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Everything you think, feel, and do radiates a spiritual energy that comes through in various colors and hues: this is your aura. The aura is your spiritual blueprint. By changing the quality of your aura, you can change the quality of your life. How is this accomplished? With meditation and prayer.
Both prayer and meditation are essential for living a divinely inspired life:
- Prayer is our petition to God. In prayer we ask God to bless us with what we need.
- Meditation is time we offer to God – it is our time to tune in and receive God’s guidance.
With prayer we learn to focus and set powerful intentions. When we speak our desires and needs in a reverent way we bring them to life by infusing them with our breath (the breath of life) and vibration (spiritual tone).
When we meditate we learn to tune in to God by raising our consciousness into a higher state of being and awareness, thus making us able to receive the answers/guidance/teachings/insights God is showering upon us.
Invitation: Meditate/Pray Daily for One Week
Beginning today, set aside at least 5 minutes for prayer and 5 minutes for meditation. Start your day by sitting with God, opening to receive the light and love of the Beloved. Then in the afternoon or the evening, mindfully send your prayer to God knowing and believing with all your heart that it has been answered.
Let us know how your experience goes!
Sending you Light, Love and Laughter!
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Thank you to everyone who joined us at the CoLoft in Santa Monica, Ca for our FREE workshop ~ Your Fascinating Aura! It was a pleasure to meet and connect with so many new, wonderful people.
We opened the space with crystal sound bowls and voice, enjoyed an insightful lecture on exactly what the aura is and why it is essential to our spiritual growth, had our questions answered, a few lucky souls got a free aura reading by Barbara Y. Martin, and then we closed with a powerful meditation. The energy and love in the room was profound!
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Spiritual Arts Institute now has an official blog in Japan: Insights on the aura and spiritual growth from Barbara Y. Martin! http://Aurablog.jp Aurablog.jp
The legend of Atlantis reflects one of humanity’s greatest unsolved mysteries: How did civilization get started? Science teaches civilization developed around 6,000+ years ago out of primitive humans who settled into agricultural societies. Yet, there persists a belief of a far more remote past. From the writings of Plato who spoke of a great society living on an island in the Atlantic “9,000 years before the time of Solon”, to legends in many cultures of a mighty civilization destroyed by water, to the archeological site Göbekli Tepe in Turkey dated at around 9,000 BC, it is clear that humanity still does not have the full story as to its own origins.
Metaphysics teaches that civilization is, in fact, far older than 6,000 years. A key aspect of this pre-history is Atlantis. Atlantis has stirred the imagination and so much excitement and rightfully so. Yet in understanding the mystery of Atlantis, we must do our best to take a sober, careful approach and not to let imagination get the better of us. In this article, I cannot begin to go into the breadth of what Atlantis was and evidence for its existence. I know from my own clairvoyant experiences, Atlantis was very real. What I hope to offer are answers to a few basic questions, from the metaphysical perspective, of this most extraordinary time in human history.
If Atlantis existed, why is there no conclusive archeological evidence?
The short answer is: it’s simply not time. Humanity is not ready to understand its remote past. Such a discovery would change the fabric of society in dramatic ways and humanity as whole is not quite ready to take that step. Yet according to the Higher, the evidence is unmistakably there waiting to be discovered. There have been a few finds that have pointing the way and eventually this will open the door to the greatest archeological discoveries of all time.
What was Atlantis really like?
Atlantis went through several periods from primitive beginnings to genuine sophistication spanning vast stretches of time, far greater than the entire recorded history of modern civilization. Also, Atlantis was not an isolated civilization. It was part of a world culture and there were earlier civilizations reaching back to even more remote times.
In the end, Atlantis corrupted itself creating one of humanity’s the darkest periods. As Albert Einstein said about the danger of nuclear war, “I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but world War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.” In a sense, this is what happened with Atlantis. Its eventual demise along with natural geological cataclysms has been a major reason knowledge of Atlantis has been reduced to legend.
Yet long before its decay, Atlantis had a golden age. Science, spirituality and society blended together in magnificent ways. Most of all, the veil between the spiritual and the material was not so great and there was a natural understanding and cooperation with the divine. Challenges and trials were still there, but without question it was a marvelous time for humanity.
What is the significance of Atlantis today?
Atlantis shares much with today’s world even though humanity is older now. The rapid development of modern society reflects an unconscious rekindled of Atlantean achievements yet expressed on a grander scale. Civilization today is far more developed overall than it has ever been. There is more spiritual light on the planet than ever before and more opportunity to grow spiritually despite today’s challenges.
History is knowledge and knowledge is power. The significance of Atlantis is its eventual resurfacing will reawaken the recognition of our own potential and collective abilities. Eventually, our society will have to come to terms with its own past so it can take its biggest leap forward into a modern golden age.
In Divine Light and Love,
Barbara Y. Martin
*copyright 2011
Your Higher Self nature is the key to drawing to your consciousness all the Divine Light, love and inspiration that flows from the divine. It is an essential part of your life and spiritual anatomy.
In your aura, the Higher Self appears as a radiant point of light about two feet above your head. You can think of it as an 8th chakra. This point radiated beautiful light rays of divine power and vitality. The Higher Self is the guiding force for you-the evolving soul.
Your Higher Self is aware of many things. It knows your purpose in life, your spiritual potential, your karma, your strengths and weaknesses. The Holy Ones work very closely with your Higher Self because it’s the part they can identify with and relate to the most. Day by day, the Higher Self is working to realize your tapestry of life.
The problem is too often we don’t listen to the prompting our own Higher nature is giving us. Why? For one, many people are simply not aware that the Higher Self is there. We can be so focused on our lower nature that we don’t realize there IS as higher nature. This is why spiritual education is so important. The more you learn about yourself, the more you can do in life.
Another reason you may not respond to the Higher Self is a difficulty in telling the difference between the Higher Self speaking and the lower self. This is a huge dilemma even for those on the spiritual path. Being aware that there is a higher nature doesn’t mean you are in tune with the Higher. The process of distinguishing what is coming from the Higher and what is your own human nature is not easy to decipher. It requires steady practice and effort to truly build the rapport with the Higher Self.
The other challenge is your lower nature may not like what the Higher is saying! For example, there may be something you want vey much and when you really do a good job to connect with the Higher-you may get the inspiration that this is not the way to go. Or the answer that comes may challenge the status quo. In either case, the lower nature can end up rejecting the Higher inspiration-even though that inspiration is exactly what the soul needs in order to grow. In this instance, what is missed is that when you are reaching for the Higher, in a very real sense, you are reaching for something greater than yourself. This means you are not always going to intellectually be able to rationalize the answer that comes. If you intuitively sense that this is right, you are going to have to trust in the Higher until you can see the results of your inspired actions.
This is why it’s so important in spiritual work to keep an open and flexible mind when dealing with the Higher Self. If you are really listening to the divine, you have to be willing to sometimes change directions or approach in your life’s pursuits. If what you are receiving comes from the Higher, it will always be for the better.
A great key in building a stronger connection to your Higher Nature is meditation. The practice of raising your consciousness to the Higher Self and opening to receive from God is an indispensible tool in connecting with the Higher. The more you work with the Higher Self, the more it can work with you.
In Divine Light and Love,
Barbara Y. Martin
*copyright 2011
Taken from Barbara and Dimitri’s latest book, “Karma and Reincarnation“:
Reincarnation is the Soul’s process of evolution. On average each soul will reincarnate 800 times to forge its spiritual mettle and attain spiritual mastery. It is through the process of rebirth that we are given the opportunities to fully express our free will and work out our karma.
Karma is derived from the Sanskrit root kr, meaning “to do, to make, deed, or act”. Karma is the balancer of life – the harmonizer. It is the principle of action and its effect ~ for every action we take there is an eventual and inescapable effect to that action. “The law of Karma is designed in Love to make you a greater being and realize the great goal you have ~ union with the Divine”.
Of these 800 lifetimes the soul goes through three distinct phases. It spends approximately 200 lifetimes in the instinctual phase (physical life in all its vicissitudes-pain, pleasure, birth, death, sex – essentially survival and instinct), 500 lifetimes in its intellectual phase (the phase in which we become self-aware and awaken to accountability), and 100 lifetimes in its enlightened phase (consciously co-creation with God).
The earth is a wonderful “school house” where souls at different levels of mastery intermingle with each other and help each other along the way. It’s important to honor all levels of development as each has its place in the heart of the Beloved.
Humanity is at a crossroads. A great number of souls are getting ready to make the leap into the enlightened cycle of incarnations. Some have already made the jump. The spiritual renaissance that is blossoming is no accident. Humanity is preparing for a glorious new day in evolution where it will work in closer connection with the divine than ever before.
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Using my free will to consciously choose to think/speak/act in co-creation with the Divine is a daily practice and challenge. There are moments when I “fail” and moments when I experience the deep peace of knowing I have made a choice in alignment with my path.
Becoming aware of the daily applications of the law of cause and effect with the “little things”, and most importantly, putting that awareness into action, has proven to be very rewarding. I now fully understand that how I spend my time (energy) will generate equivalent spiritual results. I take into account where I spend my energy (buh-bye procrastination) and with whom I spend it (sorry TV, please dont call).
Where do you feel you are in your 800 lives?
Are you aware of the law of cause and effect in your daily life?
What are you thoughts about the “new day” coming?
In light,
Jaqueline Marie
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Unto each mortal who comes to earth
A ladder is given by God at birth,
And up this ladder a soul must go
Step by step from the valley below.
Step by step to the center of space
On this ladder of Life to the starting place.
In time departed which Time endures
I shape my ladder and you shape yours.
Whatever they are, they are what we made
A ladder of Light or a ladder of shade.
A ladder of Love or a hateful thing,
A ladder of Strength or a wavering string.
A ladder of Gold or a ladder of straw,
Each is a ladder of Righteous Law.
We flung them away at the call of death,
We took them again at the next life’s breath,
For the keeper stands by the great birth gates,
As each soul passes this ladder waits.
Though mine be narrow and yours be broad,
On my ladder alone can I climb to God.
On your ladder alone can your feet ascend
for none can borrow and none can lend.
If toil and trouble and pain are found,
Twisted and corded to form each round,
If rusted iron or moldering wood
Is the fragile frame you must make good,
You must build over and fasten it strong,
Though the task be as hard as your life is long,
For up this ladder the pathway leads
To Heavenly pleasure and spirit’s needs,
And all that comes in another way,
Shall be but illusion and will not stay.
So, in useless effort then waste no time,
Rebuild your ladder and climb and climb, and climb.
~Reverend Violet Broostom
2011 is off to a magnificent start! On Jan. 16th Barbara Y. Martin and Dimitri Moraitis gave a FREE workshop on The Seven Spiritual Arts, the seven facets of spiritual life that are indispensable in our enlightenment. A beautiful group of souls gathered in Studio City to learn and connect with fellow students on the path. Here are a few photos from our afternoon together:
It is a joy and an honor to bring these powerful teachings to the public. Our signature class, Change Your Aura, Change Your Life is beginning this Wednesday and is available online, and in person at our Studio City location – there is still time to join! Enroll and embark upon the journey of a life time!
The spiritual path is the most beautiful path you can embark upon – yet it is also the most demanding. Developing your spiritual nature requires effort, dedication and sincerity. It brings out the best in you – gives you courage to overcome adversity, heal conditions in your life and brings talents and abilities to their fullest bloom. Walking the spiritual path helps you to gradually unveil the mysteries of life so you understand your place in the divine plan.
What are the Seven Spiritual Arts? And why are they important in your life and spiritual development? These are seven facets of the spiritual life that are indispensable in your unfoldment. The spiritual path is a like a jewel of many facets. Each facet must be developed to succeed in your spiritual journey. Together they make you a well-rounded individual.
THE AURA
The aura and spiritual energy are essential because it is in your aura that you forge your spiritual mettle. it is through your aura that you generate the power to accomplish anything and everything in life.
There are two basic ways to develop your aura. One is with every good word, thought, act and deed. The other is through meditation. Both ways are essential in the spiritual development process. In the classes there is great emphasis on meditation and application.
HEALING
The second spiritual art is Healing. What is healing? In a word, change. Changing one condition into another. This is the art of spiritual transformation. All of us need healing at one point or another. By understanding the principle of healing you are discovering the keys to healthy living in all facets of life.
KARMA AND REINCARNATION
The third spiritual art is karma and reincarnation. We all come to this earth with unfinished business – the karma, good and bad, we have generated in past lives and come to this life to work through. No matter what other good we do in this life, we cannot reach the spiritual pinnacle without facing and resolving our karma. And understanding the process of reincarnation is essential as it takes many lives to master the lessons of life.
CONSCIOUSNESS
The fourth spiritual art is consciousness. In this study there is special emphasis on understanding the spiritual dimensions of the mind. The mind is the navigator to the soul. An enlightened mind leads to an enlightened soul. By understanding the true source of all thining you can better tune into divine guidance and receive greater creative inspiration.
SPIRITUAL LIVING
The fifth spiritual art is an important study called “The Spiritual Keys of Living”. The east Indians call this study Karma yoga – the law of right action.
This is about understanding how the heart chakra, or Hermetic Center, works. The Hermetic center is your action center and is the nucleus of your outer world activities. As you can imagine it is a busy center. The goal is to bring this center in alignment with your spiritual purpose.
The key to this center is application. Metaphysics is really a way of life. In order to grow spiritually you must employ the laws of metaphysics into everyday life. You must LIVE truth for truth to live in you.
THE SPIRITUAL HIERARCHY
The sixth spiritual art is the magnificent study of the spiritual hierarchy – and the understanding of your potential clairvoyant powers.
This spiritual art teaches that you ar never alone in your spiritual journey. Your spiritual unfoldment is a cooperative process with the divine. I know personally, that I could not do what I do without the constant support of the Holy Ones. It can be hard to realize just how much our life is in god’s hands and how much loving, unseen help we receive on a daily basis.
YOUR SPIRITUAL ASCENT
And finally the seventh spiritual art is understanding the grand process of evolution itself – your spiritual ascent. This study steps back and looks at the big picture of your spiritual growth It explores how you are evolving through the spiritual planes and what are the steps of spiritual attainment and what is the ultimate purpose of evolution. By keeping the big picture in mind you will never lose the forest for the trees.
This study also helps you with discernment – understanding the potential pitfalls on the path so you can better evaluate the true from the false as not everything that has a spiritual label is in fact spiritual
Together these seven spiritual arts give you a tremendous spiritual foundation. They make you a true metaphysician and advance you far on the road to spiritual maturity and enlightenment.
In closing, I urge you to make metaphysics a great part of your life. These principles take time to fully blossom in you. Make spiritual truth a living part of you and your life will be blessed in the most beautiful and wondrous ways. Armed with such knowledge you have the tools to succeed in your spiritual quest.
I wish you God’s blessings in all you do.
~Barbara Y. Martin
The Seven Spiritual Arts are enrolling now! Join us and grow!
“The soul of man is like a seed that God plants in the garden of creation. All the potential for realizing its divine nature is already in the core of the soul. To realize that potential, the soul embarks on a pilgrimage through creation where it grows, eventually making its way back, fully realized, to God.” ~Barbara Y. Martin
Spiritual Arts Institute wishes you a blessed, bright New Year. May 2011 heal and regenerate, inspire and awaken the essence of your being, your soul.
