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During the first week of December the students of Spiritual Arts Institute gathered in Joshua Tree, California, for our annual Initiation. Every year students of all ages and backgrounds travel from around the world, some as far away as Israel and Japan, to meditate, pray, and expand our spiritual education.
The Initiation is the highlight of the year for Spiritual Arts Institute, because it is during this time that we receive a powerful and glorious blessing from the Higher. Our beloved teacher Barbara Y. Martin explains,
“Initiation is the time when the Holy Ones of Divine Light come very close to bless us for the spiritual work done throughout the year.
The Holiday time of year is important as well as this is when when the Holy Ones down-ray a lot of Divine Light to humanity.
Do your best to stay in a high consciousness so you can receive this blessing and be a channel of it for others.”
In addition to the blessings received from the Higher, during the initiation we have the opportunity to bond with our spiritual community. These friendships are invaluable to encourage us as we climb our individual spiritual ladders. One of the most beautiful things about being in the spiritual work is it brings so many wonderful people together–a true spiritual family.
Wishing you health and happiness this Holiday Season,
and a very bright New Year!
Barbara Y. Martin & Dimitri Moraitis
This holiday time of year – the season of divine light – is a glorious time of growth and renewal. It is the time to honor the Christ and what the Christ consciousness means to us. Right now, there is a great deal of activity going on in the spiritual dimensions of life. The celestial hierarchy comes particularly close to us and there’s tremendous prayer work and downpouring of spiritual light to uplift and inspire all humanity.
Do your best to stay in as high a state of consciousness as you possibly can, to allow yourself to receive this great outpouring of light, this divine gift. Take a moment apart from your holiday busyness and be still for a moment, just to allow yourself to breathe and accept this blessing and to be a channel for others who may need a helping hand.
Happy Holidays to you from all of us at Spiritual Arts Institute!
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
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.
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.
Fifth Key: PERSEVERANCE
The fifth Key to success in your spiritual growth is Perseverance.
Perseverance is the ability to continue in spite of difficulties and opposition. It is steady persistence in adhering to a course of action, a belief, or a purpose. It’s your job to refuse to allow anything in the outside world to obstruct your determination to succeed.
If you are holding to the divine image of where you want to go, that’s where you will go. Too many on the path get a faint heart during times of struggle and give up not knowing that just around the bend is the gift asked for. Perseverance always brings in results.
Exercise: To strengthen your powers of Perserverance meditate with the SILVER RAY of Divine Intelligence and Awareness.
…Divine Light is the key to success in all earthly endeavors. To create any condition in our lives, we must have the energy for it already present in our aura. And if it isn’t there, we must generate the spiritual power so that it becomes a part of us.
- Excerpted from Change Your Aura, Change Your Life
You are receiving Divine Light every day of your life; if you weren’t, you wouldn’t be alive. It supports and sustains you right now. The beauty of Divine Light is that when you work in conscious cooperation with spiritual energy, you greatly increase its power and potency, which greatly accelerates the healing process. When you are ill in any way, there is a disruption or corruption of the life flow into your consciousness, and this shows itself as illness or physical disharmony. Yet regardless of the physical distress you may find yourself in, you have the ability to draw on an infinite supply of spiritual power anytime you need it.
- Excerpted from The Healing Power of Your Aura.
Spiritual energy, or the Divine Light of God, is the single biggest key to building and sustaining health, because it connects you to your source of health. Regardless of the technique employed to bring health into being, the light is the key to making health possible. It gives you the power and consciousness to manifest health.
- Excerpted from The Healing Power of Your Aura.
