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Purification
by Jackie Kosednar
As we purify, develop, and come into our spiritual
power, we gain more control over our own lives...
If you want to be happy and healthy, it is wise to
have all your spiritual ducks in a row. Surprisingly,
the spiritual side of life is very often overlooked
when it comes to healing. Yet at the core of all disease,
including depression, is a spiritual transformation
waiting to happen.
What is Spirituality?
By our very nature we are already spiritual; we have
a Spirit that operates out of a Soul. This is our identity
in non-physical reality. Spirituality is not about ‘finding’
ourselves. It is about spiritual awareness: the awareness
of our self in relationship to life and Higher Purpose.
It is the awareness of that non-physical reality from
which all form comes. Your spirit is already complete
as it is, with tremendous potential for growth and constant
evolution—when you get everything else out of
the way.
Many people confuse religion with spirituality. Religion
is man's attempt to explain spirituality and to create
a framework in which it can function freely. Unfortunately,
it can also trap us in dogma and guilt and shame if
misinterpreted. Religion can give spirituality a bad
rap, especially when different religions fight each
other over who’s right.
There have always been people who are more spiritually
aware than others. Even of those practicing a religion,
you will find some are aware and others just talking
the talk. But everyone is spiritual. Spiritual awareness
shows us there is more going on than just physical reality
happening.
Worldwide Spiritual Purification
We live in an era that is producing chaos everywhere.
Technology is speeding up time and evolution. Many have
coined this the Age of Enlightenment or the Great Awakening.
Mankind is compelled to become aware of the spiritual
side of life. We are all prompted from within to grow
as individuals, to search for greater, deeper meaning
in our lives. Everyone is feeling an attraction to figure
out what it is all about, to look deeper. Whether we
act on that, or consciously develop it, is our choice.
But if we keep ignoring the spiritual side of life,
Chaos will come to wake us up—even if we have
to hit bottom.
Our world is at war. Governments are shifting. Family
and financial systems are breaking down. This Chaos
is hard at work eliminating old systems that aren’t
effective anymore, and bringing in new systems and solutions
can work. This is happening on the personal level as
well as on the global stage. Whenever great Chaos appears
you will see great spiritual growth and renaissance
happen in its wake. In a sense, we have been given license
to create what we want and explore what is already created.
Choice and change are the constants in life. What this
looks like is a world run amok. But what is really going
on is mass spiritual purification.
Stuff Just Has to Go
When big events turn our world upside down, it is always
a form of spiritual purification. It is releasing and
eliminating that which doesn’t support the growing
awareness of our spiritual self and truth of our being.
Chaos eliminates anything that blocks evolution, spiritual
understanding or spiritual growth. Which means all the
lies, illusions and attachments have to go (or blow
up in our faces). Sometimes that means leaving relationships
or jobs or families that hold us back. If we don’t
take the steps to do that, life will do it for us.
While some people make a deliberate effort to purify,
there are many more for whom this process is taking
place without conscious intention. As those aspects
of consciousness that are not aligned with Higher Purpose
are uprooted from body, mind, and emotions, they bring
new understandings and experiences on all levels of
being. Some of these experiences are uplifting, some
difficult to sustain. Some of us will have to come kicking
and screaming to the altar, but we will all come eventually;
evolution guarantees it.
Spiritual Detox
When we consciously choose spiritual purification, we
may be able to avoid Chaos. There are no guarantees,
but choosing to live a spiritual life always puts us
ahead of the game. Purification can happen on mental,
physical and emotional levels.
Mental Examination
You can purify mentally by eliminating negative thoughts
and belief systems. Because positive thinking is very
popular, there are thousands of books to help. Positive
thought has to do with weeding out toxic thinking and
choosing to think about what is good and true. It requires
that we frame our experiences in a positive manner.
You can also get rid of lies in your belief systems
by asking yourself “Is that true?” when
your mind or the minds of others present you with so-called
“factual information”. We all make many
presumptions. We try so hard to be right, so we can
feel secure. We jump to conclusions and believe them.
Everyone has an opinion, but we need to remember: it
is just an opinion. Opinions are not truth. If you are
operating on false information, your spirit is not free
and your life will be a mess.
Daily prayer and meditation are forms of spiritual
purification. If you are a true spiritual seeker, you
have already developed your prayer and meditation practice.
There is nothing more powerful.
Emotional Clearing
Many of our beliefs and past memories are held by old
emotional charge. If something is full of emotion, it
becomes a hot button, stuck on automatic, and zaps our
power. Cleaning up your past (including emotional garbage
and distorted mental filters) is a good idea. Forgiveness
is powerful. Emotional clearing is spiritual purification
because it frees the spirit.
Physical Purification
Spirit expresses itself through our body. Body, mind
and spirit are really all the same. When you effect
one, you effect all three. When you eat pure foods,
consume pure water, and respect everything, your spiritual
awareness has to increase and your body has to heal.
Fasting is one of the oldest practices of spiritual
purification. Maybe we can hear Spirit best on an empty
stomach.
Spiritual Power
Outside authority always seeks to keep its own power;
in the process, it must disempower us to some degree.
To be able to hear and follow that Still Small Voice,
we must stop running our lives by outside authority.
If we are making people or things God, or listening
to everyone and everything else, we cannot hear our
own Soul speak to us. Likewise, if we feel superior
to others and try to take their power in an effort to
empower ourselves, we are way off track and headed for
chaos. Only the Higher Purpose knows what is good for
us. Divine Guidance will always empower us and not disempower
others in the process.
What you have left after spiritual purification is
spiritual power, or the ability to live as your own
inner authority. This means that you take full responsibility
for the life you are creating. There is no one to blame
and the quality of your life is in your own hands. As
we purify, develop, and come into our spiritual power,
we gain more control over our own lives and have many
wonderful spiritual experiences in the process. Nirvana
is waiting. It is definitely worth pursuing.
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