<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[True Association of the Holy Sound]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sound and Light Meditation, True Association of the Holy Sound, TAOTHS, spirituality, spiritual poetry, spiritual blog, spiritual podcasts, Bhakti Yog]]></description><link>https://www.trueassociation.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 11:04:23 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.trueassociation.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Death, Dying, and What Remains]]></title><description><![CDATA[“ The wound is the place where the Light enters you. ”— Rumi “ There is a candle in your heart, ready to be kindled. ”— St. Teresa of Ávila “ What you seek is seeking you. ”— Rumi “ Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come.” — Rabindranath Tagore I didn’t find out my mother died in a way that made any sense. There was no call, no warning, nothing that gave me even a moment to prepare. I was just scrolling when I saw a wedding photo on her...]]></description><link>https://www.trueassociation.com/post/death-dying-and-what-remains</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69d94d64f6703ec22beac6d2</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 19:51:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4416de_0df17ebc0f5741ffb9872a62ed65e6be~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kelly</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patterns of Renewal: Dissolving into the One]]></title><description><![CDATA[“Be who God meant you to be and you will set the world on fire.”  — Catherine of Siena  “The soul always knows what to do to heal itself. The challenge is to silence the mind.”  — Caroline Myss  “Nothing is far from God.”  — Teresa of Ávila There is something about patterns that quietly shape our lives. They show up in how we think, how we react, and how we move through the same situations again and again. Over time, they begin to feel like who we are. But they are not who we are. They are...]]></description><link>https://www.trueassociation.com/post/patterns-of-renewal-dissolving-into-the-one</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69cffa7570c127bc4edf4c0e</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 18:09:49 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4416de_4a8bb92c39af409fb8033bbf242291a4~mv2.webp/v1/fit/w_533,h_800,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kelly</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let Them. Let Go. Let Light In.]]></title><description><![CDATA[“When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.” — Lao Tzu “Surrender is a journey from outer turmoil to inner peace.” — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar “You are the sky. Everything else is just the weather.” — Pema Chödrön “Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.” — Thích Nhất Hạnh I had what I perceived at times to be a really tough week. Work felt heavier than usual, and I am living and working in the middle of what is turning into a full house...]]></description><link>https://www.trueassociation.com/post/let-them-let-go-let-light-in</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69c84a1a4b5dfe0bfdb09140</guid><pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 21:46:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4416de_59e530f3742a44bc818af9dbefa37d4f~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_866,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kelly</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meditating Through Pain: Held by Grace]]></title><description><![CDATA[“We suffer in this life and how hard we pray, ‘Oh Lord, help me through this. I can’t make this alone. I don’t know how.’ We can all relate to the times that we’re so sad, so hurting. All we can know is the hurting. A little bit comes to us and we think, ‘Okay, there’s God. I’ve got to believe that.’ And then that goes away. We hurt too much. We all grow up so slowly. But slowly in the eyes of God is fast, fast, beautiful.” — Kathy “All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of...]]></description><link>https://www.trueassociation.com/post/meditating-through-pain-held-by-grace</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69beea826e2d8139248cf152</guid><pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2026 19:32:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4416de_23ebb7a8ddde42099b69131705b3c45e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_970,h_647,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kelly</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Frazzled Mind: Why Spiritual Silence Matters More Than Ever]]></title><description><![CDATA[“The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear.” — Rumi “Within you there is a stillness and a sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time.” — Hermann Hesse “Be still and know that I am God.” — Teresa of Ávila “The soul always knows what to do to heal itself. The challenge is to silence the mind.” — Caroline Myss I've been noticing something lately that I think many people are experiencing right now. The mind can become incredibly frazzled in modern life. I see it in people around...]]></description><link>https://www.trueassociation.com/post/the-frazzled-mind-why-spiritual-silence-matters-more-than-ever</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69b847eabae3e800161adc59</guid><pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 18:41:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4416de_34b500e3f5bf47d8a3c580fe32a20809~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kelly</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Mind Is Not the Enemy]]></title><description><![CDATA["The soul has been given its own ears to hear things the mind does not understand." – Rumi "Attention is the rarest and purest form of...]]></description><link>https://www.trueassociation.com/post/the-mind-is-not-the-enemy</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67ab9adb4aeaa9a57fdd65bb</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Feb 2025 18:55:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4416de_b97a41ce3b964bc8bf3ce7e1e9963899~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_355,h_355,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kelly</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stressed Out]]></title><description><![CDATA[" You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. " – Eleanor Roosevelt...]]></description><link>https://www.trueassociation.com/post/stressed-out</link><guid isPermaLink="false">679e5d01d31ff1b0aa4f65ea</guid><pubDate>Sat, 01 Feb 2025 18:23:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4416de_bf91bd1af0f343caacb623f258bc3fbf~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_300,h_168,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kelly</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love]]></title><description><![CDATA[“Love in its essence is spiritual fire.”  — Seneca “Loving kindness towards ourselves doesn’t mean getting rid of anything. It means that...]]></description><link>https://www.trueassociation.com/post/_love</link><guid isPermaLink="false">679684534b4f21d5ea0662fd</guid><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jan 2025 18:59:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4416de_ab0e550d7398444f9f7b134af62edb47~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_365,h_259,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kelly</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quieting the Mind]]></title><description><![CDATA["If we want to make friends with our minds, we need to learn to sit still, just to sit and watch our thoughts. And in doing so, the noise...]]></description><link>https://www.trueassociation.com/post/quieting-the-mind</link><guid isPermaLink="false">673248201f7f856dfe479f41</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 Nov 2024 18:21:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4416de_2de357f4f6c24e9e91e1b3d589f1c935~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_800,h_533,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kelly</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is it Kind? Is it True? Is it Necessary?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Before you speak, let your words pass through three gates At the first gate, ask yourself, “Is it true?” At the second gate ask, “Is it...]]></description><link>https://www.trueassociation.com/post/is-it-kind-is-it-true-is-it-necessary</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66db5fc9248ff693b192a367</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Sep 2024 20:03:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4416de_f56c5ffbb4a945f7a5efbcca9b8bb28e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_600,h_444,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kelly</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peeling Back the Layers of the Onion]]></title><description><![CDATA[“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our...]]></description><link>https://www.trueassociation.com/post/peeling-back-the-layers-of-the-onion</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66a2d663e82d8c48ec2a233a</guid><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jul 2024 23:29:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4416de_f29c9ae6134d4b5483b7f40012724747~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_283,h_178,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kelly</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seva]]></title><description><![CDATA[Kathy doing seva at the Radha Soami Punjab ashram When I first met Kathy, I had some idea of what seva was – at least, I thought I did....]]></description><link>https://www.trueassociation.com/post/_seva</link><guid isPermaLink="false">669bf705037c29d71040262f</guid><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jul 2024 17:47:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4416de_ab1aaa65293645e6aef31a6392eda18f~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kelly</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Longing and the Yearning]]></title><description><![CDATA["How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach when feeling out of sight."...]]></description><link>https://www.trueassociation.com/post/the-longing-and-the-yearning</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6614059734c8a0097f15c185</guid><pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2024 14:59:34 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4416de_8a081e701e1a407fa3d191079df22bba~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_720,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kelly</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Master]]></title><description><![CDATA[When I first met Kathy, I was so relieved, so excited, so enamored that I wanted to shout it from a rooftop – and practically did,...]]></description><link>https://www.trueassociation.com/post/the-master</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65c8d2e53fa5be04b90770c2</guid><pubDate>Sun, 11 Feb 2024 14:09:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4416de_a3003fedc258426c9919ae320e4fe6f9~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_592,h_610,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kelly</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Karma]]></title><description><![CDATA[Recently I was speaking with a friend who was challenged to attend meetings with her spiritual group because she did not feel that she...]]></description><link>https://www.trueassociation.com/post/karma</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65c51f24e0bb7f6a30217850</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2024 18:37:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4416de_b95249f987c64e6b9327adbb2f753769~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_203,h_271,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kelly</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meditation]]></title><description><![CDATA[When I first started to meditate, I couldn’t sit still for more than a minute without fidgeting, and by the five-minute mark I was...]]></description><link>https://www.trueassociation.com/post/meditation</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65be9870480f06b14cc5d972</guid><pubDate>Sat, 03 Feb 2024 19:48:17 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4416de_283d35206a1a46f797e433dc58de8300~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_474,h_278,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kelly</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[No Meat, Fish, or Eggs]]></title><description><![CDATA[By the time that I met Kathy, I was largely a pescatarian. The thought of eating meat made me sick and I had a very unfortunate incident...]]></description><link>https://www.trueassociation.com/post/no-meat-fish-or-eggs</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65b3fa11a83959568256992d</guid><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2024 18:31:35 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4416de_b048cdf62ba74cc9baba44cfa05820dd~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_500,h_190,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kelly</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Sound]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the beginning was the Word. And the Word was God. And the Word was with God. -John 1:1 I had been in a car accident in Phoenix the...]]></description><link>https://www.trueassociation.com/post/the-sound</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65b131e3a3c3b7c13cfbf49a</guid><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2024 15:52:40 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4416de_9d101703120041e5a7fbd827de4581fb~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kelly</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Path]]></title><description><![CDATA[When I first came to the Path, I had never heard of it, nor much of what it entailed in the sense of spirituality that came out of India....]]></description><link>https://www.trueassociation.com/post/the-path</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65aeb4ff54f09c49f6afcba1</guid><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jan 2024 18:33:58 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4416de_c87315eed50f429f9d2714045751df9a~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_787,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kelly</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the Student is Ready, the Teacher Appears]]></title><description><![CDATA[When I first met Kathy, I knew very little about different spiritual paths and nothing about Sound and Light meditation. 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