What Is It Like To Become Enlightened? A Personal Journey
*This article first appeared on the Spiritual Media Blog with Matthew Welsh. Please visit their site. What Is It Like To Become Enlightened? Spiritual enlightenment is not hocus pocus, witchcraft-type stuff. It is real. It is the reality found by Jesus, Buddha, Socrates, and other legendary people, but it has also been experienced by many…
Read MoreHere’s How To Love Your Enemies
Connecting with fellow human beings is a key part of happiness and success. Unnecessarily harming relationships can get you fired, cause you to lose a friend, or otherwise make life more difficult than it needs to be. When you’ve expressed anger or hate at someone, do you notice that the anger and hate tend to…
Read MoreGetting The Most Out of Prayer: Rethinking How To Connect With God
How To Connect With God Meditation is an effective form of prayer. It’s a time-proven technique developed over thousands of years to help you connect with your inner spirit, which will, in turn, connect you with the unity of all — what some call God. Meditation enables you to shut out the noise and clatter…
Read MoreHow To Read Religious Scriptures To Get Their True Spiritual Meaning
Understanding Scriptures Wouldn’t it be nice to read scriptures or prayers that are personally inspiring? Try reading those old religious passages that once had no meaning for you. Read them with the new understanding you will learn here, which I teach much more thoroughly in my upcoming book, Awaken Your Soul, and here on my…
Read More7 Steps to Help You Meditate Better
Many people may have heard of meditation, but accessing its benefits can be intimidating. While meditation is an effective technique for becoming calm and releasing you from anxiety and stress, it still has a reputation as something difficult to master. Through meditation, your ego melts away, and you become receptive to your inner calm, clarity,…
Read MoreThis Is How To Find God Without Religion
How To Find God Without Religion You probably think you know what God is, and based on that definition, you either believe in God or not. Let me guess: That definition of God was devised by someone else, not you. Who says you have to accept someone else’s idea of God? Who says that God…
Read MoreTop 5 Ways to Overcome Insecurity, Jealousy and Anger That Work
Overcoming Insecurity, Jealousy, and Anger Do you often feel fearful, insecure, jealous, or angry? Of course, everyone does from time to time. Those negative emotions or impulses can overwhelm you, taking over both your mind and body. Why are they so powerful? Your ego has been developed over the years through painful and happy experiences.…
Read MoreTurning Hate to Love: The Toughest — and Best — Decision You Can Make
How Can We Turn Hate to Love? Every human being wants happiness. People who hurt you are not evil. They are merely unskilled at being happy. You may be nodding your head in agreement — those are easy sentiments to understand in the abstract. Yet putting them into practice in real life can be a…
Read MoreThis is How a Rational Person Can Become Spiritual
Becoming Spiritual As a young child, you probably took seriously what you were taught in religious school. You dutifully listened to Bible stories and believed them. But now that you’re older and think for yourself, the God you have heard about all your life isn’t as believable. How realistic is the humanlike God from the…
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