| Today there is a powerful spirituality movement. | | | | spiritual, not religious journey. It is important to |
| When I say spirituality I am not speaking of | | | | seek and find what suits you best to enhance |
| religion; I am speaking of something different--a | | | | your spiritual life. This only comes from having and |
| connection with the Divine. This connection is what | | | | open mind and being around a supportive group of |
| many mystics call "union with God." Sometimes | | | | people who are spiritual. If you are around a lot of |
| this happens through a religious path, but not | | | | people who are as bad off as you are socially or |
| often. When it does the person who achieves | | | | spiritually I doubt they will be helpful. As a New |
| divine union usually finds herself on the outside | | | | Year resolution you may need to spend some |
| looking in. | | | | time away from such people in order to save |
| One time a minister in a somewhat interfaith | | | | your eternal soul. |
| organization told me that the spiritual ministers | | | | I am not talking about joining some strange cult, |
| usually didn't make it as successful ministers. That | | | | or fasting until you can´t walk, or drinking |
| statement and the truth of it says something in | | | | poison Kool-aid, I am talking about using well |
| itself, I think. Spirituality is not a good thing when it | | | | proven techniques to find the God within, to |
| comes to maintaining buildings or systems, which | | | | commune with that God within, and to ultimately |
| are basically the little units of power that | | | | connect with and merge with that God. This |
| everyone needs in order to be able to function in | | | | merger comes as a result of letting go of the |
| a power-over society. Spiritual people draw on | | | | false ideas of self and realizing who we really are. |
| another source of power that is shared by | | | | It is easy to do this in the head, but practices like |
| everyone and everything. | | | | meditation and contemplation help us realize it in |
| One can have a great career working within a | | | | our hearts and make it a reality. If you want to |
| religious institution trying to sneak in spirituality and | | | | make a New Year resolution why not go all the |
| ways to connect every once and a while to | | | | way. Go for enlightenment and spiritual freedom |
| those who are interested , but one is not often | | | | not only in this life, but for all eternity. |
| oneself. One´s own spirit runs dry and this | | | | It is written that you shall know the truth and the |
| can lead to much despair, corruption of the soul, | | | | truth shall set you free. Where shall we find this |
| and even physical and psychosomatic illnesses | | | | truth? We, like the one who made the statement, |
| that lead to death. Worse than this, it can lead to | | | | are the truth, the way,and the light. When we |
| a shift of thinking and a hardening of the heart | | | | transcend the ego and realize this, entering deep |
| that can lead to spiritual death. It is important to | | | | within and allowing our divine, wise self to |
| understand the difference between religion and | | | | reawaken, we will be free and free indeed. The |
| spirituality. If one is religious and becomes spiritual, | | | | beginning step is to seek. Repeating actions the |
| he will quickly be given a lesson that | | | | same way only brings about the same results. It |
| demonstrates the difference. | | | | is time, if you would like to live, to die to the old |
| If this New Year you would like to attend to your | | | | things and take a journey into the new Kingdom |
| spiritual needs and be free of the chains that so | | | | of Heaven that resides within. If we cannot find |
| easy beset many of us in this material power | | | | love, light, hope, God and the Kingdom ruled by |
| over society, it is important for you to begin a | | | | love within us, we shall never find it. |