COURSE

Mindful Paths: Steps Towards A Living Spirituality

This course, presented by ordained Interspiritual minister James Anthony Walker, is a result of James' life partner Rev. Constance McClain’s 30-year exploration into the vast world of spiritual practices and religious inter-connections. This course is an adventure of the Spirit which will transform you, and change the ways in which you perceive yourself, your personal possibilities and your relationships with others. The teachings invite you to develop an ever expanded sense of respect and reverence for a world in need of larger love, compassion and human rights. The course draws from the book "Mindful Paths: Steps Towards A Living Spirituality" co-authored by Rev. James and Constance, that remains a core element of a fully-accredited college curriculum in Holistic Health.

Wisdom Health & Happiness Self Inquiry (I Am)Consciousness Spirituality Authenticity Gentle Repetition Spirituality Presence

Meet your Teacher

James Anthony Walker

Santa Barbara, CA

James Anthony Walker began his formal studies in music composition at Boston University, and later as a Graduate Teaching Fellow and founding Director of the Computer Music Studio at The University of Chicago. While his musical style has evolved well beyond that of those early years, he still finds it a distinct honor to have studied with a number of Pulitzer Prize winners, as well as many gifted mentors along the way since. An ordained InterFaith/InterSpiritual Minister, today he blends his musical vision, his over 10 years of research into generative techniques, and his spirituality into music that has been highly acclaimed for use with meditation, relaxing ambient environments, sound healing and therapy for the sleep-deprived. Together with life partner Constance McClain, he is co-founder of Oasis of the Heart, an inclusive InterFaith/InterSpiritual ministry without walls.

10 Days

4.7k students

4.7 stars

13 min / day

Wisdom

English

Lesson 1

The Transformative Journey Begins

Spiritual transformation as a change in our relationship to life. The gift of simply being. We'll start with some basic, but big questions to ask ourselves, by examining our lives through a spiritual lens, and how that can begin to manifest huge change.

Lesson 2

Spirituality and Wellness

A look at how spirituality can be considered as one of many dimensions of health, and how they all inter-relate with one another ... with spirituality as a critical, and too often overlooked dimension of our overall wellness.

Lesson 3

Duality, Religion and Spirituality

A discussion of the concept of duality, and how a non-dual outlook embraces the unity of our humanity in a more non-differentiated way. We'll also talk about the concepts of religion, and spirituality ... and how, at the end of the day, they both exist in some sort of mystical, intertwined partnership, as beautiful expressions of our need for connectedness with the One ... that source which is uniquely expressed in each of us.

Lesson 4

The Soul and Impermanence

Today, we'll talk about the soul. Those uniquely expressed qualities of our inner life, and who we are at our core. Something of the eternal in each and every one of us.

Lesson 5

Honoring Our Inner Voice

Today, we'll talk about our internal compass. That thing at our core which always points true north. Some call that our intuition, or inner voice. We'll also talk about how it’s important to journal our spiritual journey so far in this life. It’s only a snapshot, and will continue to change over the course of our lives ... but as we begin to look at the things, the people, the events … good and bad … that have shaped our view of the world, it’s important to know how we got there.

Lesson 6

Cultivating The Heart

Today, we'll talk about how we might begin to consider the heart, not the mind … as our primary organ of perception, and how our heart health directly impacts the dimension of our spiritual health. We'll also talk about the concept of thoughts as things, and how they can deeply affect our heart/mind health.

Lesson 7

Reflection, Discernment & Our World View

Today, we'll talk about the critically important practices of reflection, and discernment ... and about how these tools can begin to lead us into a better understanding of our world view … how it came to be, and what if anything might change in order that we are able to own it as truly ours, and not the product of people, things and circumstances which at one point or another were either knowingly or unknowingly guiding us in a direction.

Lesson 8

Exemplars

Today, we'll talk about exemplars. How their lives show us an embodied spirituality, and how they provide us with essential criteria and clues for evaluating and explaining our own spiritual development. Most importantly, how they show us the powerful role faith can play in motivating and sustaining our efforts in the service of our most noble purpose. We'll also look at how to identify the one core value our exemplars which shines most brightly for us, usually because that value is so highly integrated with their day to day lives.

Lesson 9

Sacred Space

Today, we'll talk about sacred space … what it is, and how can it help you feel a distinct connection to the world around you, and also to the Divine energetic within you. That it can be an inside space that’s as away as possible from what in many cases is the incredible hustle and bustle of your home, and/or an outdoor space that brings its natural beauty and grace to you, surrounding you by its very nature with tranquility.

Lesson 10

The 48-Hour Presence

Today, we'll talk about how to practically assess your presence and awareness in the midst of a chaotic world ... and how just one word can change the way we see it. A most powerful exercise to end our time together!

Ask your teacher

This course includes 61 community questions and 21 audio replies from James Anthony Walker. The community classroom and teacher audio replies are only available via the app.

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Recent Reviews

Karenmk

December 14, 2025

Thank you for this thoughtful and insightful course. Much to reflect upon and integrate into my daily life to live more mindfully. 🙏 ❤️

Kathy

February 29, 2024

Putting the pieces together to find peace

Penn

December 13, 2023

Helped me return to a more mindful path to everyone and everything. Thank you.

Tauni

September 24, 2023

I felt this course reinforces my core philosophy ... it does not matter what you believe in ... as long as it gently gets you through your day and evokes kindness towards others.

Jessica

August 27, 2023

I loved the core topics covered and found this course tesonated deeply with the personal work I’m already doing 🙏 thank you

Elaine

August 15, 2023

This is spot on I'd like the book🌻🧘‍♀️🌻

MaryAnn

July 13, 2023

Thank you for that thought provoking course that forces you to look at things differently. I will be listening to the course again and again. Thank you so much I am so grateful for these experiences. 🙏🙏

Deanna

June 19, 2023

Wonderful Food🙏🏻❤️‍🔥🔔

Crystal

May 4, 2023

This was fabulous! It validated a lot and I learned a lot as well. Thank you sir!

Peggy

April 28, 2023

Thank you so much for this course. It has given me so much food for thought in my spiritual journey. I plan to continue to revisit each session.

Bob

April 11, 2023

A deep thinking and quite complex engagement in the unfolding of who I am and who I want to become. This course is very well thought out and structured. I found it captivating.

Han

April 7, 2023

A wonderful journey through this course that has given new energy and ideas for the next stage of my spiritual discovery. I will be returning to this course later in the year to take that journey again and see how my inner music has changed. Very highly recommended. Thank you!

Mary

March 27, 2023

James Anthony Walker has a wonderful way to help me compare and contrast Spirituality and Religion without creating dualistic, critical or adversarial thoughts. A great reminder that “thoughts are things”. He asks questions that provide an opportunity to go within to our subconscious to understand our beliefs. And a final excercise that will provide an opportunity to know myself better and grow. Thank you! I will return to my notes often.

June

January 23, 2023

Content broken down into manageable time slots. Explanations and examples were easy to understand. Well organised. Thought provoking. I will be revisiting this course again.

Dave

May 31, 2022

A very interesting 10-day course, and I thought the material was well thought about and flowed in a smooth sequence each day. This is a long-term course which you may use for the rest the rest of your life. Thank you for creating and presenting it here.

Hosea

December 22, 2021

I enjoyed this course so much I bought his workbook. Looking forward to reading what’s inside.

Soulchild

November 13, 2021

Hello James. I am so loving this course. At the end I am hoping to find more balance in my life. I recommend this course to all who all finding an in balance in their spiritual life, especially in the time we are living in now. Namaste.

JoAnn

June 26, 2021

Well done and a pleasure to listen to.

Diane

April 24, 2021

Thank you for sharing this information with us. This is so good and I pray that I can use these tools to help myself and others. Thank you for making a difference in our mindfulness practice.

Aileen

April 11, 2021

Thank you. This is life changing for me. I will keep coming back to this for sure. 🙏🏻✨

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