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Its Important.<\/p>\n

It is very important for you to focus, to meditate, to love, to imbue harmony into all that you\u00a0create with. Whatever the method, the goal is the same, to focus on uncovering from the depths of your heart a deep passion and reverence for the power of greater intimacy.<\/p>\n

It beckons you to heal old wounds with the softest grace and polishes the corners so that everything\u00a0can roll\u00a0along. Such inspiration\u00a0will drive you beyond the bends\u00a0of fractured compromises and invigorate you to exude\u00a0sheer harmony. \u00a0In this state you will find peace and clarity with\u00a0 the eternal perspective\u00a0behind all things.When you do so, there is always a coalescing, a kiss from eternity that forever changes\u00a0your entire paradigm.<\/p>\n

This\u00a0is a kiss that many call “deliverance”. To the degree that you are able to recognize it, to the degree that you are able to have a relationship with it, is the degree to which you can best romance this love story called “life”.<\/p>\n

You see, there are many that pray or meditate formally. Often, their prayers\u00a0consist of speaking words that they say by rote, because there is a tradition, so it is\u00a0evoked without genuineness, and without true feeling. Many just pray and pray, they talk, but\u00a0their heart is fallow or too callous, so\u00a0they fail to “listening”. They have forgotten how to “listen” through\u00a0expressions of intimacy. And so, they forget\u00a0their\u00a0precious\u00a0role to\u00a0contribute to the intimacy of our\u00a0world.<\/p>\n

Many\u00a0think they are stuck addressing a god of shame, a vindictive god, a supreme enforcer\u00a0that acts like many men do upon this earth. They envision themselves dodging\u00a0or\u00a0crouch before\u00a0an oppressive Lord\u00a0that scolds them or\u00a0shuns them for not being worthy enough. But, if they would only remember, if they only could only catch a lover’s glimpse.\u00a0 Then they would realize\u00a0that they are far grander, and far more beautiful than what they can presently perceive. They would witness how\u00a0they carry\u00a0an indelible spark, an irrepressible song in their heart. They would stake claim to\u00a0the clarion of\u00a0these irrepressible words echoing from the chambers of \u00a0their hearts;<\/p>\n

“You are intimately loved, and you are intimately cherished. You are intimately\u00a0powerful; you are so very powerful in your intimacy! To the degree that you listen\u00a0within intimacy, is the space where revelation begins taking root.”<\/p>\n

If they would undress their soul to commune with the intimate music beckoning them from within, they would awaken to embrace their life with the passion of a love story![\/vc_column_text]\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Trauma and its cycles relate to the suppression of lost fragments\u00a0of self.<\/p>\n

The essential lesson here is to realize that you are a projection of an infinite awareness that is being dulled by physical form and considerations of fatalistic consequences. Behind the veil of form, you have creative capacities that transform and harmonize.<\/p>\n

Many folks suffer cyclical difficulties because\u00a0they previously banished parts of themselves earlier in life after\u00a0confronting a trauma. Instead of healing and developing, they choose instead to repress the pain and its damage. \u00a0Inside, they blame themselves and their inner child’s naivet\u00e9. They banish\u00a0these parts of themselves, sealing them in a culture of blame,\u00a0intolerance, force\u00a0and hostility. All of these expression are foreign to the comprehensive harmony associated with the culture of the soul.<\/p>\n

It is these lost aspects of self that arise in the dark moments and speak \u00a0abrasively in the banished language that was impressed upon them.<\/p>\n

A person ready for spiritual healing\u00a0needs to cultivate the courage to\u00a0redeem these lost aspects of self, and bring them back into the culture of their greater identity. This process involves profound levels of inner nurturing and consolation. \u00a0This instills a new culture that breaks through past walls of divide and\u00a0coaxes a greater reunion of self that proves\u00a0profoundly cathartic and life-affirming.<\/p>\n

As\u00a0teaching these lost aspects of self re-interface and\u00a0circulate\u00a0the values of boundless\u00a0worth, reunion\u00a0and unconditional love such healing proves transcendent and healing. Oftentimes, such work forever alters the trajectory of a person’s journey.<\/p>\n

The key is always to bring all parts of self into greater “wholeness” progressing together with enhanced synergy.\u00a0Just like there are never any extra pieces in a puzzle, just yet un-plotted creative\u00a0terrains. \u00a0You you never throw away the puzzle pieces that don’t seem to fit. Instead, you set them aside and afford them equal importance and space.<\/p>\n

It is the same with the journey into living more vibrantly and with greater wholeness. You cannot repress any past aspects of self, only honour them and afford them context for greater harmonization.[\/vc_column_text]\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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People come to me to grow and better themselves. People don’t come to me to stay the same. Its like being on the highway where you have many different lanes, but only one passing lane.<\/p>\n

I am a passing lane.<\/p>\n

If you wish\u00a0to drive in the passing lane, you have to drive with steady acceleration. You’re not allowed to drive casually, or ride the break in the passing lane. \u00a0If a drive would “heaven forbid”\u00a0drive in reverse\u00a0authorities\u00a0would have to take\u00a0that driver\u00a0off the road.<\/p>\n

True spiritual growth requires intrinsic motivation, a spark of something genuine and so real. This\u00a0kind of genuineness does not wane as\u00a0things start to improve\u00a0or if you find yourself journeying uphill.<\/p>\n

As a spiritual teacher\u00a0my true loyalty is to your “future self”, not the\u00a0limited mindsets of your\u00a0past. \u00a0The future you is always more sensitive to greater nuance and equipped with 20-20 hindsight to do things more elegantly. When a client is aligned with the perspective of their future self discovery their progress of\u00a0growth is transcendantly fluid. However, when parts of the client’s awareness are more loyal to the past then progress hits repeated speed bumps.<\/p>\n

Spiritual development means improving your relationship with “change”.
\nIt may seem ironic, but change is the only true constant in creation. Each person brings a personal culture to change. How do you you relate to change, do you see it as\u00a0foreboding\u00a0or a harbinger of something better.\u00a0Healing or releasing ingenuity in a client is only half the work. The greater work involves\u00a0taking\u00a0responsibility their\u00a0to alter the culture of your relationship with change. \u00a0The great ones romance their future inspiration like their\u00a0beloved. When this relationship is\u00a0present\u00a0\u00a0the transcendence grows increasingly imminent.<\/p>\n

And so simply said, if you lack the consistency for passing that’s nice, but\u00a0it’s appropriate to get out of the lane. Such\u00a0are the basic\u00a0rules of the road.[\/vc_column_text]\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Too Much Talk Often Consumes Opportunity.<\/p>\n

Essentially, as a spiritual practitioner I feel \u201cwords” become a distraction from the actual process of growing with the limitless capacities\u00a0 of the soul to harmonize greater realization. Spiritually, \u201cwords” are considered\u00a0conceptual\u00a0triggers\u00a0that true awareness\u00a0hides behind. Oftentimes, “words” can become mere schemas, boxes we hide behind devoid of real meaning and authenticity. They can support\u00a0“automatic thinking” and reactive triggers that work to counter genuine discovery and growth. I therefore have a discipline of not getting entrenched in discussion with clients when they feel stuck. Such clients need to first do the private dedications and mindful work to cultivate space for a relationship with their future growth and discovery.\u00a0 This allows the client to refresh their awareness from a more open space for transcendent discovery and connection.<\/p>\n

The unconscious capacities of awareness are palpable in their healing and harmonizations once unbound. True spiritual work is creative, intuitive and transcendent work. Just as a farmer would need to till the soil prior to seeding, a true spiritual practitioner expects a client to\u00a0spend\u00a0some time\u00a0unhooking themselves from past drama and reactivity prior to a\u00a0therapeutic\u00a0session.<\/p>\n

If you examine a package of glue, you will find instructions to clean the surface before attaching the adhesive. This is because if the surface is not clean the glue will become\u00a0compromised\u00a0and the\u00a0adhesion\u00a0won’t\u00a0last. It is the same with spiritual therapies. The client must spend time cleansing the surface of their heart’s authenticity, their true genuineness before the healing session so they can reattach their heart to\u00a0there greater aspects of self in a lasting way.<\/p>\n

Consider\u00a0a child learning how to tie shoes. In the process of experimentation, the child\u00a0accidentally ties a\u00a0knot or two. A parent or teacher would likely instruct the child not\u00a0to pull on the knots, as that would\u00a0only make them tighter and more difficult to release. It is the same for the true spiritual practitioner who aims to the knots binding true awareness. The goal is to detach the triggers and traumas repressing latent ingenuity; not exacerbate them through agitated, bitter or fatigued \u00a0speech and characterizations.<\/p>\n

When clients come to a private session \u2014 the practitioner performs spiritual work first and briefs the client thereafter with cognitive approaches and discussion. However, true spiritual healing is not like the talk therapy you commonly find in psychoanalysis that oftentimes gets reductively stagnant. with little immediate impact and lasting breakthroughs.\u00a0\u00a0[\/vc_column_text]\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The concept of spiritual “seeding” relates to the merging or fusing\u00a0keys of\u00a0spiritual truth into another\u00a0awareness to unlock latent solutions and gifts.<\/p>\n

Within spiritual tradition, each soul is considered preciously sacred, \u00a0sharing a\u00a0specific creative perspective and spectrum\u00a0of truth. For the spiritualist, tenor of this\u00a0“perspective” is modulated by how the individualized self\/\u00a0ego\u00a0and the greater soul interface. Clairvoyants often report seeing a representation of this creative\u00a0vibration\u00a0in the form of a radiating hues that surround an individual’s form. They is often called “the shadow of Divinity” (tzelem Elohim), “an individual’s\u00a0 light” or “aura field” that pulsates\u00a0chiefly near the electromagnetic centres of the body (mind & heart, and energetic output \u00a0meridians\u00a0respectively).<\/p>\n

Spiritual tradition relates that an individual incarnates for a worldly journey\u00a0embedded\u00a0with their\u00a0unique perspective\u00a0of higher truth. They compare this to a bound scroll of wisdom. They relate that\u00a0as an\u00a0individual journeys through life and its challenges, these\u00a0experiences are designed to help prompt the uncoiling of this sacred scroll within. That a life deliberately lead would uncoil a wellspring of inner knowingness\/ intuitive wisdom (Daat).<\/p>\n

At times, such progress can be catalyzed or accelerated by\u00a0briefly bonding\u00a0with an advanced soul’s\u00a0perspective. In this way the\u00a0individual’s awareness\u00a0gets seeded with keys to unlock\u00a0latent genius and breakthroughs that are native to their\u00a0perspective of \u00a0truth. The experience of being seeded with “keys” to \u00a0inspiration is\u00a0associated with strong emotional highs and feelings of belonging, inner peace and wholeness.<\/p>\n

This is similar to how a vaccine works. Many individuals may suffer from a disease, but if one individual proves impervious then you can go about preparing the cure from his antibodies. Then, this\u00a0cure can be shared with affected \u00a0individuals to bring them new resilience and healing. Oftentimes, an advance soul carries spiritual keys that make him immune to many of the hangups, contentiousness\u00a0and gripes that plague many living with a more worldly\u00a0awareness. These keys can be shared with another through meditative meta-cognitive states to help prepare a more limited individual for a spiritual “growth spurt” and creative breakthrough.<\/p>\n

In such metacognitive states these inspired keys being relayed may appear as\u00a0directives that seem\u00a0quite condense and unremarkably simple. However, with time, such\u00a0seeds germinate fresh roots that extend transcendence\u00a0\u00a0and elegantly\u00a0interplay\u00a0with previous knowlege, cultural references and emotional predispositions to produce sophisticated, nuanced and inventive creative expression and ideas.<\/p>\n

The feelings associated with \u00a0such “seeding” experiences\u00a0are akin to the “tender” and “nurturing” \u00a0warmth exchanged between\u00a0between\u00a0lovers who are adrift in a halo of\u00a0ecstatic unity.<\/p>\n

In laymen terms, this powerful\u00a0process involves an advanced soul energetically extending the scope of their\u00a0perspective\u00a0to another soul. A clairvoyant witnessing this process would actually witness the blending of completely different auric fields, witnessing them lovingly converge over the crown of the subject\u00a0\u00a0for a brief time.\u00a0[\/vc_column_text]\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cTrue love means\u00a0loving yourself enough to advance through\u00a0all your lessons intimately.\u201d<\/p>\n

A common theme found throughout the world\u2019s spiritual traditions is the depiction of the soul as being limited and obscured by the contrasting conditions of material living. Classical texts depict a soul as a lens of creative vitality and all of one\u2019s life experiences aimed at helping to help polish that lens into greater clarity. As the soul is perfected it actively projects the benevolent light driving all of existence.<\/p>\n

On a personal level, this means that there are parts of your soul\u2019s benevolence that realized, and it is through this perspective that you commune with the Divine. However, their are latent aspects of your soul that remain shrouded in mystique. It is these unrealized aspects of your soul\u2019s benevolence that you have yet to fully grasp. To the degree that you to not pull back the curtain on the greater benevolence of the latent aspects of your soul is the degree that its repressed momentum arises chaotically and pulls you down. The path of spiritual emergence is designed to better connect the full circuitry of your soul\u2019s benevolence, and as you do so you summon person, inter-personal and societal solutions for greater harmony. This is why the classical mystics describe that by polishing the lens of your soul\u2019s greater benevolence you grow to better project the fullness of divinity and resuscitate lost potentials. From this perspective, all of one\u2019s life\u2019s journey is designed to one way or another, help coax one towards uncovering and exuding a greater capacity of their soul\u2019s light.<\/p>\n

While navigating your life\u2019s winding journey, you confront many signposts in the form of friends, family and relationships that direct you into greater accord with your soul\u2019s authenticity. Some of these relationships are intended to attract you closer to your soul\u2019s truth, and other relationships are aimed atto repelling you into the right direction, as if intimating; \u201cyou are supposed to be different and are not supposed to be like me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Still, from an eternal perspective; all relationships are orchestrating a greater benevolence by helping to amplify a the fullness of their soul\u2019s creative vitality.<\/p>\n

A soulmate relationship is a powerful \u201csignpost\u201d relationship for dedicated self-discovery and spiritual realization. Each partner serves as an powerful signpost for the other. Each companion summons a greater dawning of their partner\u2019s latent spiritual potentials. Each one modelling aspects of unrealized benevolence in their partner\u2019s soul. In tandem such nurturing fosters greater harmony between them, while converging with the greater spirit of their unrealized souls.<\/p>\n

The core idea here being that a soulmate, can inherently by virtue of their unique set of core spiritual attributes trigger within their partner a greater embrace of latent spiritual qualities.<\/p>\n

Definition: A true soulmate relationship is one of mutual dedication and vulnerable intimacy, where each partner supports the other on their journey of self-discover in ways that lead to inner tranquility, and a more fulfilling life.<\/p>\n

The \u201cpopular\u201d notion of a soulmate as a dynamic where one partner simply completes another is a dubious notion. On many fronts this misguided understanding leads to destruction and apathy. At core, it places unhealthy emphasis on disempowering passivity that obscures the confines of personal responsibility. True spirituality places each individual at the fulcrum of their own spiritual trajectory and emergence. It requires authentic dedication and passionate self discovery. Essentially, it is always spiritually unhealthy to place the responsibility of your own inner happiness and spiritual development on another.<\/p>\n

Note: The core rule for all spiritual growth is that the individual is the sole arbiter of their own happiness.<\/p>\n

An authentic soulmate relationship is one where each partner models for the other aspects of the other\u2019s truth that has long been repressed or untapped. It is a relationship that over the course of time inspires each to reclaim the fullness of their spiritual selves, so that as a couple they may together create a life with greater balance and authenticity. A true soulmate relationship is never a quick-fix to inner fulfillment. It can never support delegating the responsibility to your authentic discovery to another. A soulmate will not complete you, rather it will provide you with necessary conditions of security and courage to fearlessly dedicate to attending to the inner discovery that leads to lasting personal and spiritual emergence. It is a profoundly synergistic partnership where, like timeless dancers, devoted lovers work in tandem at ripening each other into lasting fulfillment.\u00a0[\/vc_column_text]\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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It is an issue of perspective.
\nFrom a worldly\u00a0perspective; the\u00a0answer is no.\u00a0You can not ignore the needless suffering and fallout associated with taking the indirect path.
\nAll paths are not the same because no one truly deserves to suffer for their ignorance. When we entertain\u00a0moral\u00a0equivalencies and\u00a0relativism\u00a0we are really letting humanity down and turning a blind eye to needless suffering that is real and crippling.<\/p>\n

Even in\u00a0geometry, you can plot two points, even if these\u00a0parallel\u00a0lines go on forever, they\u00a0need need never\u00a0intersect. We needn’t be\u00a0reticent about asserting that one path is “direct” and sustains\u00a0inner and global harmony, while the other backwardly primitive and leads to a lot of needless suffering and nihilistic\u00a0struggles and co-dependancy.<\/p>\n

And so it is advantageous to provide those of limited perspective with\u00a0a scope for greater perspective and provide them instruction for creating in\u00a0a sovereign culture that makes room for greater synergy\u00a0and the gravity of eternal consequence.<\/p>\n

From a heavenly\u00a0perspective things get\u00a0a lot\u00a0more nuanced. This is because from an eternal\u00a0perspective, parts of us are already residing in a space that is in agreement with universal truths, and their lasting\u00a0progression.\u00a0However, we\u00a0must\u00a0recognize\u00a0that “karmically”, the consequences of our past, present and future perceptions\u00a0are all pooling together in ways that condition the very nature and context for our reality.<\/p>\n

Our\u00a0fragmented relationship with time forces us to time and again confront\u00a0the fallout of past missteps until we correct them. However, this linear evolutionary path for growth that involves a lot of human suffering and primitive struggle. \u00a0We each have the ability to create with our future and transcendent selves in ways that shorten our\u00a0learning-curve, and bring with it the benefits of more bountiful living.<\/p>\n

And so, a person develops into becoming\u00a0spiritually dynamic specifically because \u00a0we each have\u00a0the ability to transform and\u00a0harmonize our disparate parts of self. \u00a0Each of us can bravely do the work of nurturing our wounded and baser parts to\u00a0engaging in life in a more together and fuller way. And when we\u00a0invest in this process, it feels\u00a0just like falling in\u00a0Love. As “spirituality” is\u00a0really \u00a0just a word for the\u00a0irrepressible love story\u00a0that climaxes into\u00a0a reunion with\u00a0absolute\u00a0wholeness.\u00a0[\/vc_column_text]\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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