<![CDATA[Ruth L Miller, PhD

<![CDATA[Ruth L Miller, PhD - Sharings]]>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 19:10:42 -0800Weebly<![CDATA[How the New Thought Movement went Global]]>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 20:02:21 GMThttp://ruthlmillerphd.com/sharings/how-the-new-thought-movement-went-globalLast January I was in Athens, Greece, presenting a paper on the evolution of New Thought into a Global movement. The actual paper was all academic, but I did a popular version, which is linked HERE.

And here are a few of the slides I used for the presentation:

]]><![CDATA[Discernment in the "Age of Deception" - BE NOT DECEIVED]]>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 02:56:38 GMThttp://ruthlmillerphd.com/sharings/discernment-in-the-age-of-deception-be-not-deceivedThe Institute of Noetic Sciences Community Group of Vancouver, Washington, contacted me to help them deal with the high level of falsehood that has become the norm in our culture. Their moderator said this in the description:
“Years ago, we began to notice that some news sources, and many ads, were not telling us the actual facts about things.
These days we could say we've entered an "age of blatant lies," where media and leaders feel empowered to exaggerate, cherry pick, and outright lie in their statements, and AI "hallucinates" or creates fake videos using peoples' likenesses and voices.
Yet, playing the “ain’t it awful” game doesn't serve us.
Futurist and consciousness researcher Dr. Ruth L. Miller offers some insight into this dynamic, what we can do to discern factual reporting, and how important it is, both spiritually and metaphysically, to "be not deceived.“ “

Here are some of the YouTube links I used:
Perceptual Deceptions
https://youtu.be/oYp5XuGYqqY?si=uQzDDbQr4_R3GB60&t=237

Behavioral Clusters in Humans
From a deception specialist
https://youtu.be/iSqmOGojRpw?si=qa9aLsON4Zd-fzGE&t=287

Glitches in AI
From 2 young guys:
https://youtu.be/M4TXO4kQwSQ?si=1wwJzjLDHGDh_otK&t=103
From a software developer
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3Vwkg4Z_cAs
From a debunker
https://youtu.be/7akzhpx0EIU?si=w5_5Zlesr7qep52S&t=32

Here are a couple sample slides, linked to a PDF of the slides I used for the presentation on Saturday evening, February 21.

CLICK HERE for a recording of the 2-hour event on YouTube.

]]><![CDATA[Classes, Workshops, Presentations Scheduled for 2026]]>Sun, 11 Jan 2026 22:35:07 GMThttp://ruthlmillerphd.com/sharings/classes-workshops-presentations-scheduled-for-2026It's hard to believe, but here we are in January, and I've already agreed to several presentations in the coming year, as follows:
At Center for Spiritual Awakening in Pacific Grove, California:

January 23-25 "Emma Intensive" - 12 lessons in 15 hours between Friday evening and Sunday afternoon, donation plus $80 for food and $27 for workbook - can count as Emerson Institute credit.
March 27-29 “Understanding Emerson” – finding the essence of New Thought in Ralph Waldo Emerson’s essays - can count as Emerson Institute credit.
June 26-28 “Decoding Troward” – experiencing the power and possibility in the writings of Thomas Troward, a British magistrate in India who helped found New Thought - can count as Emerson Institute credit.

At the Florence Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Florence, Oregon most 2nd Saturday-Sundays, offering classes 1-3pm Saturday and speaking on 2nd Sundays, with a Wednesday “Power Up” service there most 2nd Wednesdays (also on Zoom, the usual Ruth's Groups link).

At Unity Village, outside Kansas City, Missouri

May 4-7 offering a session at the International New Thought Alliance annual meeting
October 5-9 leading a colloquium for New Thought instructors and coordinating the Emerson Institute Commencement at the Affiliated New Thought Network annual retreat

At the City of Light in Atlanta, Georgia

Nov 1-4 "Tips & Tricks for Thriving Pulpit Ministries in Today's World" - 4 sessions over 2 days, with Power Services in between, designed to help pulpit ministries thrive in these times: Using Technology, Rethinking the Building, Serving the Community, Expanding the Knowledge Base

Check the Classes & Schedules page a few weeks ahead of each for details, or use the Contact form to learn more.

]]><![CDATA[Advent from a New Thought Perspective]]>Sat, 06 Dec 2025 03:59:32 GMThttp://ruthlmillerphd.com/sharings/advent-from-a-new-thought-perspectiveThe Affiliated New Thought Network (ANTN.org) invited me to present a workshop on how Advent can be a useful, even important, part of a New-Thought-based spiritual practice. A recording of that workshop is available on the ANTN site. CLICK HERE for a pdf file.

From the ancient year-end traditions of the Celtic people, the Roman Christians adopted and adapted a time of preparation for the birth of a new Son of the Sun, a Day-Spring, through whom the Light of God is with us. Today, these 4 weeks help us focus on the core of the New Thought tradition: the Hope of a New World, manifest through Faith and Love, through which Peace becomes our norm.

]]><![CDATA[What is Compassion?]]>Sun, 17 Aug 2025 17:20:25 GMThttp://ruthlmillerphd.com/sharings/what-is-compassionRecently, a student asked this question, clearly in reference to the many reports we hear these days of horrid things happening to people in the world today. I've wrestled with this for a long time, and found myself going beyond my usual answer, so I thought I'd share here what came out of my mouth in response :)

I grew up being told and believing that to be compassionate was: "Oh, those poor people, how horrible for them!" That, however, was actually a form of pity. It placed me outside and above the experience of others, and made me quite uncomfortable.

As I became an adult, I realized that pity is useless. In the world of Buddhists, Christian ministers, and social workers that I was working in, compassion became a sense of "there but for Grace go I" combined with a call to action: see someone suffering; do what you can to fix it.

That form of compassion, though, required barriers and boundaries. I was no longer outside the situation and I couldn't actually "suffer with" (the literal meaning of com - from the Latin cum, with - and passion - from the Latin passio, endure/suffer) if I was going to fix the problem. I didn't have the kind of boundaries that would let me deal with people in great distress without becoming distressed with them, which, as I told my student, was why I chose not to work in "Skid Row" when I was doing community development.

As I sat there saying these things, the following words happened:
"Compassion is dropping the barriers we've built against others so we see them as they truly are, regardless of the circumstances they are in, and as we do so, seeing the circumstances replaced with what the person is ready to experience."

Effectively, then, the highest form of compassion is to engage in a Spiritual Mind Treatment, as outlined in this slide from last night's presentation:

]]><![CDATA[A Global Shift is Happening - Where Are We?]]>Sun, 17 Aug 2025 16:20:05 GMThttp://ruthlmillerphd.com/sharings/a-global-shift-is-happening-where-are-weLast night, August 16, I did a slide presentation for an IONS community group, designed to help them make sense of what is happening in the world today, and what we can do to move through it - individually and collectively. Below are some key slides... the YouTube link .... and CLICK HERE for a pdf file

Resources from the presentation:

https://ourworldindata.org/
Beyond the Limits - Donella Meadows, et al
Power vs. Force - David Hawkins
Space Time & Beyond - Fred Alan wolf and Bob Toben
Sustainable Development Goals Report, 2024 - United Nations
Unitarian Universalist Association - 7 Principles
How to Use the Science of Mind - Ernest Holmes

Resources beyond the presentation

Institute for Global Transformation (theglobaltransformation.org)
Planetary Transformation (lightomega.org)
My book Earth Can Still be HOME: guidelines for a sustainable future (Portal Center Press, etc.)
Elaine Cornick’s ebook, blog, and website: The Cultural Butterfly Project
New Thought centers: Unity, Divine Science, Centers for Spiritual Living (ask for “prayer” for an easy shift into Heaven on Earth for all)
To keep centered in Spirit: my Spiritual Success provides guidelines
To understand more about culture and what forms are emerging, check out my Gaia Living Systems Institute webinar: "Journey Into Awareness"

]]><![CDATA[A New Birth?]]>Mon, 05 May 2025 15:38:02 GMThttp://ruthlmillerphd.com/sharings/a-new-birthIt's the time of year when people all over the world have, for millennia, celebrated the Great Mother - as the Earth, as the Divine Feminine, as the "Mother of God." And a huge part of our relationship with the Mother is our experience in the womb and the birthing process - which is, in many ways, what is happening today.
Here's a link to a talk I gave as part of the May 4 (may the "forthe" be with you :) Sunday service at Portland Center for Spiritual Living that provides an overview of the birthing we're going through today.

]]><![CDATA[Where Do We Put Our Trust?]]>Sun, 09 Mar 2025 20:15:50 GMThttp://ruthlmillerphd.com/sharings/where-do-we-put-our-trustI delivered a talk at the Florence Unitarian Universalist Fellowship that I hope will help people have less anxiety as we move through this transition period for all of humanity. CLICK on the image below for a link to a pdf of the slides i used. I included a short video of Donald Hoffman's explanation of how what we perceive is not real; CLICK HERE for a link to the full lecture.

]]><![CDATA[December Journey Along the Rhine]]>Tue, 17 Dec 2024 15:52:04 GMThttp://ruthlmillerphd.com/sharings/december-journey-along-the-rhineWhen my book, Unveiling Your Hidden Power, was translated into German and published last winter, we began to schedule a book tour. It looked like the easiest way to get from town to town without constant packing and repacking was to take a boat tour up the Rhine from Basel, Switzerland, to Amsterdam.
What follows are some of my accounts from that trip.

]]><![CDATA[Post Election Considerations]]>Mon, 11 Nov 2024 06:24:56 GMThttp://ruthlmillerphd.com/sharings/post-election-considerations

CLICK HERE for a link to a talk I gave to the Florence Unitarian Universalist congregation on the Sunday following the November 2024 election of Donald Trump as president. Most of the people in the room were in distress because of what they believed the election of this man, and this platform, means for the future of Americans.

And if you need another voice saying very much the same thing, here's a longtime student of intuition and prophecy, with his take on what's happening now: https://youtu.be/-qB9AO2JJAc?si=0uBq3zQdoW0Uinsb

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