“Spirituality means waking up. Most people, even though they don’t know it, are asleep.” – Anthony de Mello What does it mean to ‘wake up’ spiritually? To wake up is to become conscious. Soul is who we are as consciousness, yet we live so much of our lives unconsciously. We …
Category: Spiritual Awareness
Let go of your desire for self-improvement.
Many of us are walking the spiritual path with a longing to be better people and to live more peaceful and harmonious lives. We think we’re not yet good enough somehow. We long to banish our particular demons. We dream of a life when we can be as good, strong …
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Losing the Soul Connection
We experience soul when we open to life – when we stop and become conscious of what is happening. We lose soul with: – Resistance – to anyone or anything – Superficiality – we skim the surface of experience, and do not seek depth – Control – we try to …
We need to attend to the body as well as the spirit.
When we are first drawn to the spiritual path, we may begin to move away from the material. And yet the nature of our journey is the experience of spirit in matter. We are here to express spirit through form. The two depend on each other. And so we want …
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The spiritual journey is a journey of consciousness.
The spiritual journey first follows the path of personality to explore limitation and separation. It then takes the path of soul to reconnect with expansiveness and unity. Here’s another bird’s eye view of how our lives unfold to awaken our consciousness: 1. Unconscious love: When we are born, we exist …
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Beware of spiritual materialism.
The Tibetan teacher, Chogyam Trungpa, warned of the trap of spiritual materialism. He says we must be ever diligent to spot the ego’s use of the spiritual journey to further its own ends. If ego’s wants underlie our desire for spiritual connection, we may be using spiritual techniques to strengthen …
Become familiar with soul.
Do you sense that something is missing in your life? Chances are, you are experiencing the lack of soul in your world. What is soul? Our minds may want to understand soul as an entity. Andrew Schneider says that “soul is who we are as incarnated Spirit, …who we are …
Where Am I Going?
What is my destiny? This question connects us to our life purpose. It is more than just having a direction. It is about one’s place in the universe. It is the journey of finding that place and being there and living fully whatever that place is. It is your own …