The 4 Indispensable Ingredients to Spiritual Life ~Part 2
Motivation:
What makes us want what we truly want, that elusive thing called spiritual liberation? And how can we actually get it?
We need a level of motivation that removes obstacles. Particularly the obstacles in us, the way we are unconsciously attached to our suffering. Every so often we [...]
We are so busy. It seems our minds only know running. They run here and there, aggravated about what we don’t want and greedy for our desires. On and on they run to exhaustion and then some more, and even more after that.
Why? What are they running from?
Because the great fear we have is that [...]
Life will let me down – or not?
I’m in a mopey mood and finally sit down to check in with myself and try to find out what’s going on. I discover this old thought; it’s something like “Life will let me down,” or “God will let me down.” Depressing.
Then I realize what I am doing. [...]
The 4 Indispensable Ingredients to Spiritual Life
1. Your Highest Goal
If you want to improve your life more than cosmetically you need 4 things: the right goal, the right motivation, the right skills and the right guidance.
Everyone wants to be free of suffering and be more comfortable – but that in itself is not the [...]
You want to heal your life you say? You want to experience the happiness only enlightenment can bring? Okay, are you ready for the change this is going to take?
If you live your life like everyone else – you will get the kind of life everyone else has. And what kind of life is this?
Well, [...]
Deeply moving testimony of a breast cancer patient who discovered that her cancer has stopped growing and that she is leaning to truly love herself.
