About Us

An Accepting and Affirming Spiritual Community

Since 2005, the Spiritual Awareness Online has helped people discover and express their spirituality. Today we gather online, so anyone can join from anywhere.

Our Story

The Spiritual Awareness Center began in 2005 as a small metaphysical community in Montrose, Colorado. People came from many backgrounds. Some had grown up in a church and left. Some had never belonged to one. Some belonged to several. What they shared was a longing for a spiritual home that didn’t ask them to leave their questions at the door.

Over the years, the Center offered gatherings, classes, healing practices and celebrations. In time, it became clear that the people who needed these experiences lived far beyond one town. When the Center had to close due to unforeseen circumstances, Dr. Macdonald wanted to continue to share the mission and the accumulated spiritual resources with the greater community of life and the Spiritual Awareness Online resource center began, where anyone, anywhere, can take part.

Our Purpose

Our purpose is to help people seek ways to discover and express their spirituality. We do this through four pathways:

Discover your own connection to the Divine.
Empower your life through spiritual living.
Heal yourself and the world through spiritual practice.
Experience the sacred in creativity, daily life and study.

What We Believe

We believe there is one Source of all life, and many paths to it. We honor the wisdom in every tradition and the freedom of each person to find their own way. You don't need to believe any particular thing to belong here. You only need to be willing to explore.

One Source. Many Pathways. Everyone Welcome.

Meet Your Spiritual Guide

The Person Behind the Center

Rev. Doctor Arlyn J. Macdonald

Minister, Teacher, & Author

Arlyn is a minister, teacher, and author. She writes and teaches about Huna, the ancient wisdom preserved in Hawaii. She is currently teaching classes on spirituality with the Spiritual Development Institute online and working on her fifth book based on the Huna principles. She also authored “Celebrate! Ceremonies and Blessings for Individuals, Families, and Spiritual Communities.”

After 21 years of serving the Spiritual Awareness Center in Montrose, Colorado, as Senior Minister and Director of the Spiritual Development Institute, Rev. Dr. Arlyn J. Macdonald wanted to preserve and share the wisdom and spiritual practices that changed so many lives, with the greater community of life. This online resource center is the result of that desire to help other seekers find resources and support for their own unique journey on the spiritual path. These spiritual resources come from many sources: traditional, non-traditional, group study and sharing, personal insights of other seekers, and spiritual inspiration from the One Source. They are a gift from everyone who has walked these pathways.

Visit Arlyn's Author Website

Get Involved

Ways to Take Part

Join a Circle

Meet others online in the Connections Discussion Group.

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Volunteer

Help with online gatherings, prayer, writing or tech. Every skill helps.

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