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With all the challenges and activities of life, it can be easy to forget that each step you take IS your spiritual path. It can become habitual to feel that you are on a spiritual merry-go-round, pursuing the path but somehow not getting where you need to be. It is at these times that you need to stop, take a breath, and reevaluate where you are in your spiritual journey.
Your Spiritual Ascent is a miraculous journey. It represents the blossoming of your soul, the unfolding of the spiritual powers latent within you. Earth is a schoolhouse and you are here to grow and serve the divine plan. In this school there are definite grades and levels. Right now you are in the process of growing through the spiritual planes. These planes are actual dimensions of life and consciousness that you have to embody and master if you are to win the crown of life, the culminating achievement in your earthly journey.
In the esoteric work, these spiritual planes are called the astral worlds. The astral worlds are the dimensions of life you go to when you pass from this life through the portal called death. These dimensions are magnificent, but they are not just for the day when you are finished with your earthly life. These dimensions are part of you right now. You receive help and support from the astral planes. As you earn spiritual light, you grow through these realms while you are right here in physical life. This is the essence of your spiritual ascent.
There are seven of these astral dimensions that you are evolving through. Eventually you will finish with the astral planes altogether and step into the next dimension of life known as the heaven worlds of Spiritual Etheria.
Your passport to the spiritual worlds is the Divine Light you earn. The more spiritual power you earn the higher in consciousness you can climb and the greater your spiritual ascent through the astral planes. It’s a wondrous journey.
How do you help in your spiritual ascent? Is there a way to quicken this process? The answer is straight forward: there is no shortcut to spiritual enlightenment, but by putting your hands to the plough and applying yourself, you can accelerate the process, right now.
The key to your spiritual ascent is the Divine Light. Do all that you can to earn light. Through every good word, thought, act and deed you are earning light. Your efforts do add up! In all your choices and decisions, look to the best course of action regardless of personal feelings. Be willing to face the challenges of life head on. These tests are the very opportunity to help you grow and mature. And as you master these challenges, you are building your spiritual power.
The other way you earn spiritual light and quicken your spiritual steps is through meditation. By meditating regularly, you are giving yourself time to commune with the Divine and receive the gifts of Spirit. There are some who say they are too busy to meditate or say they do not know how to meditate. This is like saying you have no time for God or don’t know how to receive from God. Of course you do! It’s all a matter of choice.
Through every sincere effort you are growing and unfolding your spiritual power. Put God first in all you do and watch your life blossom.
In Divine Light and Love,
Barbara Y. Martin
Spiritual Director
Mother Teresa‘s Anyway Poem
People are often unreasonable, illogical and self centered;
Forgive them anyway.If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives;
Be kind anyway.If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies;
Succeed anyway.If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you;
Be honest and frank anyway.What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight;
Build anyway.If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous;
Be happy anyway.The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow;
Do good anyway.Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough;
Give the world the best you’ve got anyway.You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and your God;
It was never between you and them anyway.
~ For those who wish to climb the mountain of spiritual awareness, the path is selfless work. For those who have attained the summit of union with the Lord, the path is stillness and peace. ~
~Bhagavad Gitta
“The way is straight and narrow because it can only exist in the now. The minute we deviate into the past or future, we have lost the way. It is so straight and narrow that it can only be lived now – now, the eternal now!
~Joel Goldsmith
Live Teleconference: The Ten Keys to Success in Your Spiritual Growth
Join us for our free teleclass this Sunday, August 1st, as we explore how you can exhilarate your spiritual unfoldment! We will be discussing in detail the 10 Keys presented on our blog (www.aurablog.org) and answering your questions related to Spiritual Growth.
This is a fantastic opportunity to engage, proccess, and advance.
Time: 6pm-7:15pm (PDT)
To join: send an email to jm@spiritualarts.org
About the facilitators:
Barbara Y. Martin is an internationally renowned clairvoyant, author and spiritual teacher. Her new book The Healing Power of Your Aura is the recipient of the Benjamin Franklin Award. She teaches classes on how to develop your aura and spiritual nature through her nonprofit organization, Spiritual Arts Institute.
Dimitri Moraitis is co-founder and executive director of Spiritual Arts Institute. He is an accomplished teacher, healer and is coauthor of The Healing Power of Your Aura and Change Your Aura, Change Your Life. Having worked with Barbara Y. Martin and metaphysics for 25 years, Dimitri is an eloquent speaker on a variety of spiritual topics.
Where & When
Your telephone – from the comfort of your own home
Sunday, August 1st 6pm– 7:15 p.m. PDT
Admission free, donations welcome
To register email:
jm@spiritualarts.org
Please email your confirmation and general questions before the session – a portion of the call is devoted to questions and answers.
“In everyone’s life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit. “
~Albert Schweitzer
Today we present the tenth and final Key in our Ten Keys to Success in Spiritual Growth series. Now that all 10 Keys have been gifted to you, remember to revisit them often. A fantastic exercise is to take one key a week and meditate daily upon its wisdom. Journaling can be very beneficial to help document your progress. Write down insights, feelings, thoughts, memories, hunches and intuitions. This is a fantastic opportunity to be creative – write, paint, dance, sing, cook, hike, etc – and invite the Divine into your daily life.
Tenth Key: DIVINE LOVE
The tenth Key to success in your spiritual growth is Divine Love. In your quest of spiritual development the expression of of love and compassion is paramount. Love is the great divine unifier of life; love holds creation together.
When you are in your spiritual love flow, you are in the oneness and goodness of life. To build your love flow, you need to let go of selfish actions and behaviors, and embrace your higher nature. You are an immortal, spiritual being. It is your birthright to experience, express, and manifest love in all areas and arenas.
As you slowly unite your heart and mind with God, your thoughts become God thoughts and your actions become God actions. With dedication and practice it becomes easy and natural to learn to trust these God thoughts and feelings when they come to you. Opening to the gift of loving co-creation with the Divine is instrumental to your spiritual success.
Exercise: To enhance your experience with Divine Love mditate with the Fuchsia Pink Ray of Healing and Restorative Love.
Ninth Key: DYNAMIC ACTION
The ninth Key to success in your spiritual growth is Dynamic Action. Dynamic action is divine inspiration made manifest.
All creation exists through the law of dynamic action. Everything in this universe and beyond -from a blade of grass, to a train, to the milky way- is the product of divine inspiration given life. Dynamic action brings in vigor and vitality necessary to bring our thoughts, desires, and dreams into being. You can desire the spiritual life, but if you are not putting that desire into action you will not get the benefit. Your spiritual growth begins as a longing. That longing must be ACTED upon to be fulfilled.
Exercise: Meditate with the Golden Ray of Wisdom Light to uplift and motivate you to Dynamic Action
Eighth Key: CONFIDENCE
The eighth Key to success in your spiritual growth is Confidence. Confidence says you know you are a child of God.
When we invite the self-assurance of divine purpose and guidance into our hearts a deep peace descends upon us and we experience the euphoria of working hand in had with God .
When you work with God, how can you not but succeed?
To maintain steady confidence you need to include God in everything you do. God is with you while you cook, during traffic, at your business meeting, while you talk with your children, in line at the DMV – God is always there, and in everything you do. It’s your cooperation with this divine process that unlocks the secret of confidence.
Exercise: To strengthen your confidence meditate with the Silver Ray of Divine Intelligence and Guidance
Today we will look at the seventh Key in the Ten Keys to Success in Spiritual Growth. Remember, as each key is presented take time to reflect and honestly, and lovingly evaluate how well you are implementing that particular Key. Once you have a clear picture of where you stand and where you would like to grow, meditate using the aura color given at the end of the section.
Seventh Key: ENTHUSIASM
The seventh Key to success is Enthusiasm. Enthusiasm is essential in facilitating your spiritual growth. There needs to be strong motivation and the ability to deflect those that might try to discourage you on the path.
Enthusiasm is not a blind euphoria that quickly melts away. In terms of your spiritual growth enthusiasm is the ability to the do the work that lies before you with a cheerful heart. And of course enthusiasm is infectious. Your enthusiasm for the spiritual life encourages others in their spiritual journey.
Exercise: Meditate with the Bright Orange Ray of Enthusiasm and Motivation.
