Download or read book Doorway to Spiritual Awakening Becoming Partakers of the Divine written by Theodore J. Nottingham and published by Theosis Books. This book was released on 2014-04 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Introduction: The human potential is so much more than we can imagine. Our culture tells us that it is about climbing the ladder, financial success, developing our careers, using our various gifts to contribute to the gross national product. Yet for several millennia the true potential for we children of the universe -- made of the dust of stars and connected with all that exists -- has included so much more... Once we recognize this amazing potential, let us not keep it on a theoretical level. Each day, each moment is an opportunity to break through and experience this truth of our true destiny. Certain masters have called it "becoming transparent to the Divine" and the spiritual practices of many teachings help us to find our way through the fog of the illusions we have about ourselves. This book offers perennial and practical teachings enabling every spiritual seeker to access their deeper Self which is the doorway to encounter with the Sacred in daily life. This is Book One of the Transformational Wisdom Series.

Download or read book Fully Human Fully Divine written by Craig Holliday and published by . This book was released on 2013-11-04 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a value in seeing how spiritual awakening and being human meet in an ordinary Life, in relationship with our partners, kids, families and friends, with our busy lives, in illness, transitions, death, careers and in every area of our lives. This book is a call to awakening and embracing and transforming our humanity. It is a radical guide to spiritual awakening in the modern world. Not written from the monastery or ashram, but from someone who has lived in the pain of samsara, from someone who after years of seeking and meditation found surrender in the depths of pain, while life was falling apart around him.Craig Holliday is both a nondual teacher and a therapist. He teaches in a way that instructs us to not run from life, but to face life head on through embracing every moment as it is. Through this absolute embracing, we are given the gift of discovering that our Beauty-our innate Divinity is right here within us; that our very humanity is the doorway to our freedom. Craig has spent 20 years intensely seeking, meditating and studying with some of the world's greatest nondual teachers. Beyond his spiritual training, he has also bridged the gap between eastern spirituality and western psychotherapy. After years of trying to transcend his humanity through meditation and spirituality, his search brought him to the study of psychology and the emphasis on working with our humanity instead of simply trying to transcend it. Through this combined work of psychology and nondual spirituality, Craig offers a seamless transmission of nondual spirituality which fully acknowledges our humanity and our overwhelming Beauty and Divinity. His work is dedicated to the discovery of our innate Divinity in every aspect of our lives. He works in a way that addresses our everyday human suffering as a doorway to our inherent freedom. Craig offers Satsang, workshops, retreats and meets with individuals from around the world via Skype. For more information about Craig visit: craigholliday.comFrom the Author: If you want to learn from a Guru or master or saint go elsewhere; I am simply a normal ordinary human who has struggled with life, who has been pulled in every direction and who failed totally at life; and yet, this failure lead to a deep surrender to Reality.. From this place of surrender, I write about the ineffable. If you want to examine with me, what it means to be awake and how to work with a huge amount of karma and egoic conditioning-read on. If you want to know how to work with repetitive difficult emotions, with anxiety and pain, with a career, kids and relationships read on. If you want to examine what life before, during and after awakening is; what enlightenment is beyond ancient mythological or a dogmatic understandings read on. If you are compelled to examine with me, what it means to be human and Divine-not in some philosophical sense, but in the context of a down to earth awakened practicality.What follows are a collection of reflections, teachings, writings, and personal experiences written over the period of many years that weave together what this radical shift called Awakening is. Life is ever unfolding, ever changing and the divine expression of our humanity is never fully worked out. Yet, if we want to be fully free, we must be willing to love and embrace all of life, even our very own egoic nature, which paradoxically is the Divine as well. No aspect of Life is outside of Divinity. Many books are written from a perspective of impersonal Enlightenment. I wanted to share both the impersonal and personal, because that is what it is like to be human, whether we are a Buddha or someone lost in pain and suffering, we all have some degree of a personal egoic nature. It is important to include both our humanity and our Divinity; we have denied one or the other for ages, but both are God. This work is an effort to create a deep understanding of what it is like to be human and awake. Join me in this exploration...

Download or read book Journey to the Tenth Gate written by Karin Vastola and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2020-01-15 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Author Karin Vastola is one of the rare Western Spiritual Seekers who has experienced “The Tenth Gate Opening’” and its profound effects on the mind, body and spiritual heightening characteristic of the Kundalini phenomenon. The lessons presented in the book are easy to follow. They come from firsthand experiences and with simplicity of the approach, the reader moves towards enlightenment in unexpected ways. The connection with “The Tenth Guru of The Sikh Religion is a rare phenomenon.

Download or read book Return to the Sacred written by Jonathan H. Ellerby and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2009-10-29 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you looking for inner peace? Do you seek a deeper understanding of yourself and the spiritual world? Have you followed the popular prescriptions for enlightenment and still found yourself unsatisfied? Return to The Sacred is a fascinating guide that will help you understand the importance of spiritual practice and the great diversity of paths that are available to you. This is a book that does more than provide philosophy and inspiration; it gives you the freedom to find a path that works for you and the knowledge to experience the answers for yourself. You'll learn about the time-tested tools of spiritual growth that will help you discover extraordinary depths of wisdom, power, and peace. Return to The Sacred will introduce you to the 12 Master Paths and Practices that have transformed the lives of countless saints, mystics, masters, and sages since the beginning of history. In this book, you'll find what you need to discover your spiritual personality and choose the path that will lead you toward the realization of boundless joy and a lifelong journey of meaning. You'll see that no matter where you're at in your personal life - high or low, rich or poor, sick or well - this is the perfect time for you to embrace a spiritual practice and discover the ever-present power of The Sacred. Everything you've gone through up to this very moment has been exactly what was necessary to prepare you for what comes next. You need nothing more than what you have with you right now to experience the most profound peace and wisdom of your life.

Download or read book The Open Door Or The Secret of Jesus written by John Hamlin Dewey and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Modern Civilisation in Relation to Christianity written by William McCombie and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book When the Heart Waits written by Sue Monk Kidd and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2016-09-20 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bestselling author's inspiring autobiographical account of personal pain, spiritual awakening, and divine grace. "Inspiring. Sue Monk Kidd is a direct literary descendant of Carson McCullers."—Baltimore Sun "Grounded in personal experience and bolstered with classic spiritual disciplines and Scripture, this book offers an alternative to fast-fix spirituality."—Bookstore Journal Blending her own experiences with an intimate grasp of spirituality, Sue Monk Kidd relates the passionate and moving tale of her spiritual crisis, when life seemed to have lost meaning and her longing for a hasty escape from the pain yielded to a discipline of "active waiting."

Download or read book Taking the Path To Spiritual Awakening written by O. Dexter Covell and published by Author House. This book was released on 2005-09-15 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Taking the Path to Spiritual Awareness” is a guide and explanation of a spiritual path that can be followed to find and realize your oneness with God. The book is organized into two sections. Section One is sub-titled “A Close Encounter with the Teachings of Joel S. Goldsmith”, and covers the events of an imaginary day spent with him. Section Two is sub-titled “A Closer Look at the Teachings of Joel S. Goldsmith”, and is in a step-by-step format where each step is built on an understanding of preceding steps, leading toward being able to live a life governed by the knowledge and practice of your spiritual reality. The book is based on the teachings of Jesus as interpreted by modern masters, which have already changed countless lives in terms of improved health, a surer supply, increased harmony, and an enhanced love for all beings.

Download or read book Deep Awake written by Tim Freke and published by Watkins Media Limited. This book was released on 2016-12-13 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Frustrated with outdated forms of spirituality that urge us to reject the ego, the bestselling author of The Jesus Mysteries invites us to embrace our personal selves as a doorway to spiritual awakening Is the author of more than 20 books on the world’s spiritual traditions, Tim Freke is in a unique position to present a revolutionary new approach to spiritual awakening. With astonishing clarity and directness, he explains why popular spiritual teachings that urge us to reject the mind, attack the ego, and detach from the vicissitudes of life are misguided. Using the powerful tool of ‘paralogical thinking’, he reveals that everyone has both a ‘deep I’ and a ‘personal self’. The ‘deep I’ is our spiritual essence, which is one with everyone and everything. We experience the ‘deep I’ as a feeling of limitless love. The personal self by contrast is our tender humanity; it feels pleasure and pain, hope and heartache, love and loss. The personal self feels separate from the world. Tim’s powerful paralogical insights reveal that the personal self is not an obstacle to our spiritual essence which must be overcome but rather a doorway to the ‘deep I’. Indeed, it is only through the personal self that we can find and then embody the ‘deep I’ in our lives. The ego is not the villain but rather the hero of the spiritual journey. When we are deep awake, we wake up to oneness and celebrate separateness. We embrace both our spirituality and our humanity. Authentic spirituality is not about detaching ourselves from life, but about wholeheartedly diving in so that we can express our deep love and our unique human passion in the world.

Download or read book Yeshua the Cosmic Mystic written by Theodore Nottingham and published by Theosis Books. This book was released on 2011-11-15 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The experiential and transformational teachings brought to each human being by Jesus of Nazareth transcending religious beliefs, creeds, cultures, and time. The essence of the teachings of Jesus called the Anointed One is the awakening of the spiritual depths of human beings in a way that utterly transforms their understanding of themselves and of their relationship with life. Our world desperately needs such a unifying vision and a sense of common ground among people and cultures. It is the mystic first and foremost who reveals the spiritual home that we all share and the wondrous purpose of our presence in the universe. One of the highly respected personalities in the religious world of our time, the Benedictine Monk Bede Griffith, made this radical and prophetic statement late in his life: "If Christianity cannot recover its mystical tradition and teach it, it should just fold up and go out of business." The Anointed One put it another way: "Why do you call Me, Lord, Lord and do not practice what I tell you?" (Luke 6:46)

Download or read book In Quest for Divinity The True Path of Humanity written by By a Student and published by PublishAmerica. This book was released on 2009-04-20 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book proposes that humanity is going through a spiritual awakening that is driving it into a quest for self-knowledge. This quest will, in time, bring humanity to the gates of self-realization and the inevitable acceptance that divinity is not only an outward manifestation but that it is innate and inherent, and forms the core of being of each human life. This quest is a profoundly personal one, and as such it should challenge all preconceived notions and structured beliefs. If you take your quest in earnest, the simple narrative of these experiences will prove to be real gems along the way. The author in writing this book brings to the surface in very simple terms a new understanding of Divinity that will hopefully move the concept from the halls of the theologians and esoterists to the avid minds of humanity, where it is most needed.

Download or read book Caught Between Heaven Earth written by Nancy Van Alphen and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2019-03-27 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Incredible True Story of Awakening In Caught Between Heaven & Earth, Nancy van Alphen takes us on her unexpected spiritual journey that changed her from agnostic to believer. A humorous peak into her childhood, during which she had but a mere smattering of religion, paints the picture of an ordinary girl living an ordinary life. As a teen she concluded God was unprovable and never looked back—until God decided He wasn't content being a mere possibility. Alone one night, Nancy happened upon a video of a young man given little time to live. Heartfelt compassion morphed into anger as she raised her fists and railed about suffering to a God in whom she didn't really believe. To her utter amazement, God responded. Thus begins her journey in which she traverses a surreal chasm between doubt and belief, caught between Heaven and Earth, as she struggles to understand messages she was given about suffering, reincarnation—including her own—and humanity's true identity. With a sprinkling of light-hearted family anecdotes, Nancy recalls her progressively more profound experiences within the context of earthly reality. Interactions with God, Jesus and angels chip away at her agnosticism, until one day something so amazing happens it obliterates all traces of doubt. Between scenes, Nancy looks at various religious traditions and present day near-death experiences, uncovering information supporting what she was told by Divine source, helping her round out her new picture of reality. Her conclusion presents four habits of LOVE by which to live to foster evolution of one’s soul, as well as the spiritual evolution of humanity. Praise for Caught Between Heaven & Earth: "I am proud of Nancy for her courage in sharing her story with us that we might find light in it! It is valuable that she is open and sharing of her reproachment to God. Nancy went in as an agnostic and exited as a full-on believer. Kudos to Nancy for her persistence in continuing the work, in having courage and resilience, and in doing it in a world too often filled with darkness. What a lesson for the rest of us!" - Dr. Doris Eliana Cohen, PhD Repetition and Dreaming on Both Sides of the Brain "Nancy van Alphen takes you by the hand and ushers you into her mind and then into her heart where you experience her intimate and breathtaking journey from agnosticism to spirituality. Her authentic report begins with angels at her door. That day marked the beginning of her transformation which she describes in honest detail. Hers is a journey similar in its mystical nature to that which I and countless others have experienced in this time of rising awareness. The truths that unfold to Nancy in surprising, even astonishing ways will resonate in the heart of experiencers and non-experiencers alike." - Emily Rodavich Mystical Interludes and Mystical Interludes II

Download or read book Twelve Doorways of Light written by Sarah Jeane and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2013-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Twelve Doorways of Light" conveys Divine messages awakening our Heart to embrace Love Unity Consciousness from Awareness and Peace. Born from a personal spiritual journey, these messages guide you through a portal of light, the Stargate of your heart, to an experience of your God-Self, inviting you to embrace with joy the sacredness in all of life. From that place, your true purpose is revealed and divine creativity flows boundlessly. This book is for you if you are looking to develop your creative gifts in joy and sacredness, listening to the voice of love in your heart, inviting the love of God to lead your path, to be of service. This creative work is in furtherance of a journey in unity consciousness as a contribution to peace and harmony.

Download or read book Miracle from the Heart written by Irene Sonja Fanane and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2012-07-03 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Miracle from the Heart shares the story of author Irene Sonja Fananes journey from a state of religious confusion to one of spiritual awakening and self-empowerment. This illuminating discovery of personal divinity and God unfolds as Irene Sonja opens herself up to telepathic communication with the Voice from beyond and the presence of guides and angels. The book recounts a mystical adventure filled with metaphysical insights, realizations, and descriptions of countless experiences with the other side. It is an inspirational story for those who seek spiritual enlightenment at levels beyond the conventional. The inspired messages of spiritual awakening flow generously from the nonphysical world of unconditional love. They reference the Bibleincluding the apocalyptic propheciesand other prophetic sources from around the world. They explain the ever-growing awareness of Christ Consciousnessthe recognition and blending of the human mind with the Christ within that is the source of human happiness and fulfillment. Miracle from the Heart offers an urgent message for the current planetary crisis and stresses the importance of understanding universal oneness as the only way to peace.

Download or read book A Call to Spiritual Awakening written by Uchenna Mezue and published by eBookIt.com. This book was released on 2017-01-31 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To understand ourselves, and fulfill our roles on earth we need to look into the records of time for our origin and purpose. Not in history books but in life itself! Each individual human spirit carries within its personality, as a totality of its identity, all the experiences and the level of maturity it has achieved since its first incarnation in the Worlds of Matter. Although we do not often tap into these for our path in life, it is these unique experiences that make us who we are. The capacity to weigh every experience, written and unwritten exists within us and we have only ourselves to blame if we fail to recognize the Truth in any given experience. This book discusses the path of development for the human spirit in the Material spheres and draws attention to the paths in the Will of God we must follow if we are to fulfill the purpose of our existence.

Download or read book Awakening to the Sacred written by Lama Surya Das and published by Harmony. This book was released on 2000-05-09 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lama Surya Das, author of the bestselling Awakening the Buddha Within, is the most highly trained American lama in the Tibetan tradition. In this elegant, inspiring book, he integrates essential Buddhist practices with a variety of other spiritual philosophies and wisdom traditions, to show you how to create a personalized spiritual practice based on your own individual beliefs, aspirations, and needs. Through reflections on his own life quest, thoughtful essays, and entertaining stories, Surya Das examines the common themes at the heart of any spiritual path, including faith, doubt, love, compassion, creativity, self-inquiry, and transformation. He then explores prayer, yoga, chanting, guided meditations, breathing exercises, and myriad other rituals, providing practical examples of each that we can use day-to-day to nurture our inner spirit.

Download or read book Awakened Awareness written by Sharon a. Brown and published by . This book was released on 2014-03 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2007, I began to be inspired to write inspirational messages from within. I call it the God Force (Divine Intelligence) clearly speaking to me, instructing, teaching and clarifying our purpose; the life we live and obstacles faced as we try to balance the inner self and external issues that affect us. The messages are random, nudging again and again that our battles are within. As I began to journal these messages, it was impressed upon me to share them with those are open to seeking the truth. These messages I believe are given to inspire us to consciously take control of the choices and decisions we make, which ultimately impacts the destiny we seek. Thoughts, words, sentences and phrases are given to awaken a cautious sense of awareness of the space we occupy. It has propelled me to be alert and sensitive in the way I interact with others while heightening my perception of our path in this expansive never ending universe. The God Force speaks to all of us at our various levels of consciousness. I believe that to hear clearly, we need to be still, cleansed, open and free. This book is about the gradual awakening of that consciousness within, in it are inspirational thought that will begin to open a door to a wholesome way of thinking. It begins to connect the dots in seeing our actions and the role we play in this big thing called life. The writings are best described as divine intervention. They continue to pour through the writer who in turn felt a clear obligation to share them with those of you who are open to exploring what this means. The intent of this book is to have you use it as a reminder of your purpose or perhaps a meditation tool in channeling your thought process toward spiritual growth and enlightenment. My hope is for you to be awakened to a deeper level of insight with the understanding that your existence is endless. Use this book to vision your role and where you fit in this expansive spiritual equation. Words expressed to aid you in facing challenges while embolden you to choose wisdom in your daily lives. This being my first book bears a small part of what I have been given. Thank you for reading the messages as I have received them. They are released and presented to you in the format given with no changes to its intent or meaning. "The blessings and lessons are for everyone but they are for those who see it," additional products produced by the writer such as greeting cards and posters can be accessed at www.haliencards.com.