SPIRITUAL EXPLORATIONS – 153

WE ARE EXPLORING THE PRACTICE OF HOLINESS

+ Every being is an abode of God, worthy of respect and reverence.

-- Hindu Scripture

Gratefulness Word for the Day on  5/29/16

+ You are holy. Right now. Right here. Know this. Be this. Enjoy this. Sing, shout, dance this. All creation is singing, shouting, dancing. Now. Here.

“Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God Almighty, Heaven and Earth are full of your glory. Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.”

Shine. Shine. Shine. Be who you are. Give it away. The world needs you to be who you are. The world needs to receive your gifts. Give freely. Give fully. Don’t hold back. We all gain so much when you are who you are.

“To be nobody-but-yourself in a world which is trying to turn you into anybody-but-yourself is to fight the hardest battle there is to fight and never stop fighting.” – E.E. Cummings

Let those words sink down deep into your consciousness.

It’s a battle. Forces are aligned against you, the real you. These forces are everywhere but look no further than deep within because that’s where the battle must be fought. But don’t worry. You will win. It is set up that way. Sooner or later you will prevail. You have already come far. You have already won many battles over your false self, your ego desires. It’s a battle but you have what it takes to win. You are holy.  You are fantastic.  You are wonderful.  Yes, you.

+ One of the 37 Spirituality & Practice practices is called YOU.  There is a 12s gallery on YOU.  The meme with the quote by Rainer Maria Rilke comes from that gallery.

+ Holiness is not one of the 37 Spirituality & Practice practices BUT put Holiness in their Search Engine and you come up with 460 items including 227 quotes, 168 books, 28 practices, 14 teachers, 12 arts links, 7 e-courses, 3 films and 1 blog as of 5/11/16.  Go to http://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/search/?q=holiness.

+ The Body gets a lot of attention from Spirituality and Practice as you can see when you go to a link to “Body” on their search engine. You will find 1611 items as of 4/26/16.

+ I would love it if you offered a guest post on this practice or any practice.  And, I have work to do on my Holiness Page.   Maybe you can help.  Send an email with the subject “Holiness” or “Guest Post” to John@abundancetrek.com.

+ You can always find a link to any of the Spiritual Explorations posts by going to http://abundancetrek.com/sepostsaccess.html

SPIRITUAL EXPLORATIONS – 150

WE ARE EXPLORING THE PRACTICE OF HOLINESS

Shiva The Cosmic Dancer

+

Gracious One, play.

The universe is an empty shell

Wherein your mind frolics infinitely.

+ Maybe you need a context for this wonderful wisdom from the Hindu wisdom tradition.  It is #110 out of 112 meditation techniques offered in the ancient Indian text Vigyan Bhairav Tantra where Devi Asks:

O Shiva, what is your reality?

What is this wonder-filled universe?

What constitutes seed?

Who centers the universal wheel?

What is this life beyond form pervading forms?

+ When you go to this text at http://home.primusonline.com.au/peony/112_meditations.htm you will find an emphasis on breath awareness right from the start.  Here are the first 8:

1.

Radiant One, this experience may dawn between two breaths.

After breath comes in (down)

and just before turning up (out) - the beneficence.

2.

As breath turns from down to up,

and again as breath curves up to down -

through both these turns,

realize.

3.

Or, whenever in-breath and out-breath fuse,

at this instant touch the energy-less,

energy-filled center.

4.

Or, when breath is all out (up) and stopped of itself,

or all in (down) and stopped -

in such universal pause, one's small self vanishes.

This is difficult only for the impure.

5.

Attention between Eyebrows,

let mind be before thought.

Let form fill with breath essence

to the top of the head

and there shower as light.

6.

When in worldly activities, keep attention between two breaths,

and so practicing, in a few days be born anew.

7.

With intangible breath in center of forehead,

as this reaches the heart at the moment of sleep,

have direction over dreams and over death itself.

8.

With utmost devotion,

center on the two junctions of breath

and know the knower.

+ Our holy breath which keeps us alive here on earth is also the great connecting link to our eternal life, our heavenly life, our greater life.  We all too often think of heaven as a realm we can only access after we die but the truth is that we can access it right now, right here, at this time, at all times, all the time.

+ Holiness is not one of the 37 Spirituality & Practice practices BUT put Holiness in their Search Engine and you come up with 460 items including 227 quotes, 168 books, 28 practices, 14 teachers, 12 arts links, 7 e-courses, 3 films and 1 blog as of 5/11/16.  Go to http://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/search/?q=holiness.

+ The Body gets a lot of attention from Spirituality and Practice as you can see when you go to a link to “Body” on their search engine. You will find 1611 items as of 4/26/16.

+ I would love it if you offered a guest post on this practice or any practice.  And, I have work to do on my Holiness Page.   Maybe you can help.  Send an email with the subject “Holiness” or “Guest Post” to John@abundancetrek.com.

+ You can always find a link to any of the Spiritual Explorations posts by going to http://abundancetrek.com/sepostsaccess.html

SPIRITUAL EXPLORATIONS -- 74

WE ARE EXPLORING THE PRACTICE OF SILENCE

+ In the attitude of silence the soul finds the path in a clearer light, and what is elusive and deceptive resolves itself into crystal clearness. Our life is a long and arduous quest after Truth.
– Mohandas Gandhi

+ So true.

+ Spirituality&Practice offers many resources on the Spiritual Practice of Silence and a wonderful photo and quotes gallery.

+ Spirituality&Practice offers many resources on Mohandas Gandhi including  Frederic Brussat’s “Ten reasons why Gandhi is My hero.”

+ I have work to do on my Discernment page.   Maybe you can help.  Send an email with the subject “Discernment” to John@abundancetrek.com.

+ You can always find a link to any of the Spiritual Explorations posts by going to http://abundancetrek.com/sepostsaccess.html