A Spiritual Awakening – What Is It?
The term a spiritual awakening gets bandied around quite a lot, and has perhaps get quite misunderstood for a number of fairly obvious reasons. The term itself has become quite well known through the twelve step movement, and in particular the twelve steps of Alcoholics Anonymous, where the twelfth strep reads, “Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps’. In trying to understand what the term means, it might be as well to look at it in the context of the twelve steps, because that gives it a sense of place and clarity.
Asking yourself if you are leading a spiritual life is probably not the sort of conscious process you go through very often, you may think, but actually this is the sort of question that you ask yourself more often than you may realize. The term spiritual life has come to mean a good life, or a life doing good works, sounds really corny, but there has become a link between the term spiritual and it sort of meaning becoming a bit of a goody goody as a person. Its probably inevitable that that sort of interpretation has been put on…
Bhagavad Gita – Chapter 1 – A SummaryArjuna Vishada Yogam- SriKrishna advices Arjuna. King Dhritharashtra who is blind asks his charioteer Sanjaya [who has been blessed by Lord Krishna to see the battle with a special insight from inside the palace in order to relate the events to the king], about the war which is going to start. Sanjaya who has been blessed with divine vision relates the conversations.
Just Smack Me!Oh, there’s nothing worse than trying to make a church member see where their life is a mess. Believe me, I’ve tried.
Dreams Can Convey MessagesDreaming is one of the fascinating mysteries of Life. Do we all wander off to dreamland in our sleep? The dreaming mind moves into a mysterious and intriguing realm where there is freedom of movement, from one scene to another with no apparent relevance and no inhibitions. Dreams may not make sense to the dreamer at the moment. It is a realm for great exploration of what lies beyond our conscious mind.
If you have been struggling with inducing your first O.B.E then binaural beats or brain wave technologies could be the answer. Learning to meditate is a life long journey that can takes years to get good at.
Spirituality and Religion – What’s the Difference?Its probably fair to say that people have always felt that there is a distinction between spirituality and religion, but until fairly recently there has never been a vehicle which could really accommodate that distinction. It also has to be said that the fact there is difference has been widely resisted by most major religions, for a pretty obvious reason, that it would mean they would lose their power over people. This isn’t simply a rant against religion, far from it.
Karma’s Gonna Get You! Well, MaybeThe woman on the phone was screaming at me, “I want a refund!” She paid for a seminar in 2004, chose not to attend and now wanted her money back.
A Spiritual Journey – Are You on One?Probably not the sort of question you get asked much, if at all, by anyone else, but actually is the sort of question you probably do ask yourself, but probably not in the words as above. The need to make sense of who we are as people and what are lives are about, are always there if well hidden at times. Its almost a unique part of our human nature to question the purpose of who we are and what we are doing.
Forgiveness and Letting Go of the PastForgiveness and letting go of the past is empowering and freeing. You do it for you and not to let others “of the hook”. Give yourself the gift of forgiveness.
Living From the Presence of God WithinLiving from the presence of God within means to have come to the realization of Spirit and trust it, and rely on in more than you have previously relied on the world to take care of you, provide you with jobs, shelter and clothing. When you no longer think that you have to join the flock who think they are born and later die in and in between you should go to school, get a job, get married, have children, car, dog and a house, travel sometimes, get retired later, save money and hope for the best.
Where’s the Thaw?Throughout the day, whenever you find yourself complaining, stop. Come back to your breath and your body. Offer the complaining part of who you are some compassion. Do this for awhile, and something amazing will happen. Warmed again and again by the nonjudgmental presence of your Compassionate Self, your Complaining Self will start to thaw. You’ll start to smile.


