Spiritual Humanness – Thankfulness Exercise

Spiritual knowledge is by far wide and many, many of us desire to know; experience direct feeling of contentment. As truth for me is for me alone, revelations of spiritual nature come in moments. There are signs around us all; those of us who are certain that life is made for our spirituality are surely exceptional souls. With spiritual contentment comes spiritual well being. And only with spiritual well being can we attain physical health, emotional health. Because these words above are actually interconnected with one another, and, a person cannot have one without the other. Let’s imagine a person who just works out physically, always eating well and exercising, taken care of the body so to speak.

Yet if that very person does not cultivate his/her spiritual health, then he or she will feel empty, perhaps most times will feel happy, yet if life shows an event that is one of grief or a loss of a loved one, then he or she will experience a state of unhealthiness, both physically also spiritually. That’s just a human nature, to realize this fact we simply need to look around. As we are strong beings, for we have mastered control over the planet. Yet without spiritual knowledge we will feel naked vulnerable, and only awareness will free you from vulnerability, there are ways that many of us attend to, protect ourselves from these forces of life, forces which we rather not feel, as in negative feelings doubts or hurts.

The way to better ourselves in this path would then be to discover methods that allow us to feel content, secure and human. As humanness is great, is sacred. And the methods could be many, yet the balance is the key, let’s says you enjoy playing sport, be it football or golf etc, then in proportion is well, or any other activity that you as “your name” enjoy, that is great. But as you know it is very easy to miss track of time within a given day, thus we may forget to attend our hearts, at its deepest self. The self we know makes us “us”.

We may at times do so, by simple prays or meditation, or simply just being, without any thought.
As these are one of the few ways we attend, rather connect with life. Although it is very important to attend physical health, it is also important to attend spiritual side of our hearts to give meaning to life, and its sacredness.

Thankfulness Exercise

I as a spiritual mentor at times suggest an exercise, and exercise which I feel has unparalleled benefits, as it is proven to me personally. Because I know how easy it is to forget to take that time for our hearts, to take notice and realize, how grateful we really are, despite the outside circumstances we can energize our hearts, and connect with all.
This simple five minute exercise is called, thankfulness session. And it only requires about five minutes, also it is so easy to attend, yet the benefits will be seen immediately. As the name suggests, it is simple thankfulness, anything you can think of, which arouses thankfulness feelings. As in; I am so thankful that I am alive, I am so thankful that I am able to feel love, I am so thankful for people around me, I am so thankful for the diversity of life, which teaches me, me. I am so thankful that I have loving nurturing parents, who even though I kept them up late at night while a baby, loved me unconditionally. I am so thankful for my family, for nurturing me, I am so thankful for all those special souls who have given me seeds of reason to plant and grow wisdom. I am so thankful that you are reading this, thus allowing me to share my heart.

These are just a few, which I am certain you will add so many more. And it only takes about five minutes, just do it, and then you’ll see. Also obviously what is very important is not to just say these “thank you”, rather to feel it. Allowing the feeling to arise to a degree that you feel it. As busy as life’s demands are on us, we require a time out for our human ness. As we study more and more, we realize much is a choice, as in, we can choose what to direct our focus on. Therefore allowing five minutes each day, will really let us feel the presence with acceptance, knowing that we are accepted, just the way we are, a profound way of being, we can choose to be thankful. We all have our methods of attending our spiritual side. And just like a river which has many branches, leads all to the same lake. A lake of calmness, meaning and purpose. And at times it is unexplainable in mere words, yet nature and all that we feel and experience is somewhat allows us to be, as if all is assembled in that precise moment just for us to feel that humanness. And what better way to show appreciation, with a heartfelt. THANK YOU.

Spiritual Souls on Meditation Street

Meditation is somewhat a subject that is being taken out of content, thus resulting in many people trying to achieve a state of calmness but never actually finding that truly unique state of calmness. Many people who embark on a quest to find out the benefits of meditation fall victim to misunderstanding of meditation, in its core it is a method to be in touch with true self, as when many of us talk about the subject of essence or spirit then we will agree that it cannot be seen, yet spiritually aware souls know that it exists, and if many people ask as to how would one know? The answer is I just know. We have methods to find out. One is mind and body, as opposed to just mind. We as human beings have senses to serve us, if I command my hand to touch my hair it will obey, if I command my feet to get up and go somewhere it will obey. Then we have the mind where the opportunity to be fully logical and reasonable, then when reason and logic is used to find out where our souls are then it will come to the conclusion as to it is within the heart. Just like the saying the soul is housed within the heart. And surely not the heart that is merely made of piece of meat, but the heart of strength purity potentiality of loving and kind and compassionate.

Let me give you another example, lets say we get a block of cheese (cheddar or fetta, it doesn’t really matter) and let’s imagine a person who knows about milk but he or she has never seen a block of cheese, now for you and I to convince that person that the very block of cheese in front of us is actually made out of milk will be rather hard to accomplish. Would you agree?

Spiritual road to clarity is through within

Same is true with your soul, your heart houses it, it is there. It is eternal. And meditation is path of finding your way back home, if you are faithful then praying is one way to find your way back home to celestial realms, through your heart is a road that only your heart can tread on. To be fully awakened is to see clearly, and from this seeing will come clarity. Meditation is a tool so to speak, and every one of us can use this tool, a tool as such that is available free, by you commanding your senses to serve you. As much as stillness we seek through meditation, the actual process of attending to stillness requires simple actions. Then you will enter into the stillness where by the busyness of living a modern life will pause, for you to reunite with that extraordinary being “you” at the same time it will allow you to realize the simplicity in the complexity. You will realize that you, your heart is, surely sacred extraordinary special nurtured loving pure. Pure is the most important aspect of who you really are.

Once you know this through direct experience and realization, then everything in the outside world will be embraced and looked upon with a different and wider view perception. A sense of purity that is priceless, it is not for sale, nor can you find it in any matter but within. No teacher can go one step for his or her disciple, in themselves they must experience truth and enlightenment, spiritual teachers are only a light on the road that at times seem dark and blurry filled with doubts or fears. When one exerts effort to attend and realize purity of own heart, then you will know, all the doubts and fears are simple illusions and has no basis in actually absolute reality. Because in the depths of your heart there is this being, this feeling called you, ever waiting for your intellect and reason to find it, it waits quietly patiently, guiding you whispering silent yet inviting whispers for you to come home, come to your essence, come back to who you really are. Eternal spirit that is molded by and with purity. And that is YOU.

Spiritual Guidance

Spiritual guidance is rather a delicate subject because it concerns the matters of the heart, your essence. There are many paths to follow when it comes to spiritual beliefs, and yet real spiritual guidance is not a religious subject, rather it is to embrace all the teachings on earth and utilize their messages of love and hope. Our experience of our true nature needs to be attended as often as possible, because in fact when we experience our true nature then we will be experiencing love and purity.

When we attend our hearts then this experience will flow onto our interactions with the outside world. And we can all agree that when we attend life with love and kindness this is well for each and every one of us.
When spiritual minded people search for spiritual guidance, then they tend to be confronted with so many different teachings, and often times this very search might result in conflicting perceptions about spirituality itself. Spirituality basically means that we as humans are made of pure essence which many label spirit, although not physically seen, it is a belief of certainty that it exists also it is eternal.

Many people theorize about spirituality, and its one pure true form, also as silly as may sound some people even go to length to harm one another in the name of faith or spirituality. This is simply a result of theorizing and not a result of true understanding of spirituality.
Spiritual guidance when obtained through the heart of a loving compassionate spiritual teacher will clear away the clouds of confusion thus resulting in true understanding which is based on love and reason. If I was to hear or even act upon a teaching without reasoning and using the magic of logic, then this is called blind faith. Blind faith or belief is like living someone else’s life, and it might not serve us in the long term. Each truth we will learn will be as if it has never been written before and my neighbors’ intelligence is no use to me when it comes to spiritual understanding.
Yet one thing is certain when it comes to real realization and direct experience of love and fullness, and that is it can only be done through patience, because what might seem real and true today might come in to a different light come tomorrow. This can even happen with a single dream we might witness within our nightly dream journeys. It might even wakes us up with a completely different perception about many things.

When we as spiritual beings talk about absolute, then surely we need to remember that, only spiritual truth is the absolute reality, and the rest is just thoughts that change and expand. We hear time and time again about people one day out of blue, walking out on their jobs, wanting to explore different paths in life (mostly spiritual truth they seek). This search doesn’t have to be a dramatic turn in our lives. We simply need to feed and nurture this spiritual craving within our hearts by seeking and obtaining easy to understand spiritual guidance. In fact when spiritual teachings confuse the seeker then obviously this is of no use to anyone. And as much as some people desire to expand at times their fear of change stops them from expanding. And here’s the truth, unless we expand, if not, then this will create ground for doubts and fears. What we need to pay attention to is, when people seek spiritual guidance or spiritual healing, then often times their chosen spiritual teachers will tell the seeker that their problems or challenges are due to some event of the seekers past (this maybe true) unless the spiritual teacher can light the path for tomorrows, then there no point to keep visiting the past. Yes, agreeing of the past as lived and carved in memory and holding self true to understanding self and life itself, is the most potent teaching we can all do more of.

Spiritual Guide

Is there to remind you that, life as much as imperfections of human behavior is in it, only through self understanding will come self liberation, whether of past or futures. If a spiritual guide understands a seekers needs and position, then this is well (they actually must be able to, to be able to offer pure spiritual guidance), but unless a spiritual guide can make the seeker understand seekers own needs and positions to themselves, and show them reason and love which is within each heart, then much time might be flowed to confusion.

Always follow your inner intuition when dealing with spiritual teachings, there is no point of going around in circles of past, because if the currents of thoughts keep visiting the past hurts or doubts, then the oceans of purity of tomorrows might not be lived as much as they should be lived. In hope in love in compassion in life in spirituality in YOU.