Imagine you’ve experienced a spiritual awakening. Maybe you’ve realized you are more than your body, and this has motivated you to change your life. Maybe your awakening is less metaphysical and more practical. You’ve realized you have a purpose and you now want to do something good in your short time on this planet. Fortunately, […]
Karma Yoga: Enlightenment Through Service to Others
Karma Yoga is a path to enlightenment achieved through selfless service that often involves some form of work. Anything that helps people can be considered service, which includes creative work. Even if your job prevents you from helping people on a regular basis, it can still be considered a form of service if it helps […]
Knowledge, Enlightenment and Selfless Service
Credit: therecoveringpolitician.com While knowledge is important, I’ve struggled to enthusiastically research and learn new things; mainly because various spiritual teachers have discouraged a focus on knowledge, which they see as a distraction from enlightenment. While I’ve never religiously followed any teacher’s advice, I can see how the drive for knowledge can be spiritually confining if […]
Selflessness: The New Normal
Credit: Keepcalm-o-matic.co.uk The purpose of our existence, beyond realizing our eternal connection with the Almighty, is to serve others. We’re here to offer ourselves to the awakening of the masses in any way we see fit, and our perspective starts to shift when we realize we can no longer live solely for ourselves. We can […]
Impassioned, Selfless Service: One of the Best Paths to Enlightenment
Credit: Elephantjournal.com I’ve written a lot about the benefits of getting out and being active, and an active lifestyle is recommended for anyone who wants to raise their vibration or get the most out of life. Keeping active is a great way to keep the spirit moving through us, and a lot of creative people […]
Owen Waters: What if the World Were to End Tomorrow?
What if the world were to end tomorrow? by Owen Waters, email, Oct. 31, 2010, https://www.infinitebeing.com What if the world were to end tomorrow? Or, what if you had just 6 months left to live? Sometimes it helps to entertain such dramatic questions in order to bring what’s really important in life into focus. Ask […]
Owen Waters: Love in Action
The Inspiration of Humanity by Owen Waters By Email May 30, 2010 The universe is designed to be reflective. Whatever you put out comes back to you. This is called the Law of Action and Reaction, the Law of Karma, or is simply referred to using the phrase, “What goes around comes around.” However, in […]