Ministries & Spirituality

It seems that we are in a time of spiritual enlightenment, as more people are gaining an awareness of the value of meditation techniques, yoga practices, and other methods of self-awareness that are instrumental in fostering spiritual growth. However, there are many different aspects of spirituality to consider and often it can be easy to miss some of the most fundamental and simple things. One of these fundamentals that can either help or hinder spiritual development is complete honesty.

Everyone knows that honesty is a good and valuable characteristic to cultivate, but it is not as often recognized as a necessity when seeking out spiritual growth. However, as most people move along through their spiritual journey, most people start to really discover the significance and importance of honesty as it relates to their quest. There are four primary areas where honesty comes into play most significantly.

The first area is in facing your weaknesses. In order to enjoy significant spiritual growth, a person must be able to honestly see, acknowledge and evaluate his weaknesses. No one is exempt from have having shortcomings, but they can interfere with spiritual development if the person tries to justify them away or refuses to see them. Only when a person is honest with him or herself will they begin to change.

Secondly, honesty is needed in facing up to the realities of your life. You need to be completely honest about the state of affairs of every aspect of your life. Stop clinging to the image that you want to present to the rest of the world, and begin to embrace the true state of your life and your relationships.

The problem with clinging to the image, which is most likely “perfect,” is that it gets in the way of being able to make real, lasting and significant changes that can lead to real happiness, rather than just an illusion of it. With honesty, one can look at the real truth and then have a realistic place to begin to improve.

Thirdly, honesty is needed to help people eliminate fake personalities, which must be eschewed in order to enjoy true spiritual enlightenment and growth. Most people put an enormous amount of energy, thought, and anxiety into creating and then maintaining completely false portrayals of themselves.

They become more like characters acting in a play than real people engaged in real life. In order to have any hope of enjoying true spiritual healing and development, a person must peel away these false personas and be sincere and forthright beings.

The fourth way that honesty plays a role in the spiritual journey is through the use of meditation techniques. When a person begins a session of meditation, they should be aware their flow of thoughts.

For most people who are just learning to master their minds through meditation, they will discover thoughts that are filled with false reasoning and justifications. The best way to begin to control this flow of thoughts is to deal with them in an honest and forthright manner, then setting them aside and allowing the more centered and real thoughts to come to the surface.

As you continue on your path of spiritual growth and development it will be helpful to always keep these for aspects of honesty in mind and review your progress with them. As you do, you will enjoy moving to higher levels and stages of spiritual development, which will lead you toward your true spiritual life.



By: MIKE SELVON

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Spiritual meditation emphasizes on allowing an individual to get acknowledged with your inner self. One is also able to discover the wisdom and peace that exists deep within.

This is possible via developing awareness and harmony in a person. Spiritual meditation can be of great help. One can employ various techniques of spiritual meditation in order to achieve best results.

Spiritual meditation usually involves either physical or mental exercises. One can also involve in both physical and mental exercises at a time. These exercises will help you to reach god. In case, you don’t wish to utilize a specific meditation practice, then here is a simple technique of spiritual meditation to help you to reach god.

First, analyze your faith. You cannot achieve spiritual meditation. Remember that faith is an important part when it comes to achieve absolute spiritual meditation.

Next, you need to find a suitable environment for spiritual meditation. The environment should be peaceful where you can be alone for the maximum amount of time.

There is no particular pose you need to acquire when performing spiritual meditation. All you require to do is to look for a position you can hold on for about fifteen minutes.

Experts feel that spiritual meditation is a two way process. It may not seem to be. However, in the process, you see yourself speaking to god and god speaking to you.

You need to start off the process with a lot of breathing exercises in order to let your mind feel relaxed. The relaxation of body also matters a lot here.

You need to forget about all your problems and worries for the moment and focus on enjoying the whole opportunity of union with the almighty.

Most people who are lucky, usually reach the ideal state of consciousness.

You should not allow bad memories to hurt you as these were just some of the experiences that teach you to be tougher and wiser.

Now, focus on who you actually are look yourself within. You need to be very true about what your actual strengths and weaknesses are.

The second last step is to focus on your relationship with god. Ask a few questions on this relationship. Who is god to you? In what way you allowed god to take part in your relationship. What do you actually want to achieve out of spiritual meditation?

Do you have any questions to ask from god, if you just pour out?

The last step is to wait. You need to believe that god will answer you prayers. Have faith that he is hearing you and in each session of spiritual meditation, you will be getting answers to your questions. Believe in god and your prayer will be heard.

Spiritual meditation is a great option for those who want to know their real self and want to unite themselves with the almighty without any selfish motives.

This guide to spiritual meditation will definitely help you to achieve what you are looking for, provided you perform this art correctly.



By: Bertil Hjert

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