Spiritual Growth Message

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Melchizedek on MOST IMPORTANT FACTORS TO SPIRITUAL GROWTH>> CAN YOU TELL ME THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTORS TO SPIRITUAL GROWTH?>> A. Self responsibility, awareness, detachment and unconditional love, arein> my opinion the four most important aspects to your spiritual growth. Letus> examine them separately->> 1. Self Responsibility. In other words, dear friends, it is up to you! No> priest, minister, friend or lover can do the work for you. You have to> decide to begin your spiritual journey. You have to take theresponsibility> for your own progress. You can decide to progress only a very little inthis> lifetime and come back one hundred times more, to learn a little more in> each lifetime or you can try to learn it all in this lifetime. The choiceis> yours! You need to not only want to do it, but begin to do it. Read> everything you can get your hands on, go to seminars, join meditation> groups, talk with other New Age people, explore, explore, explore! Don't> give up, when things become stagnant or difficult. Treat your journey as a> special assignment with you the benefactor! And ask for spiritual helpfrom> your Guides and appropriate Masters.>> 2. Awareness. Your Guides are constantly trying to reach you and help you> with your spiritual development. Look for coincidences (synchronicity)when> they are trying to tell you something - seeing the same object or wordover> and over again. Don't dismiss things, as just chance! If you run into a> friend three times in the one day, stop and sit and talk to him. There may> be something important he has to tell you.>> Look at patterns in your life. Change the negative ones that bring youpain.> Look at your home, work, relationships, attitudes, with fresh, awareness.> What can be changed for your spiritual highest and in the most loving> method? Learn to contact your guides directly, so that you can benefitfrom> actually conversing with them. Be adventurous, be alert and be aware!>> 3. Detachment. This does not mean coldness or aloofness. It means beingable> to see yourself and your actions and mental and emotional attitudes, in an> objective way. Not giving in, to over emotionalism. Not hating, feeling> jealous, envious, frightened, angry or alternatively, overly excited and> irrational. Without some detachment, you are at the mercies of every> emotional wind that blows your way!>> Detachment is taking charge of your emotions, so that they work for you,not> against you. If you can believe that you are a spiritual being, using your> body and personality, to learn lessons. That you are not Jane or JohnJones,> but an angelic being, using Jane's life to appear human, than you canlearn> to push aside your ego, with the help of detachment, and see yourbehaviour> objectively. You can then control your life and spiritual progress.>> 4. Unconditional Love. If everyone worked and lived unconditional love,you> would have few problems on your Earth. There would be no famines, wars,> abuse or illnesses, because all your loving efforts would be focusedtowards> eliminating these terrible conditions. But, because most of society doesnot> work with unconditional love, these problems are left to only a few, to> tackle. Unconditional love is not just an abstract emotion, it issomething> that should be lived. You can't say you have unconditional love and thensay> that you hate Jews or Hindus or Asians or women.>> There are no exceptions to unconditional love. You see all humans asangelic> beings, striving to find spiritual enlightenment and growth, under very> difficult conditions and you love all of them for trying! Not just some of> them! You don't just love the Gandhis and Mother Theresas, you also lovethe> Hitlers and mass murderers. Some have found unconditional love, others> haven't. You may not like the deeds of a Hitler or mass murderer, but, you> can forgiven the fallen angel who has committed them.>> How do you know, that you haven't committed similar acts in a past life?> Wouldn't you like forgiveness for your negative acts? Live unconditional> love from the moment you wake up each morning, til the moment you placeyour> head on your pillow at night. All are your brothers and sisters. All are> worthy of your respect. All deserve your unconditional love.>>

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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