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5 Signs of Spiritual Burnout and How the Higher Self Can Help

5 Signs of Spiritual Burnout and How the Higher Self Can Help

One of the greatest misconceptions about learning a new skill or discipline is that progress is a straight line from beginner to expert. You simply start, practice, and improve consistently. Then, after a certain amount of time, you become deeply proficient.   Instead, the learning process is more like this:  A spiritual journey is no different. The spiritual path is like…

The Practice of Universal Open-Heartedness

The Practice of Universal Open-Heartedness

Unconditional love comes from the heart with huge abundance and no limitations as to who should receive it.” – Nanette V. Hucknall, from her book, How to Live from Your Heart The season of Valentine’s Day is precious to some, inconsequential to others, and for many, a holiday to be avoided at all costs. The latter is a perfectly natural reaction.…

Listening to the Wisdom of the Body

Listening to the Wisdom of the Body

How do you view your body? Is it simply a collection of cells and tissue, an organic car that drives your consciousness around? Or is it a divine vessel as valuable as the soul itself? Different spiritual paths have a multitude of answers to this ancient question, but most practitioners would agree that the body is more than just simple…

Beginner’s Mind: What It is and How It Can Support Our Practice

Beginner’s Mind: What It is and How It Can Support Our Practice

The term “honeymoon period” is usually applied to the first stage of romantic relationships, but the concept of being smitten with a new development in one’s life can apply to anything, even spiritual practices. You may recall those early months or even years of personal discovery that accompany new teaching or practice. Perhaps you couldn’t wait to dive into a…

5 Spiritual Challenges that Arise in Times of Transition (and How the HS Can Help)

5 Spiritual Challenges that Arise in Times of Transition (and How the HS Can Help)

As spiritual practitioners, we are always working to grow and change. This inevitably means that through our own volition or through the forces that we may be facilitating on a subconscious level, we are purposely allowing our lives and our very selves, to be open to periods of transition.  Times of transition require a close examination of the core aspects…

Why Therapy is so Important on the Spiritual Path

Why Therapy is so Important on the Spiritual Path

As spiritual practitioners, we commit ourselves to practices, lifestyle choices, and courses of study that facilitate the growth of our interior being. There are, of course, incredible benefits to our spiritual practices, particularly meditation. This practice on its own has the power to improve our day-to-day well-being simply by allowing us to be more present. However, many wisdom traditions rely…

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