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Acceptance of one’s life has nothing to do with resignation; it does not mean running away from the struggle. On the contrary, it means accepting it as it comes, with all the handicaps of heredity, of suffering, of psychological complexes and injustices. Paul Tournier
I’m not wise, but the beginning of wisdom is there; it’s like relaxing into – and an acceptance of – things. Tina Turner
One of the keys to Spiritual maturity is acceptance. Acceptance does not mean being a doormat or being passive. Acceptance means allowing life to flow with us and us to flow with life. It doesn’t mean that we simply let things happen to us. It means that we actively accept what the Universe offers us day to day. Read more
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Comfort zones are most often expanded through discomfort. Peter McWilliams
Discomfort is very much part of my master plan. Jonathan Lethem
“I’m just not comfortable with that.” I hear that both doing career counseling and in my Spiritual work.
We have, somehow, gotten the illusion that we must always be “comfortable” in everything we do, physically, spiritually and psychologically. Nothing could be further from the truth. Read more
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When we think of “myth,” we think of “an untrue story.” But nothing could be further from the truth. Mythos is actually a way of expressing a deep truth that is usually much more effective than simply expressing bare facts. When social scientists refer to something as “myth,” they do not mean “untrue story or fantasy.” They mean that something is being expressed using fact, symbol and emotion engendering images to reach the whole truth about some aspect of the story or humanity. Read more
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At some point in everyone’s life, they feel stuck. This is never more true than when one is learning about Spirituality and growing in Spiritual understanding. Sooner or later, the Spiritual Seeker comes to a point where he or she feels that growth should be happening more rapidly. There are several things that can trigger this feeling.
1). Not enough phenomena. Many Spiritual Seekers get discouraged because they aren’t experiencing the phenomena, like visions, seeing spirit animals, seeing through the veil, and so on. Many Seekers hear their Teachers or other Spiritual Seekers talking about their experiences and want to experience the same.
2). A life crisis. It is pretty easy to get discouraged when things appear to be falling apart. Of course, there is the old saying that what the caterpillar sees as the end of the world, the world sees as a butterfly. When we are in a growth phase or things are changing to benefit us, it can often seem like the world is falling apart. Read more
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The Christian Fathers called it “The Dark Night of the Soul.” We all go through times where we doubt the Spiritual Path. We even doubt that there is Spirit. I have gone through times where I have wondered if Spirit is malevolent rather than loving. I’ll bet, from time to time, so have you.
What do we do in these dark times? Maybe the dark time is being ill with something that just won’t get better or go away. Maybe it is financial stress or the search for a job that doesn’t seem to want to materialize. Maybe it is the dissolution of a valued relationship — divorce, the breaking of a long-time friendship, or the death of a loved one. Suddenly, the world seems bleak and hopeless. The teachings of Spirituality seem hollow and even laughable. Spirit seems far away. The things that spoke so eloquently to us in the past no longer speak to us at all. We are in “The Dark Night of the Soul.” Read more
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When the Universe opens up and begins to give us gifts, we naturally want to receive those with open arms (usually). In order to remain in “the zone” where we’re being given great gifts, there are several things that we, as Spiritual People, need to do.
We need to remain “in the flow.” A sea that receives from rivers, but has no outlet, becomes dead, such as the Great Salt Lake and the Dead Sea. We, also, become dead when we are not giving. There are several ways to give that keep us in the flow. Read more
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We all know that letting go is one of the most difficult things to do, and also one of the most essential for true Spirituality. Here are a few steps to letting go.
1). Decide that you want to let go. Until you really want to let go, you won’t be able to do so. Letting go is frightening. It is also necessary.
You may need to decide to let go several times each hour for a while. Keep deciding, over and over again, until a change is induced. Read more
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One of the many spiritual tools at the fingertips of a Shaman is to “walk the worlds” and set the consciousness of people (including themselves) in different, and, perhaps, more pleasant Universes. But this power and the theory of the Multiverse are often misunderstood. I’m going to try to clear a few things up.
1). There are an infinite number of Universes. Every time an electron in this Universe goes in direction “A,” another Universe comes into being where it goes direction “B,” or “C,” or whatever. Not only can anything happen, but everything does happen. For every choice you’ve made in your life, there is another Universe where you made a different choice. Read more
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Most of you reading this know these simple Spiritual Principles already, but a refresher never hurts. Here are the 17 things that every Spiritual Person should know and be practicing to be truly in line with Spirit.
1). Your Spiritual Path is the most important thing to you. Your Walk must come before everything. If it does, then everything else will fall into place.
2). Loving People and Using Things. Things are for using. People are not. People come before material goods, a job, a title, a car, etc. Don’t forget it! Read more
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I hear all of the time from Conservatives how terrible Liberals are. “Liberal” or “Lib” is even used as a curse word among the Conservatives. I’d like to tell you a little story about how badly Liberals stink and how negatively they’ve affected your life. Those darned Libs!
He lives in the USA, a country founded by people so radical and liberal that there was a large price on their heads and they shot at and killed soldiers representing the duly constituted government.
He gets up out of his bed which, thanks to Liberal laws, was certified to be clean and without vermin when he bought it. Dang — there go those Libs imposing regulations on business again! Read more
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