Tag: spirituality
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What does it mean to be ‘spiritual’
Spiritual means non-physical. Appearances are not our essence. We’re paradoxes – we live in visible, touchable mortal bodies and are at the same time non-physical. Something we can’t smell, taste, touch, hear or see brings life to our bodies. This is consciousness the only part of us that is real and unchanging. Most science fiction…
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Non-resistance
Non-resistance is one of the greatest spiritual teachings. It is closely related to forgiveness. Yeshua bar Yehosef (later rechristened ‘Jesus’) alluded to it, but it is not unique to him – all the great religions teach the same. According to one of the gospel writers[1], Yeshua said ‘You have heard it said, ‘An eye for…
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And Finally…
‘There is no death, only a change of worlds.’ Chief Seattle You can only have real peace of mind when you come to terms with the last great taboo – death. Only then can you be fully in tune with life. What happens when we die? Does life continue beyond the grave? Is the quality…
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How to access your Inner Power
You have a wonderful power within you. Consider the moment of your birth. At the instant your umbilical cord was cut, you became a separate human being, full of possibilities, charged with spiritual energy. You had within you the seeds of everything you needed to build a happy and fulfilling life. All you needed was…
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How to meditate
Meditation is highly beneficial and easily learned. I recommend you start with the method developed by the late Dr Herbert Benson – a leading health researcher – and his colleagues. It is effective and has no religious associations. First find a quiet place, sit quietly in a comfortable position and close your eyes. Sit in…
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Affirmative Prayer
Affirmative prayer is not like the sort of prayers that many of us grew up with. It is not about pleading with a G_d to do something for us, but directing our self-talk to our inner selves in a positive and life-enhancing way. We know there is an Intelligence in the universe that shapes energy…
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Intuition – your infallible inner guidance
In his novel, ‘Angels and Demons’, Dan Brown writes: ‘Remarkable solutions to seemingly impossible problems often occur in moments of clarity. It’s what gurus call ‘higher consciousness’. Biologists call it altered states, psychologists super-sentience. Sometimes divine revelations simply mean adjusting your brain to hear what your heart already knows.’ A common term for higher consciousness…
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The busy mind is like a muddy pond
Deep inside us, at our very core, is a place of absolute peace and stillness where we become aware of the loving Presence at the centre of our being. But first we have to clear away the foolish thoughts and emotional fog which obscure it. Thinking too much is like over-eating – it brings a…
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Meditate and be mindful
‘Meditate and be mindful, and all else will follow.’ The Buddha Meditation means ‘to focus one’s thoughts’, ‘give attention to’ or ‘engage in contemplation or reflection’. Anyone deep in thought is meditating. Whenever our thoughts are focused on a particular idea we enter a meditative state. The biggest obstacle to entering this peaceful state is…
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Heresy and Truth – Talk to Maidenhead Unity, June 2016
In the early 1980s, the newly appointed Anglican Bishop of Durham, Dr David Jenkins, said he did not believe the gospel birth stories nor that that a physical resurrection had taken place, and that such beliefs were not necessary to be a good Christian. Now you may remember the uproar in Christian circles. Many –…