Spirituality in Everyday Life and the Art of Living E-Book

Doris Graf

• Herausgeber: novum pro Verlag
• Kategorie: Lebensstil
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2014

Seitenzahl: 125

Beschreibung

Modern life places great demands on us and requires reorientation. With spirituality in everyday life, we are able to apply the connection between the physical and spiritual levels specific to our life path and everyday lives. Thus, the art of living is experienced. Doris Graf provides her readers with life recipes that can be applied to a variety of situations occurring in our lives. These recipes can serve to counsel or support our lives. Her illustrations and selected exercises support this application.

Leseprobe

Table of content

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Introduction

What Awareness Do We Want to Live in?

Receiving Light/Increasing Energy

Living with Dark, Heavy Energies

Spiritual Guidance

Living Joy

Love

Heaviness in Body and Spirit

Phases of Ending or Continuing Love/Being and Dying/Dying and Being

Sexuality

Illness and Pain

Responsibility

Guidance

Ending

Forgiveness

Perceiving Energies

The Ending of a Relationship, Destiny?

The Higher Self

Searching – Finding

Final End of a Relationship

Trustingly Opening Oneself

Being Engaged

Recognizing the Right Path/Guidance

Present/Past/Future

Life

Being Tired of Life

Why Don’t We Change Unsatisfying Circumstances?

Perfection

Hard Times in Life

Connecting to the Divine Level

Accepting

Adopted Patterns

Soaking up Life Energy

Balancing the Energetic System

Addict Behavior

Recognizing What Is Right

Advanced Consciousness

Living in the Moment

Expressing Desires

Integrating Energies

Cleansing the Energy System

Awakening the Third Eye

Healing

Breathing Light and Color

Trusting

Creating Energy

Going into the Void

The Lightness of Being and Assuming Responsibility

Demons in the Form of Addictions

Fate

Removing Blockages with Christ Energy

Keep Trusting

Dark Times

Interpreting Signs

Trapped in Circumstances

Hopelessness

Helping Others

The Art of Living

Being in the Flow

Love Comes, Love Goes

Trusting and Trusting Once More

Expanding Time

Losing the Center

The End of a Relationship

Conclusion

List of Exercises

List of Images

Glossary

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Introduction

In this book I explain how spirituality can be lived in everyday life, based on my own experiences. In each chapter I discuss the key issues and, in parallel, support and promote the process and the lessons with my paintings and appropriate exercises. In this way we can approach the light and live true happiness, combined with spirituality, in everyday life.

I will explain the relationship between theory and practice in everyday life. Spirituality when lived in everyday life is a great source of enrichment. The reader is provided with “recipes” that can be used depending on their life situation. These can serve as a guide or simply as support for living. In the end, may everyone find their own purpose and the path that is destined for them.

The individual chapters and the exercises are intended to help better understand certain circumstances, support facing life, and achieve more personal harmony. The many stages of life polish us like diamonds until all of our abilities can finally shine through. If we are able to see both sides of everything (whether apparently positive as well as negative) and recognize the lesson contained for us within, we can let this awareness guide us. May life be accompanied by an abundance of power, strength and courage, so that we can come closer to the light and our destiny – as an individual and as a group – and may the consciousness of Beings of Light be increasingly attained.

For a basic understanding, my primary aim what spirituality is about. Spirituality is about the spirit. When practiced, that means that spirit exists in everything we do. Depending on our purity, we are able to allow more or less spirit to flow into everyday activities. Everyday life without spirituality, i.e., spirit, means living on a very material level where the light, and the lightness of being are lost. We feel heavy and alone instead of embraced. Connection with spirituality brings light and lightness to our existence. Our task in this life is to absorb as much spirit as possible and to let it flow through us, so that we become Beings of Light. Then we can live our destiny without becoming sidetracked, and come closer and closer to the eternal light. We were Beings of Light and are Beings of Light. As soon as we have more spirit and consciousness for our own path, life grows easier, finally becoming a dance with the universe. The path is long and at times requires patience. But once certain insights have been made, our own awareness can be used to discriminate between those things that serve the path of light and those that don’t. These lessons can be repeated endlessly until they are internalized and we have attained a bit of consciousness. As soon as there is enough consciousness, we then have our own system that guides us like a compass toward the path as the goal. To then walk that path, however, requires a lot of trust, and we must be free from our minds, which continually put stumbling blocks on our path with their probing questions. We ourselves determine the world we live in. The existing consciousness, and the application of the insights won there shape the world. It is also important on our path to free ourselves from entanglements, patterns and beliefs. We should trust in who we are or in who we should be. But it is reassuring to know that everything that surrounds us is a part of our self and a reflection of who we are. Whether for good or supposedly bad, we open our eyes and recognize our path, our lesson. To recognize the signals that exist, we must also be mindful. The more aware we are, the better we understand how to interpret everything that is around us. Until we have arrived at that state, we can always turn to our helpers who will be accompanying us for a bit on our path. These helpers are from the spiritual and physical worlds. On the physical plane, they are people who have already learned this lesson and pass along their experiences to show the way. Every life has lessons waiting for us. We can always ask the spiritual helpers (e.g., spirit guides) for advice, and they are happy to help.

How long we choose to stay with a lesson is our own choice. Nobody forces us to go on. Some of us find it easier to hold onto the old and familiar, instead of allowing the unknown and the new to enter life. This part of the process is often accompanied by a fear of letting go. Often we will need help from the outside, which we should gladly accept. It is comforting to know that we can neither make a wrong choice nor choose the wrong life. It is always our path. We alone determine when we want to continue, and that’s good. The responsibility lies within each of us. This does not mean that after a lesson has been competed, life becomes easier. The spiritual world has its own laws – as does the physical world. With each step forward more responsibility is demanded. Similarly, the tasks of a primary school student, because of the different level of ability, are different from those a university student must accomplish. But don’t worry; as the tasks become greater on each level of your path, so in parallel will be the harvest on both the material and the spiritual planes. But it is important to recognize that material success without spiritual insight does not bring us closer to the light, and sustainable happiness does not lie solely in the satisfaction of physical needs. On the contrary, these may further entangle us with the physical world and dazzle us with their brilliance, so that we lose sight of the true light. Combining and joining the two worlds (physical and spiritual) is important. A life of spirituality without physical realization also does not bring the enlightenment longed for. Sometimes, before both poles have become unified, we put our focus onto one or the other world. That is part of the path. However, true happiness and liberation comes with their unification. This cannot be forced, either. Every lesson skipped will catch up with us and lead us back to our path. But know: the universe shows us the way and accompanies us with the help of our earthly and spiritual helpers. May we practice calmness and have the certainty that everything arrives at the right time. Everything in life has its light and its shadow for as long as we live in the duality of the physical world. The only thing we can do is to be mindful, to recognize the signs, and try to give our best in every situation. Let us approach our life and our lessons with joy. Let us be happy that we are students and are permitted to develop, and that here on earth we are already able to experience the eternal light.

At this point, I would like to thank everyone who has accompanied and supported me on my journey so far and has contributed to the creation of this book. For the sake of clarity and ease of reading, at times I use only the male pronoun. Of course, the female pronoun applies to all terms as well.

What Awareness Do We Want to Live in?

It is our choice what awareness we choose to live in. Depending on experience and character, we live with a consciousness we are comfortable with, and we attract life circumstances that make us happy or not. If we decide that we want to change them, it can be possible by releasing blockages to change our life. There are different methods for achieving this. Everything is stored in our bodies, in our spirits, and in our souls. Depending on the blockage, we have one or another filter on our perceptions, and we feel happy or not. This filter, however, can be changed because it exists only in us. It acts as a lens through which we perceive our lives. If we change our perception, we can see through a different lens, and life appears to us in a different light. Our circumstances and the people around us match up with our filter. If we want to change something in our lives, it is best to begin with ourselves. This conscious decision allows us to align ourselves with change. We have made the first step towards change. But we should also be aware that this filter provides us with safety. By changing this filter, we will also have to let go of parts of our lives and walk new paths. But it offers new opportunities and, above all, we will be able to live a more fulfilling life, in greater harmony. Together with our altered self, people and circumstances may change correspondingly and remain parts of our environment. The next step in implementing our task will be to attract the method best for us to changing our blockages, our patterns. We must also allow for sufficient time so that the changes within us can be made without pressure. We go through a process in which we can anticipate neither the time nor the result. But in any case, the effort is worth making. It brings us into a better flow and thus closer to a more fulfilling and harmonious life. Let us approach this process with joy and give our environment and our fellow human beings the opportunity to also change through our new behavior.

Receiving Light/Increasing Energy

In order to be able to communicate with spiritual beings and the dead, our energy must be increased. However, it should not be forced. Spiritual beings can be called upon and asked for help. They are capable of adapting to our energy and working with us, so we can reach the next level of energy. They can be our helpers when we ask for their help. But sometimes we need a physical helper who can provide us with valuable support for this step until we have obtained the necessary consciousness to allow us to continue on the path on our own.

In order to make contact with the dead, our awareness must already be expanded. In general, the dead can communicate only on their spiritual level, and we on ours. We do not have a connection with them, since the difference in energies is too large. But if we already have the necessary awareness, the dead can get in touch with us. In such moments, our system is capable of automatically increasing the energy so that contact can be established. However, we should not force it nor should we disturb the peace and the path of the deceased. But sometimes they want to communicate something to those left behind in the physical world. They also want to support us so we can better walk on our path. In love relationships in which one partner has left, the presence of the deceased can bring comfort and support to the bereaved. Those left behind may perceive this consciously or subconsciously, and it may help them to better overcome the period of mourning. Love does not die with the decay of the physical body. There is just a transformation into the spiritual plane. The more awareness partners have, the better the connection and perception of energy from the spiritual world can be. If a person had an expanded level of consciousness before death, the perception of the energy will not be much different than it was in physical life. But it is important to adjust the body to the respective demands of life and not always live in the same level of consciousness.

Contact with the spiritual world is not always needed and therefore our system can just as well be situated on a physical plane for the daily tasks of the physical world. Recognizing and acting on these different planes is very important, otherwise our daily lives would be disrupted and we would no longer be able to handle the tasks assigned to us; we would be out there too much. The tasks on this earth must be fulfilled and the expectations of daily life met. The better we are rooted in the earth, the more we can develop our spiritual awareness. The levels of the intellect and emotions should also be used as tools. The spiritual world can be included as an extra dimension that shows us the way to our final destination, and enables us to live a piece of paradise already here on earth. Everything in its time. The art is finding a balance between the different levels. Our body is our instrument that contains a greater or lesser amount of energy from the spiritual plane, depending on its constitution. The energy level is manifested in the human energy centers. These energy centers support each other and, ideally, are pulsing, interconnected centers. Their energy levels can be elevated by targeted exercises: with Yoga, Tai Chi and several other methods. It is up to us to find the approach right for us, and to practice it.