Seven Spiritual Practices

Spiritual Practices to assist in the expansion of consciousness.

These practices have proven themselves to accelerate spiritual awakening.

1.  Meditation—Meditation is as simple as sitting and breathing.  Sit in a place you will not be disturbed and breath deep.  Your mind will find every reason NOT to do this. Start with 5 minutes and build from there. If we are to keep the reality of Love-God active in our hearts we must come home to God every day.  Meditation is very powerful and even five minutes can completely change your day.  Do this every day and it will change your life.
2. Journaling—Write down your feelings and thoughts every day.  Write your feelings to witness, feel and observe them, not to critique, analyze or fix them.  Bringing awareness to what you are feeling will create health, happiness, and great personal empowerment. 
Your emotions are like an inner child, give this child attention, and love and the ‘child’ will stop ‘acting out’. Meaning your unresolved emotions will stop creating unhappiness, illness and pain in your life. You must give your ‘inner child’ attention.  We have a choice to parent are inner child the way we were taught growing up or with unconditional love.  Parenting yourself in a compassionate powerful way takes practice.   
3. Affirmations--Affirmative prayer grounds you in a solid awareness of oneness with spirit.  The power of affirmations set in motion a process of healing false beliefs that prevent an individual from fully realizing their spiritual inheritance.
4.  Spiritual Study—At every stage of growth and development on the spiritual path it is important to maintain a ‘beginner’s mind.  Remaining teachable acknowledges that spiritual truth is limitless, so there is always the opportunity to rise to a more profound level of understanding, wisdom, and practice through spiritual study.
5. Setting your intent. Having a vision for your life allows you to line your thoughts, beliefs, and behaviors up with our vision.  Does this thought line up with my vision of myself?  Does this behavior line up with my vision? Ask what action you can take real or symbolic that will begin to move you towards your vision.
6. Service.  Give love, and express your joy in any way possible.  As the realization of oneness with all beings is awakened and organic desire arises to be of service in such a way that nothing is asked in return because serving is its own blessing. 
7. Spiritual community. We are not meant to do it all alone.  Yes we are each individually responsible for our own spiritual evolution but can be supported. When individuals gather together to meditate and pray, their united consciousness contributes to the spiritual progress of each individual.  When we need encouragement on the path, the community is there to hold the high watch for us.