 Spiritual: June 15, 2011 Issue [#4453] |
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This week: Spiritual Discipline Edited by: KimChi  
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Hello, I'm KimChi . Continuing my favorite subject of "mind over matter", this month we'll discuss the idea of daily meditation or prayer. The benefits: good mental, physical and spiritual health.
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Do you have a daily ritual to enhance your spirituality? I don't mean praying as needed or going to church, I mean time set aside to re-connect with your soul, your God, your life's purpose. Some people read the Bible every morning, others meditate, use prayer beads, and some, I've found, write in a journal. All are good ways to train the mind and heart to "let go and let God."
Like any ritual, over time this action becomes as natural as brushing your teeth.
What I know of spiritual discipline is recent and hard earned. A few years back I spent an entire year studying the chakras, which you'd think would be a specific area of expertise. However, one idea led to another and soon I was learning breathing techniques, mantras, mudras, Chinese acupuncture, various meditation techniques, and even Yoga, Tai Chi, and Reiki.
After a year of daily navel-gazing, I could go into a meditative state in thirty seconds, which isn't nearly as cool as it sounds. There's a reason we build nunneries--it's hard to hold down a job in the lotus position.
To me, clearing and aligning the chakras has immense physical and mental benefits, and although I've slacked off somewhat, I'm glad the habit of taking time each day to turn within myself remains. The specific discipline isn't the important part, the idea is to make a habit of sacred time, zen/meditation time, prayer time.
What I learned that crazy year?
1) A moderate amount of spiritual discipline is essential to further learning and understanding.
2) You can train your mind to do pretty much anything.
3) Our lives have meaning and we are important to God.
4) Daily study and/or prayer or meditation re-aligns our physical body with our spiritual purpose.
We have much to learn, much to teach, and promises to fulfill. As with writing, taking ten minutes to practice makes, well, if not perfect, at least tuned-in to the right frequency. Nothing comes easy, but the sense of fulfillment is worth it.
As for me, no way would I wake up at 6:00 AM to take a morning run, but I'd feel naked if I left the house without at least one affirmation. |
Enjoy these items on various spiritual practices. Please leave a short note or rating; authors love feedback!
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Grant me focus to do what is expected,
the fever to change what is unjust,
patience to tolerate those who follow every rule,
and those who rarely follow them at all.
To lose myself in infinity & eternity,
Merging with everything that is,
Has been,
Ever will be.
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My mood brewed dark as a cloud,
twisting and turning in the damp sky,
tearing to reveal your bright white flashes,
threatening and slapping the earth like spit,
I sit quietly, breathe deeply, close my eyes, and focus on this moment.
Folding my spirit into itself infinitely as I fall further away from the outside
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change my heart Lord
change my mind
change my heart Lord
change my mind
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"Be still and know.." are spiritual words. To "be still and know that I am God" is the complete command; a command which can lead any and every person to live fully as a spiritual being."
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Responses to last month's newsletter on positive thinking: "Spiritual Newsletter (May 18, 2011)"
gautam.gigoo replies: the inner consent is clear makes mind flow smoothly like river shining soul with kindness
Harvey Stoll  says: I think that positive does help you in your life. Especially because i know that negative thinking, often elevates all problems, physical and mental and make everything much worse. Thanks for this newletter.
Miracle writes: Since you're talking about the power of mindset, I thought I'd bring this up. I found this 3CD set by Kelly Howell in audio books. It's a self hypnosis CD using ThetaWaves to reach the subconcious. Disc 1 "Slim Naturally" is all about confronting your unhappy memories & feelings & changing them in your head- good self esteem builder. Disc 2 "Ultra Weight Loss" is about being concious of tightness in your muscles & relaxing. It's too early to tell about working on weight, but it certainly has good uplifting messages. it seemed to work. I could feel muscles loosen. "Sacred body" has nothing verbal. if you don't want to diet it's okay for you too. It only said about trusting your body to do whats right for you, envisioning yourself with your ideal body, and eating whatever you want and still being the right weight. So it won't turn you into a tooth pick by stopping you from eating when you need to. LOL
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