Tuesday, March 13, 2007

10 Steps to Spiritual Health and Vitality

1. Learn to revere yourself!
Act as if you were sacred. Because you are. Your body is a temple. Treat it as such. Your mind is a cathedral. Sing your psalms and pay your alms there.

2. Learn to revere everything!
Act as if everything were sacred. Because it is. Only the spiritually immature can possibly revere a divinity and not revere its creation — all of it. You can decide what you like or prefer or love, but you can't decide that some things are sacred and others are not. Either all of creation is sacred or none of it is.

3. Relish life!
Life is your gift. It is not to be distained, denigrated or denied. It is to be relished, enjoyed and honored. If you are inclined to pay homage to a creator, do it by demonstrating your appreciation for the gift of life. While you are at, relish, respect and appreciate ALL life.

4. Contribute!
Just maybe, one of the things you are here to do is to be of service. Find a way to contribute to life. Give the gift of who you are to your fellow creatures. Enhance the quality of life of other people. Ennoble your fellow humans.

5. Practice compassion!
If all things, including all living things and all other people are just as sacred as you, then it follows that the best thing you can do is to be
compassionate and allowing. Love!

6. Meditate!
Nothing gets you closer to the divine than meditation. It is said that when you pray, you are talking to the divine, but when you meditate, you are listening to the divine. Stop talking, get quiet, be still and listen. You might just hear something very important.

7. Opt out of your cult!
No one holds a franchise on The Truth. No church, no religion, no philosophy, no spiritual teaching owns The Truth. Pick whatever truth
serves you and use it, but recognize that it is just your truth amongst many. If someone tells you that they know a truth, listen. They might have something of value for you. If someone tells you they know The Truth, run away fast before they steal your soul, your mind and your wallet.

8. Get awestruck!
Teach yourself to see the awesome beauty of creation. Get wide-eyed innocent awe of creation. See the miracle. Being blasé about your
existence in the universe is idiocy. If the profound beauty of a flower doesn't blow you away, think about a billion, billion galaxies, all containing a billion, billion stars.

9. Practice gratitude!
Your best prayer is the expression of gratitude for life and all it has to offer. Say thank you every day for every day.

10. Develop a relationship with the divine!
Grow up. You do not need to have some parental god or goddess to approve or disapprove of who you are and what you do. You do not need some guru or preacher to interpret the divine. You can have a direct relationship with the divine. The kingdom is within you.

Bonus! Practice forgiveness.
Forgive everything. Yourself. Your world. Other people in your life. Events and circumstances. Trials and tribulations. Forgiveness frees you to move forward. Forgiveness frees you to grow. Forgiveness frees you to love and be loved. Love really is all you need. It is the answer to everything.
Remember this line, "Forgive them for they know not what they do." Try it on for size. It might fit

1 comment:

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