Mindfulness is the heart of any spiritual practice. It is what enables you to shift out of the busy mind into a more open and relaxed space with countless benefits. There are hundreds of potential practices. Here are 3 to try:
Self-Realization: The Awakening: Self-realization is the recognition of our true essence beyond the ego. It’s an awakening to the fact that we are more than our thoughts, emotions, and physical bodies. Realising the Self is a return to Being.
It takes a while for most people to “awaken”.
But an initial sense of freedom and peace is actually easy to access.
Being – also called Presence, Spirit, God, Awareness – already is. You are THAT. We overlook our being because we are so familiar with it – it does not occur to us that it IS everything we seek.
The spiritual path only truly begins when we no longer identify with our thoughts. That is not to say that thought stops (though it might for brief periods). It means that we no longer mistake who we are with our thinking and conditioned self. We recognise that a thought is essentially created by the survival …. Read More
The essence of the spiritual path is to awaken to our true Self. This has nothing to do with the habitual ego with which we normally identify with. The term waking up is very apt because the illusory nature of the ego self is so very obvious once you start to look – but most …. Read More
This constitutes a major breakthrough spiritually. But it is often confused with a mindfulness. There is a major difference. With Witness Consciousness, we discover a different sense of identity – namely, the I AM. This sets us free. With mindfulness practices we non judgmentally observe thoughts and feelings, but our identity remains confused – we …. Read More
Avoidance is the most common psychological defense mechanism that people use to deal with discomfort. This may involve distractions such as TV, Gaming, Exercise, simply never stopping, or addictions including sex, work and substance abuse. But a much subtler approach is Spiritual Bypassing. This is a clever ego trip and may involve using meditation or …. Read More
If you take the time to notice, you will find that you pretty well have non stop thoughts going on in your head. A small number of them are useful; the vast majority are repetitive and some of them make you feel bad, limit you or seriously distort your experience. When you really look at …. Read More
The Soul has many meanings for different people. But in general, we consider it to be our spiritual nature and our interface to the Great Divine. If we are “plugged in”, we experience natural states of happiness and life seems to flow with ongoing divine inspiration. Being “soul” connected is our natural state …. Read More
