Posts tagged Spirituality
Knocked Down But Not Out
Aug 24th
Once in a while, we all get knocked down by the devil in one area of our life or the other. Our struggle with the devil is such that a times we win, while other times we loose. There are times we are down in our health, finance, spirituality, job,marriage, family, emotion, relationships, business, etc. It is not our being knocked down that is really important but our attitude when we are down. There are people who become hopeless, frustrated, depressed and afraid to try to get up again, when they are knocked down. Your being knocked down does not mean that you are finished. It is not the end of the road. The devil is a liar! I have good news for you. “You can rise again!”. The bible says, “For the righteous man may fall seven times and rise again”(proverbs 24:32).
I don’t know the area of your life where you’ve been knocked down. It might be in your health, finance, spiritual walk with God,marriage, business, job, family, etc. But that is not the end of life. This is because you can be down and yet not be defeated.
A defeated person is only a person who remains down after being knocked down. But as long as you have the desire to rise up again, you can never be defeated. You might have been knocked down by life but you are not yet defeated. You can still rise up again. I say to you this day, “ARISE FROM WHEREVER YOU’VE FALLEN!”. Isaiah 60:1 says, “Arise and shine for your light is come,for the glory of the LORD is risen upon you”.
God can still raise you up again from wherever you’ve fallen.God can restore your relationship with HIM, He can restore your finance, He can restore your health, your marriage, job,business or whatever area of your life that is down. You are down does not mean that you are defeated.
My prayer is that God should raise you again in whatever area of your life that is down.
Get In Touch With Your Spiritual Self – An Introduction to Meditation
Jan 31st
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There are many benefits of meditation that can be learned if we would just take the time to do so. Meditation is a way of getting in touch with our spiritual selves. As humans, we are very spiritual beings. Our spirituality is one of things that separates us from the animals of this world. But what is the benefit of getting in touch with this side of our being? The benefits of meditation are infinite. Meditation energizes us, it allows us to reboot our brains, so to speak, it allows us to get to know ourselves in ways we’ve never known before, and it allows us to ascend into a higher level of consciousness, which is very needed in these troubling times. |
To realize the benefits of meditation, you need to meditate. If you’re not sure how, simply close your eyes and drown out the physical world.
As you close your eyes, you may find your mind racing. It’s important to clear your mind. If you can’t seem to do that, play some soft music and concentrate on it. Or, repeat a word or phrase over and over. This is called a mantra.
When you repeat a mantra, you are effectively clearing your mind as you induce a meditative state. However, there is one more important thing you must do to induce meditation and that’s to relax completely.
How To Relax
In order to realize the benefits of meditation, you must relax. You can do this by focusing on each body part and willing it to relax. This sounds easy but many of us are very tense, and yet, we don’t even realize it. Begin with your toes and actually tell them to relax.
Move up to your ankles, to your shins and calves, to your knees and continue all the way up to your head. When you are completely relaxed, begin to count down from ten. Imagine yourself walking down a long staircase into the darkness that is your subconscious.
This is the method hypnotists use to induce a hypnotic state but it also works great for meditation.
When you are meditating, the benefits of meditation may not seem completely clear. However, it’s in your waking life that the benefits may actually be seen.
The benefits of meditation include being able to handle stress better, it allows you to enjoy life more by putting aside petty differences in order to create more harmony in your life.
There may be more benefits to meditation, however. Many believe that other people can be affected by meditation, even though they may not be aware of it.
Some believe that by meditating, you can affect the consciousness of other people around you.
For instance, the recent school shootings reveal a consciousness that is rife with violence and chaos and, essentially, the loss of harmony. By meditating as a group, many believe they can erase such violence and many studies have shown this to be true.
Yet this is only one of the many benefits of meditation. So close your eyes, clear your mind and enjoy all of the freedom meditation has to offer.
Keep an eye on this lifestyle category, I will be writing many more articles on meditation…
