Guilt can either hold you back from growing, or it can show you what needs to shift in your life. Everyone experiences guilt (well, normal people, at least). The way you handle it will determine your sense of well-being. Do you let guilt paralyse you and cripple your personal growth? Or do you use it as an indication to know what you need to let go of? Feeling guilty about something creates a barrier between you and your inner Divine Self. It blocks you from being able to express your creative gifts fully. We can sometimes feel guilty as a…
Today I want to share with you something that I first learned from my Guru… just be who you are. Well I had always heard this advice in many places. But It was my Guru who showed me what that really meant. Part of his mission was to re-educate people about the true nature of God, and how to develop an intimate connection with the Divine within us. He always taught that to be truly spiritual you have to stop pretending to be something that you are not. The Divine within you already knows who you are. She knows all…
When we feel hurt or offended because of what someone said or did to us, we are taking it personally. In those moments it is our ego which is hurt. When we say things along the lines of “Why did he do that to me?”, it is the “me” of ego that feels as though it has been treated unfairly. But if you are able to stop and breathe and remember the presence of awareness, you’ll realise that whatever was said or done actually has nothing to do with you. The person whom you were hurt by is merely behaving like…
The way we experience life is a reflection of our attitudes, thoughts, and behaviours. We cannot control events that happen in the world. But we can control how we respond. The way we respond determines whether or not we have a happy and content life. Today, right now, you have a choice. You can be a victim. You can complain and get depressed that things aren’t turning out how you want. Or you can change your perspective and see an opportunity to learn something. You may learn something about another person, or about how you should change something to improve…
The calm always follows the storm. Any kind of change, transformation, or creation needs first to go through a period of struggle. That seems to be the way nature works. The results we hope for don’t just fall easily into our lap. We have to work hard to achieve it. We have to struggle against challenges, against the beliefs of others, and ourselves. Even after the initial excitement disappears we have to continue to motivate and apply ourselves, consistently. Sometimes it can be too much when we focus only on the final goal. It can seem too far away, or…
To experience the peace and stillness of spiritual consciousness is actually incredibly simple. It is only our mind and thoughts that prevent us from being the full potential of our Divinity. As we have grown up we have been conditioned with many belief patterns and thinking habits. We have learned to identify our sense of self with this bundle of memories, thoughts, and attitudes we call personality. This conditioning has resulted in a false sense of who we think we are. It is only with an unconditioned awareness that you are able to know your true Self. Not the limited,…