1. "Meeting Asciepius" was a outstanding visual exercise for the mind and spirit, this week was a great week for me and meditation. It seems that the more I explore in the exercise the better I get switching exersices from subtle mind to loving-kindness.As many spiritual teachers have told us for centuries, understanding how to meditate can be one of the most powerful experiences of your life. I escaped to another world and thought about those who needed to feel love insteead of stress, despair, and the pressures of daily obstacles in life. As I drifted I saw myself before GOD giving a report of what I have doe for the kingdom of heaven this as I journeyed throughout spreading love through his will. I feel a warmth as well as a strength inside me that I can conquer all hate, my existance is to benefit others and lead them to a since of goodness and to a GOD that loves us unconditionally.
We may judge the efficacy of a spiritual path by whether it incorporates some type of meditation or meditative prayer. Without a direct and repeated action on our soul, a path cannot serve our transformation nor offer the hope of access to the truly spiritual. A path may have wonderful psychological and healing effects, but without carrying us toward the true One, at least not within the limited time we have. The path may be religious, communal, or social, yet lack the power to change our hearts and transform our being. Certainly the outward manifestation of good works is a necessary part of the spiritual path, but a lack of practices for purifying and strengthening the soul limits both the inner and outer value of good works.
2. "One cannot lead another where one has not gone himself” Wow this is a powerful statement! I feel this statement couldn't me more true. To me this means that the health care provider must follow this transformation themselves first before they can understand and believe in the power of integral health. One cannot teach until they are taught, understand and practice something to this caliber themselves. One must experience the ultimate when one is trying to teach the ultimate way of life and that is through Jesus Christ. Everyone has had bad times or has been through uncomfortable situations but we make through those situations to help others make it through. So yes, I do owe it to my clients to be developing my health psychologically, physically, and spiritually, it is my journey to go through those tough times and then experience true inner-peace to know the way to inner peace for others. We can energize our lives by making the full effort to implement the values we subscribe to. Once we identify values that are meaningful to us, we can develop strategies to implement them. When we make the determined effort to implement those strategies, good fortune it sure to follow -- in the form of new opportunities, new sources of revenue and income, and other forms of material and psychological benefit. We may even notice that as we implement values, we experiences instances of "life response" -- where good fortune suddenly comes to us from seemingly out of nowhere, defying our normal perceptions of what is logical and possible. Once I emplement these things in my life then I can provide psychological counseling and advising for spiritual psychology as a practical life skill. This is similar to traditional "positive" psychological counseling except it has a spiritual orientation and application. It involves higher degrees or morality and ethics and skill using your mind consciously to create personal experiences and construct subjective reality. This is about acquiring the skills for conscious living and deliberate creation.
The “increasing” and “more” facet of these questions is conspicuous. Though I might could get away with claiming the presence of spiritual qualities in my life, I am convicted in knowing I often lack progress. There’s a stinging difference that pierces the self-righteousness in my heart.
Because a convicted heart is practically worthless if it doesn’t motivate us to draw upon the grace and strength of Christ Jesus to live differently, now is the finest opportunity available to implement a change. Start with prayer, and then get specific. What’s the best way to grow in one of these areas? The hungry heart seeks an answer. Without a foundation of truth behind our thoughts, positive thinking will only fade away and turn to fear the minute we begin to experience difficult circumstances. This is where God's Word comes into play. LUV YA!
HOLLA AT YOU'LL LATER! LOVE IS FIRST AND GOD IS LOVE! THEN GOD IS FIRST IN OUR LIVES!
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