A Different Way to Live
Spiritual Growth...
Spiritual Knowing vs Spiritual Living...
Spiritual knowledge is a great start. Understanding the concepts is even better, but true knowing and true spiritual growth reveals itself through new actions and ways of living.
It’s easy to talk the talk and spout off spiritual sounding terms and profess knowledge and enlightenment.
But are you living it?
Are you practising what you profess and preach?
Big talk, but empty action...
Many so-called “spiritual” people are full of big talk but their actions show otherwise.
They crow about how enlightened and spiritual they are, but their actions show them to be pious, closed-minded, and petty. They squawk and profess love and inclusion, but actually sow acrimony and division.Â
It’s counterfeit, feel-good spirituality that puffs them up but reveals stunted spiritual growth. It’s bluster and self serving ego stroking and posing.
Internalized and Embedded…
Doing shows true knowing that has been internalized and embedded in patterns of more enlightened and constructive behaviour.
Big words must translate into big change and big action, or it’s all a big lie.
Consistent attention…
Like building any skill, spiritual living requires ongoing attention to choices, thinking, words, and actions of daily living. It takes practice.
Don’t be hard on yourself if you see yourself slipping and your actions deviating from your desired course. Just recognize, choose, re-point, and re-aim your life in the direction you want to grow, and keep at it.Â
Re-point & Re-aim to stay on course…
Aircraft in flight are pointing off course most of the time, and extrapolating their vector would see them missing their target airport. But by continually adjusting and tuning flight controls they arrive at their intended destination.Â
Be a pilot that continually fine-tunes and adjusts your heading to be the person you want to be, and to live the life you want to live, that’s in alignment with your values and ideals. We’ll talk more about this later in SB3 Live Your Ideals, but it starts with observing and deciding to be the version of yourself you prefer to be.
Decision time...
It’s decision time…
You can close the book and walk away, saying to yourself “Well, that was interesting…” and return to living your life as before.
That IS one option. It would certainly be easier. You could just ignore everything you’ve read so far and continue experiencing the quality of life you’ve been living.
A new course…
Or, you could decide to set out on a new course, in a different direction, in pursuit of a more satisfying life experience with all the adventures that entails. Â
If you’re interested in continuing your spiritual journey, we’re here for you. If you’re not, that’s fine too, we’ll still be here if you change your mind.
Keep exploring…
But for all those who DO want a bigger, better life, and a better world, and who are prepared to invest the energy to achieve it, keep exploring…
7 Ways to Live Spiritual Growth Daily...
On the following pages we teach 7 Practices, starting with SB1, to embed this spiritual understanding and apply spiritual growth in daily living. Â
Elevating your perspective is a gift you give yourself...
...but are you Ready, Willing, and Able?
Changing your paradigm involves both internal and external changes.
Following are some changes that may be necessary within yourself. They are inner work done in preparation for transitioning to the New Paradigm.
Are you READY for the future?
Now that you know the 7 Pillars, what will you do with that information?
Will you turn away and go back to living as you did before?
Is the challenge of change just too great? Are you too entrenched in the 2k present?
Can you LET GO of old beliefs and ways of thinking and behaving
that you now realize are outmoded, backward and not serving you?
Can you UNLEARN the obsolete, ineffective programming you acquired over your lifetime and INSTALL an upgraded operating system based on increased understanding?
Can you FORGO the approval of others who might not get you and try to tell you how to live your life and instead, RELY on your own INTUITION, internal guidance and inner strength and LIVE the life that’s right for you?
Can your mind EXPAND to encompass the new ideas, concepts and elevated perspective of the New Paradigm?
Are you WILLING to do the work?
No one can FORCE you into it, and no one can DO the work for you.
It involves CHALLENGING your thoughts, beliefs, feelings, and behaviours.
This involves LETTING GO of old ideas that do not serve you. It involves RISING ABOVE the programming, brainwashing, and conditioning you have received all your life.
It involves LEARNING the power of free choice and deliberate consumption, and ADOPTING what YOU consciously prefer and CHOOSE, rather than what has been doled out and spoon-fed to you to consume and assimilate without question.
It involves AWAKENING from the hypnotic trance you’ve been living in.
It requires deliberate, consistent attention.Â
Are you ABLE to...
- …think outside the box?
- …think for yourself?
- …follow your own path even though the unaware masses are following a conventional path?
- …think for yourself?
…take the road less travelled?
First, you must acknowledge that...
- …you have been PROGRAMMED and realize that most of your behavioural responses have been installed by others and that…
- …you have been CONDITIONED to react spontaneously and reflexively...
In the New Paradigm you are encouraged to perceive, comprehend, QUESTION, test, and DECIDE for yourself what you prefer, and then ACT in alignment with these choices.
It’s a far more deliberate, conscious, and empowering way to live!
Are you ADDICTED to approval?
You must also be prepared...
- …to be self-reliant and stable WITHOUT having the approval of others to lean on.
- …to be strong and resolute in your choices and beliefs.
- …to KICK your addiction to approval of others
- …to be strong and resolute in your choices and beliefs.
You must care more about your own personal integrity and alignment than the approval and agreement of others!
Learning to trust yourself...
You must be prepared to GO WITHIN and develop a relationship with your inner being and higher self.
You must be ready to acknowledge and INTEGRATE the power of your intellect as well as that of your inner knowing and intuition.
You must CONNECT your mind with your heart and with your pineal
and its connection to your higher self.
You must care MORE about the relationship between YOU and YOU, than anything else, for IT is what connects you to your TRUE power and guidance.
You must be committed to loving, caring for, and developing ALL aspects of yourself!
For those who ARE ready, willing and able to integrate and apply these concepts in their lives…
…it can mean the difference between living a conventional, ordinary life versus living an extraordinary life!
You CAN do this...
It’s important to understand where you ARE before setting out for a NEW destination.
If you’re lost on the shores of a desert island and want to be elsewhere, you’d want to use a map to see where you are in relationship to where you want to be.
Similarly, it’s important to understand what aspects of comfort and familiarity may be HOLDING you back, as well as the dissatisfaction that is DRIVING you forward and is fuelling your appetite for change.
This requires full honesty and willingness to look within
with a clear, discerning eye.
Be honest with yourself about what currently exists in your life before deciding what you’d like to be different.
The idea of upgrading paradigms may seem daunting, but we’ll offer suggestions, ideas, paths, and processes to help you get where YOU decide you would rather be.
Focus on the world you want to play in...
This is your path…
Don’t worry about the people around you, their path might be fine for them.
Their circumstance and perspective can provide contrast and clarity helping you identify where you prefer to be.Â
While you may want to understand them…
…you don’t have to agree with their perspective or stay in their vibration.
Finding your tribe and your peeps...
You are not alone...
If you feel alone, you just haven’t found your tribe yet.
There’s a COMMUNITY of people just like you out there, but they’re often discrete, low profile and working behind the scenes.
You WILL connect with others who are on similar paths and be able to support and encourage each other.
They may not be in your current circle of friends and family (although some may be), however your matching vibrations WILL draw you together.
Set your vibration...
Find your tribe by holding the energies, frequency, vibration and states of being you desire WITHIN yourself.Â
These include…
- playfulness, sense of humour,
- curiosity, wonder,
- openness, flexibility,
- curiosity, wonder,
- a sense of adventure, excitement,
- yearning for knowing,
- inventiveness and morph-ability.
- yearning for knowing,
Like attracts like...
As you hold the energy…
- people,
- circumstances,
- opportunities and
- cooperative components
….that match will surely be drawn to you.
It can be no other way!
Do this every day…
