Seeking Spirituality

I have no idea where you are spiritually. Because you are at this blog, I’m assuming (a dangerous thing to do) that you are interested in spiritual growth and becoming all you can be in this life.

Based on this assumption, I want to tell you about an absolutely awesome book that I’m reading. It’s called “A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose.” It’s written by Eckhart Tolle (“The Power of Now”) and is one of the most thought-provoking books I’ve read in a long time.

If you are interested in living a truly fulfilling life, connecting to higher consciousness, finding a peace that passes all understanding, and playing a role in the spiritual evolution of our planet, then I highly recommend you read this book.

I do want to qualify my recommendation, however, by saying that if you are just starting on your spiritual (not religious) pathway, the contents of the book may be difficult to grasp. Only you can make that determination. You may want to read some of the 563 (at last count) reviews on Amazon.com before you make a decision.

I would also like to mention that this book was one of Oprah Winfrey’s Book Club selections.

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Sometime back I purchased a book called Spirituality Simplified by Jeff Maziarek. It’s a wonderful book that addresses several issues that may be puzzling to a new spiritual seeker, but it also includes numerous good thoughts for those who have been on the spiritual pathway for several years.

One of the parts of the book that I especially liked was Jeff’s discussion at the beginning about the importance of being open-minded as you strive towards a deeper spiritual experience. 

To me, this is where many of us get tripped up. We are so attached to our core beliefs that we reject anything that doesn’t agree with those beliefs.

We refuse to ‘open our mind’ to new ideas, new principles, new information. We continue to cling to the old ideas, philosophies, and viewpoints about ‘religion’ that we learned and absorbed throughout our lifetime and reject anything that doesn’t fall in line with our personal outlook on spiritual matters.

As a result, by choosing to remain in our ‘cocoon of comfort,’ we don’t allow ourselves to learn about and explore deeper levels of spirituality which, in turn, hinders our spiritual growth.

On the About page of this blog, I have a quote by Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) that includes these words: “As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.”

In other words, we cannot unequivocally know that our way of thinking about things is the correct way … the only way.

I believe once we accept this and open our mind to spiritual concepts and principles that may lie outside our comfort zone, the Universe will lovingly guide us towards levels of spirituality that we’ve never experienced before.

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