spiritual practice

Make Time for a Daily Spiritual Practice

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Nikki Harper – In theory, a daily spiritual practice of some kind sounds great. In theory, it’s a blessing in your busy day. Some time out just for you, to focus on your own spiritual growth, and to deepen your personal connection with your own divinity. Blissful.

In theory.

In practice, in a busy life where it’s already a struggle to fit in competing demands on your time, a spiritual practice is often one of the first things to bite the dust. You can’t put off collecting the kids from school or meeting that work deadline, and you’d rather not put off date night with your partner either. But the spiritual practice? That can wait, right? Continue reading →

How To Experience Spiritual Enlightenment

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Jafree Ozwald December 14 2013

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“In a single moment, in one stroke, you can become enlightened. It is not a gradual process, because enlightenment is not something that you have to invent. It is something that you have to discover. It is already there. It is not something that you have to manufacture. If you have to manufacture it, of course, it will take time; but it is already there.” ~Osho

Spiritual enlightenment happens when you are in a state of no-mind, where the mind is so calm and at ease that it seems to disappear… and only the witness remains. When your mind has completely let go of this world, and is completely non-attached to everything in it from a place of love, peace and compassion, then and only then are you truly free. The mind is our greatest cause of suffering, and is what allows us to be liberated from it. It is the great mechanism we need to transcend all “thinking” and discover the awesome natural state of bliss within.

If you want to reach the state of spiritual enlightenment, the first thing you want to do, is stop doing. Stop doing whatever you are trying to accomplish in your life for this moment. Stop thinking, stop efforting, and stop trying to achieve anything for a few moments right now. Just trust this experience. Let go of ALL your intense inner efforting for the rest of today. Just for today, relax into your body and realize in your heart of hearts that you are an Infinite Being and will never die. Allow for this one simple truth to be found in each experience today and a dynamic shift in your consciousness will occur.

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Integrity, Maturity, The Resolution Of Ambivalence

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Shift Frequency June 16 2013

The Latin word integro, integrare, is a first conjugation verb. It was originally a smelting term.

The concept was to make one from many by melting and fusing together in the fire.
One would take the ores required for metals and heat them to great temperature sufficient to burn away the impurities and cause the false ash to fall away from the now bonded, fused molten metal remaining from the ores.
I have always marveled at the parallel in meaning between the use of this word and our own internal process of maturation and the manner in which this process reflects the true purpose for our presence here in life, the sacred nature of our path and the core essence of the importance of the power of choice.
Concomitant with the concept of choice, is the necessity of the capacity of forgiveness, for with each error we commit, forgiveness is an essential response in our capacities or we shall become trapped in condemnation, judgment, retribution and punishment whether self or other generated and inflicted.