrating 125th Anniversary of SwamiVivekananda’s Visit to Salem In 1893 an Indian Spiritual Ambassador visited Salem, Massachusetts on his way to the First Parliament of World Religions at the Chicago World’s Fair. Swami Vivkeananda travelled from India to share...
France Circle of Companions Gathering
The New Life, one of the most enigmatic and least understood phases of Meher Baba’s Advent, has as one of its core statements The Song of the New Life*. This beautifully phrased and revolutionary challenge to anyone embarking on the spiritual path will be...
Awakening the Heart Retreat
Awakening the Heart FRIDAY OCTOBER 26 through SUNDAY OCTOBER 28, 2018 The Beads on One String Foundation is sponsoring the Awakening the Heart workshop in Silverton, Oregon, October 26-28, 2018. We invite you to join us at the Silver Falls Lodge for...
Year End Letter
Happy new year! The Beads on One String Foundation is now seven years old. With an all volunteer board spread across two continents, we have spent these years creating and fulfilling the Beads’ mission which is inspired by the words of Avatar Meher Baba. He declared...