I often think those of us committed to a spiritual path are masters at our own spin. We talk of the evolution of consciousness and the 2012 energy like some great God will descend from the heavens and ‘do’ something to humanity to make the ‘good’ ones more enlightened and the ‘bad’ ones… I’m not even sure, disappear? And in this emerging time of unity and oneness, how are we still so deeply attached to this idea of duality? To the idea that we, the awakened ones, shall be rewarded for being “good”? (maybe my inner Santa is being triggered!)

Ok, so my point is perhaps there is more we need to be doing to create this shift in consciousness ourselves. This marked period in history for which we’ve all been waiting in anticipation to see what those Mayan’s were really getting at is less likely to be a passive event for humanity, and more an awareness that our awakening depends on us. We are integral to the very spark of creative consciousness and that flicker of evolutionary impulse that we’re all so desperately waiting for. We’re it. And in this knowledge that this spark of consciousness is not ‘out there’ but within each and every one of us, what are we going to do to ensure it catches alight? Shall we continue to talk of airy spiritual ideals and shifts of unseen energy or shall we step firmly on the planet and test our human metal? Shall we act in our own personal ways by standing up and facing our deepest fears and vulnerabilities in the face of rejection? Shall we show up for those we love (and more importantly, those we don’t) by being open, honest about how we feel? Shall we take a deep breath and communicate from our heart when we want to retract and close down in the presence of pain and fear?

This shift in human consciousness is up to us, in a very real and pragmatic way. We hold the key to the evolution of humanity, not some mythic wave of magic; us. But it takes courage to push the boundaries of what we understand humanity to be. It takes a hyper-vigilant consciousness of each and every action in which we engage. It takes a new way of being in this world to allow the potential of our race to reach its highest aspiration, and it takes a very personal recognition that each of us are imperative in the manifestation of this, our next phase of human consciousness.

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But what is amazing is his insight to his injury. “It never did feel right to take that job.. it wasn’t meant to be mine” he told me as we were both pondering this sudden loss of income and what he could do now for work. And that’s the thing. Sometimes we jump at something because of what we believe is necessity (and money is a pretty basic survival necessity when there’s not much of it coming in and you have family committments!) But the truth is, he knew in his gut he shouldn’t have taken the job. We’d actually both discussed how unsuitable it was for him, physically, mentally and spiritually when it was offered to him and he had decided to turn it down. And yet, in a moment of panic, he took it thinking any job was a good job. And at that point, he was probably right, for that one reason of feeling he had purpose again. However, he knew on a deeper level it wasn’t where he needed to be and yet, how could he now get out of it? But, in its own divine intelligence, his body knew a way and that was by physically forcing him to resign after only a few months.

What is beautiful about this story is his ability to acknowledge his bodymind and respond accordingly. He’s not once been concerned about the future of his back or his inability to heal. He knows full well this is a temporary but very real sign from his inner core to move on, that this is not his path. And so he has the grace, even in the face of the same financial uncertainty, to listen and move on.

It’s a lesson I’ve decided to take on as my own. In this, the last moments of 2011, how can I heed my body’s wisdom despite the mind’s rational ‘what ifs’ and ‘but you must’ chatter. If we can all stop to truly heed what it is our body is calling, perhaps we could stop crying out to a seemingly unresponsive universe to realise the universe speaks the loudest through our own, internal, self.

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and to benefit the community it lives in. Combining forces to help those in need within the church as well as those outside the church lets church members manifest and actively live their faith while raising the profile of their church. People who are unsure in their faith or are looking for a church home can see the church family in action and get a sense of who the family is and what is important to them.

Church, for many, is a primary source of fellowship and belonging. Your church family is the group that supports you when life gets difficult and lends a helping hand when you cannot manage on your own. Church allows individuals and families to come together on common ground and to share an important part of themselves with each other. Some of the friendships formed within church are strong, life-long relationships that go far beyond shared faith and experiences.

Many churches sponsor a lot of activities outside of faith based programs. Scouting, mom’s day out, pre-school and play dates, women’s groups, book clubs and sports teams are just some of the activities churches offer. These activities give members to participate more fully in church life and to surround themselves with people who share like values and commitments. Some of the activities may even be popular enough to draw others from the community to participate, which increases the number of people church members can network with.

Church sponsored charity work gives the community a chance to see the church in action and to get insight into the values and causes that resonate with its members. Faith-based initiatives have been the driving force behind many shelters, food pantries, prevention and abuse hot-lines, counseling and other vital services. The majority of these are done for the benefit of the community at large, without regard to religious or social boundaries. Even those who cannot donate their time help to fund these projects through donations.

An active church community needs to stay in touch and to be aware of what is going on. Sometimes those in need require immediate help and fast mobilization by church members is vital. While phone and email can be effective, phone trees take time and fall apart if someone is unable to relay the message. Email may not be answered promptly or gets deleted. A service like GenieVOX by AllCom lets church members stay in touch through a message center attached to a dedicated toll-free number. One call from anyone to the network shoots an up to 3 minutes long voice message to members’ phones, text or email. It is as quick as a text, as through as an email and as personal as a voice mail. Verbal text messages, known as VOX Voice SMS, to an unlimited number of members simultaneously is a more personal alternative to standard email messages as they can be in the voice of the pastor. The church’s leadership can also post messages in its box for retrieval by any member- great for reminders, updates, notices, and daily affirmations or quotes- all for a low monthly fee and no contract. This kind of service can help a church to expand its mission and to provide a tighter community for its members at the touch of a button.

Hopefully the information in this article is helpful, happy worshiping, Thomas Skala.

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If you do the following exercise with your complete attention, you can have an instantaneous spiritual awakening that can move you beyond the experience of body and mind identification to the experience of the Self.  You will experience yourself as formless, conscious energy.

The first thing to understand is that you cannot realize the Self through the senses. You cannot taste the Self, see the Self, hear the Self, smell the Self and you cannot touch the Self. Consider this:

You have your eyes open.

You see and then label what you see. You think ‘This is my body. This is my computer. I am using my hands to type on the computer.’

And so your mind immediately labels everything you see and you automatically assume that these labels are true.  You see your hands; you call them your hands.  And they appear very physical, very solid and separate from the keyboard that you are typing on.

But close your eyes and be still.

From this point of stillness tell me about your hands. Without moving them or looking at them.  If you can’t see them, then where and what are they? You can say that you feel your hands resting on your mouse or keyboard. But what is that feeling? What is the sensation that you are calling your hands?

In order to have an instantaneous spiritual awakening, you have to forget the defining that they are your hands and actually experience what is here beyond the words.  Experience what is here beyond the thinking.  Beyond the five senses.

With your eyes closed, forget the defining of your body and experience what you refer to as your body. Not a part of your body but the whole thing. With your eyes closed, there is the sensation that you are here, but instead of defining it as a body, as a name, simply feel it.  Feel the sensation of what is here.

Feeling without touching. Feeling without using words.

Do this now.

Here you experience something that you cannot define, you cannot accurately describe. Because what is here does not have boundaries and cannot be described by the senses. But there is an experience of existing.

There is the awareness of existing. Here, existing and awareness are one and the same.  You cannot separate these three things.  You are here, you are aware that you are here.

This is not something that you can learn or understand. You have to close your eyes, let go of thinking and experience it right now.

Close your eyes and notice your experience of existing in this moment.  You will instantaneously experience that what you are is not solid.  What you are does not have boundaries.  In fact, it feels like formless energy.

Here, you have moved beyond the mind and body.  You have had an instantaneous spiritual awakening.

And you will see this spiritual awakening is not a state that comes and goes. This experience of existing beyond the mind and body is what is always here.

Now it is just a matter of keeping your focus here.  Keeping you focus on this experience of yourself beyond the body and mind.  The experience of formless energy.

If you followed this exercise, then you easily had an instantaneous spiritual awakening.  And every time you practice this simple exercise, this feeling of the Self beyond mind and body will become more apparent, more clear and more blissful.  It will lead to even greater spiritual awakenings.

Blessings,

Kip”

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the influence of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is a real person, the true personification of love. Though the world neither sees nor knows the Holy Spirit, but can plainly recognize its power transposed in our daily catholic prayers as well as in our catholic religion. This podcast explores the work of the Spirit delving into some definitions which regard the Spirit throughout salvation history, and the naming of signs and manifestations of the Spirit. This discussion has the purpose of pointing out keys, meanings that lead to understanding the meaning of the Holy Spirit and its existence revealed in our catholic faith. Therefore the Holy Spirit is revealed to have the role in salvation, and ultimately reveals our spiritual relationship with the Spirit. The idea that at birth each and everyone is being given a soul, is now revealed and acknowledged by the Spirit’s presence in our catholic religion beliefs, and prayers. Each human being is gifted with a pure soul at birth, but the maintenance of this purity does not depend on the Holy Spirit but on people’s decisions undertaken in life and by the teachings that they withdraw from the religious doctrines and the Holy Bible. The Spirit is immanent in all of God’s saving work. The Holy Spirit has been present in this world since the first moment of creation. The Spirit is the principle of life, without which nothing would exist or continue existing. The Creed calls the Spirit, the Lord and Giver of life. The Spirit’s authorship of life is evident throughout salvation’s history. The Spirit’s presence guides people and reveals them their Creator, meaning God. Therefore the Spirit sanctifies life. This is Spirit’s role throughout scripture climaxing in Jesus’ promise to the Church of the Spirit’s fullest strength. The Spirit is a part of the Church and shall remain this way until the end of time. The Spirit is manifested and signed in works made visible, through holy water, holy oil, holy fire, holy light, and holy hands.

Since ancient times, the dove has symbolized the presence of God’s Spirit. This work guides the development and understanding of scripture, religious doctrine and tradition, the teaching offices of the Church, the disposition of faithful hearts in witness, service, and prayer, all unified in view of our communion with Christ. This is a real fact, since it is the Spirit that enables us to share in the reign of God on earth as it is in heaven, it follows that in life, the Spirit fulfills our vocation on earth and the Holy Spirit ensures us the reason of hope. This great gift of love is revealed in our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us. The more we live our lives with love and peace in our hearts and souls, the more we are able to gift the others, forgive, daily sharing what we have, and be patient with our neighbor. The Spirit’s presence in our lives, assures us of all that has been revealed and promised to us. Baptized into Christ, we ourselves are anointed by the Spirit of Love. And in that Spirit we become the children of God!

Take as an example Miguel Ruiz’s bestselling Four Agreements, which exhorts readers to “Be impeccable with your word; don’t take anything personally; don’t make assumptions; always do your best.”  The degree of profundity or usefulness of this advice is beside the point; it does a disservice to the reader.  No effort was made to explain why it’s impossible to be impeccable with your word (in a society based upon lying to other people and yourself); not to take things personally (when all your social training is pointed at inflating your self-importance); not to make assumptions (in a society which discourages thinking for yourself, or thinking at all); or why it’s impossible to do your best (in a society which teaches you to cringe helplessly and wallow in self-pity).  In other words, fluffy writing just adds more guilt to the burden of self-hatred which people are already carrying by making people blame themselves, rather than their hypocritical society, for their unhappiness.  Fluffy writing may sound soothing because it’s simplistic; but it’s of no real help to anyone.

Who is thinking happy thoughts?  The evangelizing proselytizers with their toothpaste-advertisement grins and their used-car-salesman spiels?   If those people were truly happy in their hearts, would they be running around trying to make other people like them (in all senses of that word)?  Being in denial is not the same thing as being happy.  NOBODY (except maybe a few lamas meditating in caves in the Himalayas maybe) can control their thoughts.  People can most certainly run away from their issues by distracting themselves, but that is not the same thing as controlling thoughts.  It’s like masturbation was in the Victorian age – everybody was doing it while paying lip service to denial; and then feeling ashamed of themselves for being so “perverted”.  Similarly, people are being lied to about “just thinking happy thoughts” – and then are made to feel worse about themselves because they are incapable of accomplishing this unattainable feat.

It’s all a lie – this “Positive Thinking” baloney, like so much New Age cant (oh yeah, that’s another one:  “never say can’t!”).  If you are not happy inside, then 1) it’s impossible to think happy thoughts (unless you’re in denial); and 2) thinking happy thoughts isn’t the way to change your mood in any case (it works the other way around:  when you are able to control your moment-to-moment mood – or better said, relax into indifference – THEN your thoughts naturally tend to be happy).  What creates your reality is your underlying mood, not what you tell yourself (not your thoughts).

The pundits of Positive Thinking have their cause-and-effect backwards.  And they exacerbate people’s problems by blaming them for being unable to control their thoughts – as if society doesn’t heap enough blame and shame on people as it is … now in the New Age people have to blame themselves for being unable to accomplish the impossible.  To expect that YOU – l’il ol’ nose pickin’ and pastin’ it under the furniture YOU – should be able to control your thoughts (and then chide yourself when you fail to live up to this ridiculous expectation) is completely absurd.  Positive thinking is just another of society’s lies designed to make you feel crummy about yourself.

People need to be told that it’s okay if they are unhappy; that everybody in our society is unhappy, and any appearance to the contrary is just that – an appearance.  This is another of our materialistic society’s dirty tricks:  constantly telling people “See – those guys over there who bought our useless products are happier than you are!  Go for it!”  Having us compare ourselves to other people is stupid, since everyone’s karma is so different.  And since our superficial society forbids us to talk openly about anything that really matters, we rarely know what anyone else is truly feeling inside in any case.

This is not to say that people don’t have to take complete personal responsibility to get themselves out of the messes they find themselves in.  Just that there’s no need to feel guilty for not fulfilling society’s expectations (including being able to “think happy thoughts”), since society’s expectations are impossible to fulfill; moreover, the rewards for fulfilling them aren’t even worth it.  This realization is the first step on the spiritual path.

Clue Number 1:  Your image of what the spiritual path is all about is wrong – absolutely wrong.  Completely off the mark.  Not even close.  When you finally do get “there”, you’ll realize that the things which you thought were of the essence, aren’t; and the things which are, weren’t part of your thinking at all (they were too subtle, so you overlooked them at the time).  What spirituality is all about has to be felt in your heart, not conceptualized.  When don Juan finally explained his teachings to Carlos Castaneda (just prior to his leaving him forever, at the end of Tales of Power), he told Castaneda that he had been deliberately misleading and sidetracking him all along during the apprenticeship, keeping Castaneda’s thinking mind focused on irrelevancies, and making light of the issues which were indeed the crux.  This is because the thinking mind only gets in the way on the spiritual path.  The thinking mind is of utmost importance in getting along in society, but it is actually a hindrance in pursuit of the spiritual, which is why don Juan averred that the best sorcerers were either completely stupid or completely crazy.  Isn’t it true that in our society the most spiritual people (most open-hearted) are usually either retarded or lunatics?

Clue 2:  If you find the spiritual path enjoyable, you ain’t on it.  The spiritual path sucks – and don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.  Do you suppose St. John of the Cross was just kidding around when he spoke of the Dark Night of the Soul?  On the spiritual path, as in the gym, no pain means no gain.  Why do you suppose that gurus such as Sri Yukteswar and Gurdjieff and don Juan (and don Juan’s teacher don Julian) were so abusive to their disciples (except for the disciples who were pretty selfless to begin with)?  Why do you think don Juan recommended finding a petty tyrant – an oppressor who spits on you and stomps your self-esteem into the mud – as the most important element of spiritual training?  Self-importance is not eliminated by having other people envy you or pat you on the back and tell you how great you are; or by having all your fantasies and daydreams come true.  It’s eliminated by having your self-images – everything you crave and strive to uphold – trampled into the dirt.

The spiritual path lies in the diametrically opposite direction from the path society has conditioned you to travel.  The spiritual path – the deconditioning process – involves prying your grasping fingers loose from everything society has conditioned you to cling to.  This is not pleasant at all.  Moreover, nobody is going to give you any reward or recognition for your spiritual accomplishments: depending on your karma (people who are pretty selfless to begin with have it easier than the rest of us), probably most people around you will do everything in their power to frustrate you, be jealous of you, or belittle your efforts.  As don Juan told Castaneda, “A warrior has no honor, no dignity, no family, no name, no country; he has only life to be lived, and under these circumstances, his only tie to his fellow men is his controlled folly.”  Anybody who is really on the spiritual path (unlike the happy-thought thinkers) is usually crucified by society and the people around them.

The point is that the true spiritual path is entered by facing things squarely as they are (not by denying your reality by “thinking happy thoughts” or otherwise running away from yourself); and then by just accepting your situation – giving up the ghost, stopping all the struggling and fuming, getting off your own case and other people’s case and God’s case.  There are no shortcuts on the spiritual path.  There definitely are techniques; and it is necessary to find congenial techniques which you can practice daily, to focus your intent.  But there is no way to change anything by snapping your fingers or taking a workshop or just thinking happy thoughts.

To tell someone who is in great pain to “just think happy thoughts” is like telling someone without legs to just get up and walk.  Deconditioning and reconditioning your mindset requires a tremendous amount of time and endurance – it’s not something you can “just do”.  It’s also why magicians aver that there is no point in even considering undertaking the task until you are completely desperate.  True spiritual growth is basically just a matter of exhaustion, of complete wipe-out, of coming to realize the futility of it all.  But there is no way to hurry anything up.  No way.  The sooner you give up trying, or lying to yourself by “thinking happy thoughts”, the sooner true change will happen.

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How Can I achieve Spiritual Enlightenment -Quickest Method

A lot of people are asking “What is the quickest method to spiritual enlightenment?  How can I achieve enlightenment in the shortest amount of time?”

To look at how you can achieve spiritual enlightenment, you first need to understand the essence of eastern philosophy and religion.

The essence of all eastern philosophy and religion is that suffering comes from being focused on the ego, the sense of an individual separate “I”

By remaining focused on this “me” with all of its desires, fears and problems, you lose touch with the infinite peace, bliss and love that exists beyond the ego as the absolute.

Spiritual enlightenment really is freedom from yourself.  So the more concerned you are with your problems, needs and desires, the more locked into what is actually keeping you from achieving spiritual enlightenment.

That is why all Yogas (all paths to realizing spiritual enlightenment)have to do with focusing away from the ego.

Bhakti Yoga focuses on God through devotion. Karma Yoga focuses on serving others. Kriya Yoga focuses on prana using breathing techniques just to name a few.  All of these different paths to achieving spiritual enlightenment deal with focusing outside of yourself.

By focusing outside of the personal you, you begin to experience life beyond ego.  Your self importance begins to diminish and your awareness expands.  You begin to taste the peace and bliss that really is your natural state.

While western philosophy places it’s importance on the individual person through self analysis and self improvement, eastern teaching points to dropping all of this to focus on that which is beyond ego.

Even western philosophy agrees that you become whatever you focus on.

So if you are focused on “my problems, my desires,” then this will be your world.

But if your focus was totally on the absolute, then the absolute would be your world.

Saying this, then the fastest and most direct method achieving spiritual enlightenment would be to completely focus on a technique that awakens in you the experience of peace, bliss and then to focus so completely on this bliss that there is no room for you as an ego to exist.

Someone coming from a western perspective meditates and tastes the bliss but goes no further than the experience “I am blissful, I have bliss.”

But if you were to be so humbly devoted to that bliss that it consumes you, then you would become that bliss, or rather, you would melt into the bliss, you would realize the truth that bliss is what you are.

The technique is not so important as long as it awakens the bliss
that exists beyond yourself.

And once that bliss is there, completely immerse yourself in it.  Do not try and grab the bliss, but rather give yourself completely to it.

And when you get caught up in your thinking, come back to the technique and awaken the bliss again.

So at first you maybe doing the technique and experiencing the bliss for a short amount of time and then having to go back to the technique.  But in time, you can more and more be completely immersed in the bliss for long periods of time without the need for the technique to keep you there.

So really the quickest method to enlightenment is to awaken a state of bliss and then let yourself completely dissolve in it.  To allow it to completely consume you.

You cannot do this a little bit.  It is not something you do half way. Let your mind get involved in any way and you will miss it.  Leave all judgements and doubts and have complete faith.

While many are busy analysing all techniques methods and teachers, there is a woman with nothing but the clothes on her back who sits by a river somewhere in India chanting one word repeatedly that to her means the absolute.

She may have no education, no understanding about eastern philosophy.  Really, she has nothing but that name to repeat.

And simply by repeating the name over and over in complete devotion, she realizes spiritual enlightenment.

Rather than looking to get bliss she gave herself to bliss
and so for her spiritual enlightenment was inevitable.

It is all about attention.  If you can give your attention completely to the experience of bliss, then bliss will become your life. It is this one pointed attention on bliss that is the quickest method to spiritual enlightenment.

Blessings,
Kip”

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Portals

There are portals opening up all over the Earth. These portals are receiving energy and releasing energy. Many people have portals on their property and in and around their homes. These portals are getting bigger and in the future will get so large that they merge and become the prominent energy on the planet. This is the fifth dimension.

The energy inside the portal is often spiraling and or wavy with a sensation of energy going up and or coming down. Feeling dizzy and light headed is common as well.

There are other energies that use these portals for travel.

Being aware of what is going on around your house may already have come to your attention. Unusual sounds, feeling tired and then super energized and dizziness are all symptomatic of the energies from these portals. There are many people who experience alien beings coming through the portals as well as dreams, feelings and in person!

The duality exists in the Universe as much as it does on Earth. There are good aliens just as much as there are bad aliens. There are good people and there are bad people.

The duality of the Universe is something we will continue to experience to varying degrees as we move into a higher vibration and consciousness.

When we get to a higher consciousness we no longer have the need to assess the good or the bad. We simply observe it. Staying aware of your environment and not checking out through drugs and alcohol will help you to stay present in your body. Staying present allows you the opportunity to experience this as we move quickly with the energy.

Time and space will also feel a bit altered and your sensitivity heightened. Your fear will only draw you back into the duality and it is in this realm that we experience our resistance.

Grounding, meditation, breathing, yoga and exercise are all ways we can stay present and experience the moment. Keep your vibration high and connect with Divine Love. This will not only help you in this process but it will protect you and move you into the fifth dimension with ease.

Divine Love

We have all reincarnated many times here on Earth. Our past lives have created who we are today and our future self is helping us. We are evolving as spiritual beings and who we become in the distant future will one day look back at this as another lifetime that we endured shifts and changes here on Earth.

Allow yourself to connect with yourself in the future and receive the wisdom and knowledge that you have. Smile at yourself and know you have been living in four dimensions and you are currently moving into the fifth dimension. This will open up awareness that you are actually living in a multi-dimensional reality.

With one simple shift of your energy, focus on your heart and connect with Divine Love. Divine Love is the very essence of what we are made of and what we return to when we go back in to spirit form. We are all from Divine Love and by connecting with this energy we reconnect to a much greater vibration in the Universe.

Remember you are in the future reminding yourself to make this transition with ease. Your resistance will only delay your transformation. Let go of your jealousy and envy of others. Celebrate in who you are for what you do and what you bring to each and every moment of your life and the lives that you touch. Let others be who they are and celebrate in your differences.

The more we move into loving each other for who we are the more we move towards our own spiritual evolution. With a peaceful transition into the fifth dimension I embrace each of you with love.

The Soul’s Symphony

When we have a need to prove ourselves we miss the opportunity to accept and appreciate what our energy brings forth. Just by being here on Earth we are able to contribute an important energy that is unique to each soul and makes up a huge concert of energies that all play together like a symphony!

Our energy is deeply connected to the Universe and totally unique within each of us. Our individuality is something that needs to be celebrated. We are not all the same and each of us with our own unique energy has something special that we bring to the planet.

If you want a more spiritual connection do your homework and process your karmic baggage identifying where you are wounded. Through a deeper physical, mental, emotional and spiritual process forgive those who have wronged you and learn how to parent your own inner child. This will lead you back to the center which is forgiving yourself.

It is through the emotional body that we are able to clear the pathway for our original energy as souls to come through. When you choose this path your spiritual body is opened and your evolution that much quicker.

Neglecting the emotional work and staying focused through the intellectual process can leave a person feeling void of any real spiritual understanding; for they are still disconnected from their feelings. There is no real experience that can be grounded if we are not processing our feelings on the physical, mental and emotional bodies. We are very good at covering up and medicating our unresolved emotional pain that can eventually manifest in the physical body. Yet this very pain is the key to our spiritual growth and evolution.

We must look at what is under that pain and discoverer the beautiful reservoir that resides within each of our souls filled with energy that is connected to the Universe and a karmic knowledge that when understood allows our consciousness to evolve.

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It is easy to realize the enlightened state.  It is just a matter of focus.  Try this now: Close your eyes and notice your experience of what is here beyond thought.  You are not to define it, describe it or use thoughts at all.

If it helps, stop all thinking for a second and notice your experience.  Simply feel what is here.  Experience the sensation of what is here.  The sensation of existing in this moment.

You may refer to it as the sensation of your entire body.  And if it helps, you can use this as a reference.  But in this case, do not name it, just feel it.  The sensation of existing in this moment. Don’t think about it, just try it. Close your eyes and do this now.  If you did this very simple exercise, then you just experienced yourself beyond the mind and body.  You just realized the enlightened state.

When you closed your eyes, did you notice that your experience of existing did not have any boundaries?  That it was not solid?

You experienced yourself as energy, conscious energy, the pure state of peace and freedom completely transcendent of who you think you are.

But what happens is you very quickly come back to identifying with your thoughts and so the enlightened state you just realized seems unreal.  The moment you stopped the exercise, you stopped experiencing what is here and started experiencing your mind’s interpretation of what is here.

So close your eyes again and experience what is here beyond thought.  Experience the sensation of existing in this moment.

You see, it is easy to realize the enlightened state for short periods of time.  And the more you practice, the more comfortable it will be to experience yourself beyond the mind and body and the peace and bliss that goes with it. And if you experienced yourself beyond the mind and body, then you no longer can play the victim.  You can no longer pretend that you are this person, stuck in situations that cause you suffering.  You can no longer pretend you are a prisoner of a mind and body.

Because although the mind and body may be part of your experience, you just proved that you can exist completely free from the mind and all of its sufferings. You can and do exist in an enlightened state of formless conscious peace.

Whether you choose to live in the mind is a different story. That is a choice you can make, and if you are conscious you made that choice, then that is also blissful. But to keep pretending that you are a victim of suffering is pointless.  You can be free of it in any moment.  It is your choice.

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And that is to close your eyes and notice what is here beyond all thinking.  Beyond any thought there is a subtle experience of existing.   You can feel it.

If you give your complete focus to this feeling of existing then this feeling expands very quickly.  You can have a spiritual awakening within a short period of time if you have the discipline to keep your focus on what is here beyond thinking.

But what happens is thinking pulls you out of it.   So many thoughts arise to grab your attention and bring you back into thought identification.  The thought arises and your attention as a reflex goes to that thought and you become that thought, you become your thinking.

The mind wants you to remain identified with thoughts.  Your attention to your thinking empowers the mind, it is its food.

If your attention is on thinking, then your mind dominates your experience.  If you turn your attention away from thinking, to what is beyond thinking, then awareness is empowered, a spiritual awakening begins to happen.

So in order to have your complete focus on the sensation of existing, it is necessary drop every thought that arises like it’s a hot potato.  With intense focus, you ignore the thoughts; your attention is completely turned away from thinking.

This is not a meditation technique where witnessing thoughts works because even that requires a certain amount of attention on thinking. So intense should be your focus on what is here beyond the mind, that thoughts may not even arise.

It requires great intensity because you will want to identify with the thoughts.  It is a very powerful pull.

Just like an alcoholic wants a drink: one drink and all the discomfort will go away.  Same with thinking: Just let your focus fall back into thinking and all the discomfort and intensity will go away.

Because it can be uncomfortable, it can be very intense going completely beyond the mind.  And there is a certain pleasure in being lost in thought.

But the more you practice this meditation technique, the more it can become passive, the more you can relax into what is beyond the mind and a spiritual awakening can occur.

So it does require great intensity, great focus to keep turning away from thinking into what is here beyond thought and remaining in what is beyond thought.

To even say remaining does not cut it, because it is not a place where you can remain. It is not a thing or a place rather it is the absence of things and places, the absence of everything known, eternally fresh and new.

And through intense practice of this meditation technique you realize this absence is the light of bliss, you become a light bulb of bliss. Very quickly a spiritual awakening can happen this way for one who has the discipline.

But please note:  The easiest way to have a spiritual awakening is through “shaktipat:” the spiritual energy one naturally radiates in the highest states of meditation.

Usually the only way to receive shaktipat is from sitting with an enlightened teacher.   Simply by sitting with someone who is in a very high state of meditation, you naturally are pulled into a deep blissful state of meditation.   But now you can have this same experience through listening to a unique shaktipat CD.

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