Articles about Sydney Banks

A Bookbag Named God

May 8, 2021

Bonus Chapter: Leaning into Curves A Bookbag Named God “Hey, Sandy-Beach-Del, you must be po-or. Your bookbag is trashed, man,” said the skinny fifth grader with a brush cut and rounded glasses. The spin on my last name, Sandel, was typical of his taunts. My bookbag was a sorry sight, frayed and falling apart. Bookbags…

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Second Chances

August 10, 2020

I’m a sucker for a new appliance and a fresh clothes dryer was coming through the laundry door – I was tickled pink.

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Pearls for Wisdom

March 7, 2020

Many of you know that my life has been influenced by the teachings of Sydney Banks, a humble, ordinary Scottish man who had an extraordinary enlightenment experience when he was 43.

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The Missing Link by Sydney Banks

Spiritual Truth is Steady

March 5, 2020

The God I searched for was pure Truth. Forms could be thought up, could come, and go and be different from person to person and community to community. Truth was beyond and would survive all of that. The steadiness of God, steadied me.

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Enlightened Man, Spiritual Teacher Sydney Banks

A Walk With Sydney Banks

February 19, 2020

Eventually, this spiritual teacher, an enlightened man, would answer a thousand questions about God.

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Salt Spring Island, mystical home of Sydney Banks

Meeting Sydney Banks

February 16, 2020

There was a time when I was far less peaceful. My inner sweetness grew as I understood a little bit about the power of Thought. I’m not talking just about the thinking we do. I’m talking about Thought itself, the manifestation and gift of a formless God.
The man whose writings introduced me to Thought was Syd Banks

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