Paths to spiritual awakening
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Overview
- Spirituality
- Awakening
- Enlightenment
- The journey inwards
- Religion
- Atheism
- God
- Consciousness
- Mystery
- Death
- Truth
- Heaven and Hell
- Reincarnation and Karma
- Divine love
- The differences between spirituality and religion
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Paths to spiritual awakening
- Transcend the ego
- Awaken to who you really are
- Transcend illusion and ignorance
- Dedicate yourself over and over to your spiritual path
- Recognise that you are a sacred spirit on a sacred journey
- Know there are many paths to God
- Choose to believe in a benevolent universe
- Trust in the divine order of the universe and your life as it unfolds
- Don’t drown your soul in ideology and dogma
- Embrace only those truths that resonate within
- Know that love, peace and joy are at your core
- Know that spiritual wealth is true wealth
- Allow your consciousness to awaken and flower
- Realise your life is not a process of discovery but a process of creation
- Believe in the divine gift of unconditional love
- Realise you are inseparable from all
- Recognise the oneness of all things
- Recognise the sacredness of all things
- Put spiritual principles into daily practice
- Practice meditation and mindfulness
- Recognise the impermanence of all things
- Contemplate the fleetingness of life
- Contemplate death
- Celebrate mystery
- Let go of the constant need to name, label and conceptualise
- Let go of the need to know
- Appreciate beauty and wonder
- Embrace your shadow
- Let go of emotions through mindfulness
- Realise that suffering can help you awaken
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Live in the moment
- Realise that this moment is a priceless gift
- Live in the moment
- Realise this moment is perfect as it is
- Accept this moment exactly as it is
- Learn to become intensely present
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More spiritual practices
- Acceptance
- Appreciation
- Attention
- Allowing
- Awareness
- Beauty
- Being
- Breathing
- Compassion
- Contemplation
- Emptiness (sunyata)
- Devotion
- Faith
- Forgiveness
- Going with the flow
- Gratitude
- Living consciously
- Letting go
- Let go of the story of self
- Love
- Meditation
- Mindfulness
- Music
- Non-attachment
- Non-resistance
- Observation
- Prayer
- Practice kindness
- Presence
- Reverence
- Savouring
- Self-acceptance
- Spiritual seeking
- Self-compassion
- Self-love
- Self-forgiveness
- Service
- Silence
- Solitude
- Stillness
- Surrender
- Trust in God
- Unconditional love
- Use affirmations
- Wonder
- Worship
- Yoga
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Benefits of spiritual awakening
- Awakening
- Love
- Inner peace
- Equanimity
- Serenity
- Tranquility
- Enlightenment
- Divine love
- Self-compassion
- Awareness
- Self-awareness
- Self-knowledge
- Self-worth
- Self-esteem
- Completness
- Compassion
- Wonder
- Inner stillness
- Beauty
- Freedom
- Faith
- Flow states
- Grace
- Inner wisdom
- Intuition
- Spaciousness
- Synchronicity
- Wonder
- Awe
- Amazement
- Astonishment
- True wealth
- Joy
- Happiness
- Contentment
- Healing
- Health
- Fulfilment
- Purpose and meaning
- Transcend suffering
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Barriers to spiritual awakening
- Incessant thinking
- Excessive pride
- Transcending the ego
- Arrogance
- Excessive desire
- Apathy and indifference
- Hate
- Guilt
- Shame
- Resentment
- Constant busyness
- Constant haste
- Fear
- Excessive judgement
