Spiritual Practices

New, helpful spiritual practices have been coming up lately -which is awesome. Some days you really start to feel like, "How is my soul going to make it through a world this far removed from intuitive instinct?" So it's important to reclaim your space and invite God's presence in wherever you are and whatever you're doing. Be the catalyst for that shift and that grace to come through. 

#1 Childhood Memories 

I mentioned that these have been coming up a lot more. Taking yourself back to a time in your past that was nostalgic, spiritually connected, and innocent is important. Before the world molded you with its influence -who were you as a soul? Connecting to childhood moments and mementos takes you back to that State of Being which is usually the state we're trying to get back to. 

#2 Mysticism

I have issues with this one because -as it is wither everything spiritual -the way some people live certain spiritual aspects of life out can leave a negative affiliation with whatever aspect that is. 

-Someone ruining a religion? Well great, now it has a crappy connotation to it when you think about it. (sarcasm) 

-Someone take a deeply meaningful religious symbol and screw it over to represent something dark and hateful? Great, cause know you'll never be able to look at it the same. (sarcasm) 

Sarcastic tone really does need its own font at this point. 

With mysticism this issue is lived out negatively with the mentalities of people becoming so far removed from grounding in reality that they seem incoherent, unintelligible, and aloof. It's too "out there" sometimes. 

And yet in reality this "energy" speaks to a part of Heaven that's intended to come through. Something that does fall under the category of "magical". It's awe inspiring and leads you further into exploration and curiosity. Tap into it however you can. 

#3 Prayer 

Pray on your way to work. Pray over your work place and the people in it. Pray over the work that you do. Pray over the donut you just ate. I find that it's realllllllyyyyy hard to be angry and upset with anything when you pray. It's probably one of the most important spiritual practices a person can enact. 

Pray for good to come through, pray in thanks for what good has happened, pray others experience the good...

#4 Listen to Nature

Normally I'd say "get in nature" -as in take a walk through the park. But this is specifically LISTEN to nature. Listen to the rain. Listen to the wind move through the trees. Listen to the birds. Listen to crickets chirping. 

Your mind is like a radio station and if you want to tune into the frequency of God -listening to nature is the place to begin. For whatever reason (I suspect because nature is so deeply connected with spirituality and emulates it) listening to nature helps redirect your being into greater alignment with Heaven. 

#5 See the Good in the Bad 

This has 2 meanings and has been coming up a LOT lately. 

We have a situation where the souls of people are like a vast, radiant light in the sky that can't be put out. Like the Sun in the sky making things day instead of night. But there are these dark, overhead clouds that some people allow to move in and drown out the sun and make the sky Appear dark -even though it's still daytime. What we get pissed at all the time with other people is the Darkness shadowing their light. It's not people themselves as souls but that which covers and buries the soul within -things like hatred, bigotry, the vile, greed... 

The distinction between getting angry at people and taking issue with things that don't actually Come from those people needs to be made. As Christians would put it, "Hate the sin -not the sinner." 

The other meaning to this that's come up is seeing through to the silver lining. What good came from Hurricane Harvey? Most people would think: NONE. It was utterly devastating natural disaster that took people's lives. 

And yet so many people came through, humbled themselves, set aside any "differences" that could ever been named, gave generously, and even Trump started acting presidential and compassionate. All that mattered was Helping People and being there for people -which IS ultimately all that matters. 

So the good in the bad is essential to clearly understanding what's going on spiritually and what's underlying everything. 

#6 Intuitive Shopping 

This doesn't actually mean buying anything. I would actually recommend going to somewhere like Goodwill and just wandering around.

2 things happen when you intuitively shop:

-Spiritual messages come through pretty clearly about things Heaven wants you to know -but not necessarily what it wants you to purchase. 

-You are put in alignment with what you're intended to receive and you get more familiar with distinguishing what you want because "it looks cool", what you want because "you think that maybe you're meant to have it?", and what you want because "it's not just you wanting it -it's something you're intuitively drawn to and are meant to have". 

God doesn't want people to be shopaholics, but there are things we're divinely intended to receive and get sometimes. If most people shopped this way they'd have what they were meant for and would never have the desire to own anything else outside of that understanding. They'd be content with what they had and would realize when they were meant to receive something else, it would come about pretty naturally.