Be the Spiritual Master of Your Life By Stephen Thomson

Be the Spiritual Master of Your LifeBy Stephen Thomson"…what one feels, but cannot describe nor talk about, is realization" — Rajarsi JanakanandaFor the last several years, I have been leading workshops, retreats and international trips to sacred places. There have been so many opportunities to share what I have learned with others, as well as having the first-hand opportunity to experience their own personal journeys. Over the years, it seemed the same issues were arising within the groups. The phrasing of questions about the spiritual path and way to proceed may have been articulated differently, but in essence remained the same. In part I heard people talking about interpretation of what they were learning and how to process what was happening. There was also the question of how to move ever shifting, ever changing belief, into reality. After all, we want to live our spiritual path from a place of knowing and first-hand knowledge, rather than from what someone else was saying or doing. In other words, we want to become masters. Not of everything, but certainly the master of the things we know and believe and apply it in our lives. This desire brings us to realization of the God of our truth, under whose guidance our lives are lived and measured.Each of us is looking for the right combination of techniques, teachings and practices to support our advancing state of spiritual consciousness. After all, we live in the age of communication, supported by technology, when information is more accessible than in any other time in recorded history. It stands to reason that the information we desire, the steps we need to take and answers we search for should be easily within our reach. And they are, but herein lay the problem. Easy access to all the different paths can create a feeling of being scattered in our single most important life purpose, the search for the Divine. Each of us, in our own personal way, need to sort through all the different flavors of paths. Our goal is to develop our own approach that will ultimately lead us to the freedom of first-hand knowing and personal growth.There is so much written these days, which supports our advancing states of consciousness. Yet, many of the simple formulas of the day do not always include all the information we need. The missing pieces and results we seek come only with time and living a conscious path, integrating all we have learned and experiencing it with every breath. We have become a land of people who are extremely well educated and knowledgeable in the area of spirit. Our spiritual legacy, like that of our entire Universe, is about advancing over long periods of time, as exemplified in the span of a lifetime. Long-term advancement comes from volition, the unerring, unwavering and an unstopping desire to progress.There have been common threads in the journeys of the people I have met along the way. These stepping stones make up a practical approach that has brought lasting change and advancement on their path. These steps require persistence, accompanied with a large dose of bravery. In some cases this meant that in order to move forward some kinds of sacrifice had to be made in order to move on. That takes a lot of guts. To give up all the things that create safety in our lives — friends, family or a home, are in some cases required. In the end, whatever action was taken was necessary in order to live a more simplified life, allowing more time and space for spiritual advancement.Here are just a few of the common threads on the path, I have observed along the way. I can promise nothing new in the points below. They are after all the basics to all spiritual philosophies. The value here lies with the opportunity to review these important keys to the doorway of our unfolding journey and soul.What is My PathAlong the way, I have been asked by many people, "What is my path?" Much of our confusion in this regard comes from the fact that we live in an era when more is the key word. Furthermore, we believe having or doing more will relate to a faster progress on the path to becoming the spiritual person we aspire to be. Our path is what is in front of us today. So many people think it is other, as in other places, other people or other things. Our path is reflected in every aspect of our being, from the place we live, to the work we do and includes the people we love. It is in these parts of our lives that we will find the essence of our journey. Karma has brought us to this life and we will breathe our last breath when our work on Earth is done. In between are the days filled with interesting experiences and a whole range of emotional ups and downs. If we can learn to be objective, take a step back and review was is happening to us in the moment, we will begin to see the unfolding of the Divine plan for our lives. Our work is clearly laid out before us. To ask, "what is my path," is probably not a true representation of what we are asking. What we are probably talking about is something else, like our ability to be comfortable in our skin and expressing our desire for life to be easier or understanding the path and made clear for us.Taking Time for OurselvesAbove all other demands in life, the people I met cherished and disciplined themselves to make time to be alone. Time spent in meditation, yoga, writing in their journal or just being quiet, is one of the most cherished acts for the mystical journey into self. This time allows for reflection on how things are going in life. In our quiet time, the opportunity also exists to make sure we are maintaining steadfast focus on our personal goals. Separating ourselves from the demands of everyday life and others can be one of the single most difficult hurdles we face in life. Making time for ourselves is an act of bravery. The bravery comes from a willingness to be alone and take a serious look at ourselves. Taking back our power from others by refusing to be ruled by a concern for how we will appear to others. Or what they will think of us. That we may be seen as odd or peculiar takes a lot of guts. And although technology has simplified our world, it has placed more demands on our privacy and intruded on our personal space. Finding time to be quiet and alone for example, has become increasingly challenging for even to beginner geek. The cell phone facilitates easy access to one another, no matter where we are in the world. Emails and text messages take up precious minutes in each day. Many of us are left wondering what we did with our day. If we count up the techno minutes, we will quickly see where our time was spent.TrustingFirst of all, we need to learn to trust ourselves and what's inside our heart and soul. This is the key to all the doors in our advancement that lay before us. When we look around at our lives and the people in it, we can remember so many examples of the times we went down the wrong road, in stark contrast to the direction we received from within. The proof of who we are rests in the way we have lived our lives in relation to our ideals and the impulses from our soul. Our lives may not reflect the Divine nature we know is at the core of our very breath. Instead, we break our own trust when we are not acting in accordance with our higher-self. Furthermore, as we continue our journey and make progress through our practices, the gap between the material and spiritual parts of our being widen and seemingly become more polarized. It's as if two very distinct people populate the same body. This can become another factor in finding it harder to trust ourselves. To start to become aware of the importance of this contradiction within us, ultimately leads to an understanding that it's not about the Divine or the Universe or the laws of nature we don't trust, it is ourselves. The more defined the two parts of our nature becomes, the less in control we can feel. In time, with awareness, we can come to a place when were listen to the soul voice within, the spiritual pacemaker within each of us. In this place we truly experience the peace we desire and a strong, loving trust for ourselves.Living in Our HeartLiving in our heart is another common thread. To begin living a life in love asks us to unlearn just about every emotional and personal skill so that we can move forward on our path. To walk each day from our heart is an active process and not a mindset. If we are willing to move through life in this way, we will begin to trust ourselves and no longer feel threatened or have a need to defend ourselves in the face of everyday life. To live in our heart means we feel the connection of being one with everyone and everything. No longer separate or apart, we begin to see the Divine spark everywhere. A sense of isolation dissipates along with any need to be critical about those around us. In short, all the mental noise about whether we are living our path in a right or wrong way is gone. All that remains is peace, love and harmony in our lives. To be with others in love means we no longer being focused on others differences or our own. All thoughts of difference, distance or separation between others and us becomes inconsequential when we are living in our heart. This step took me a long time to get. I finally figured it out last year in Peru. I started to visualize myself with all my thoughts being rooted in my heart center. I walked around and thought from my heart, not my head. All the noise in my head disappeared. If I met someone, I moved my consciousness to my heart center and observed how different I felt and how different everyone else seemed to me. I was able to enjoy all the parts of others I met, without feeling apart or separate from another or myself.Divine OrderThere are really only a few karmic conditions we are working through in our lives. These are the core three or four issues that will appear time and again. They usually appear early in our life and continue to be the subject of each succeeding day. Depending on how we view these core and fundamental parts of our being, we can feel a whole range of emotions from ego gratification and satisfaction, to feeling discouraged and defeated. There is a way to respond to the repeating themes of our lives and sidetrack the need to give up our peace to the accompanying roller coaster ride of emotions. We can do this by rededicating ourselves to our path each day, remembering our spiritual principals and actively working with our practices. Another idea is to think about our lives as an upward spiral. The mental picture of a symbol with upward movement creates a sense of progression. We like to feel as though we are making progress. Using this symbol can create an antidote for the times we may find ourselves discouraged by what feels like very familiar territory time and again. In these moments, the key is to stop and ask ourselves how our responses are different in the same set of circumstances. The proof of our advancement is most often seen by our responses to everyday life. This is a sure fire way to witness the long-lasting change within our soul we all working toward through our persistent spiritual efforts. Remember, we are always in the right place and living under the right conditions for our soul growth. Everything in every moment is in Divine order.No DramaThere was also the issue of drama. We seem to be conditioned to the amount of drama in our lives, equaling a life worth living. Like our current President, applying a no drama rule to life brings a tremendous amount of freedom and time to each day. The freedom comes from no longer being embroiled in emotionally charged situations, most of which we have no control over. By affirming in our own lives the intention to no longer participate sets comic law into action. No longer will we be drawn to create chaos in our lives or participate in those of others. To become centered within ourselves, balanced and harmonious requires us to be discriminating in where we go and how we spend our time. In the end the question remains. How much of our hard-earned peace are we willing to give up for other peoples dramas?Simplify, Simplify, SimplifyGetting rid of things is very important. This includes material possessions, ways of thinking and acting and in some rare cases people in our lives. Think of it this way. As a part of our journey, we want our lives to change and we want to move forward. How can we do this with closets filled with old clothes we no longer wear (couldn't get into if we wanted to), or any number of other items of memorabilia that keeps us frozen in the past. It is contradictory to store away possessions that hold a memory or create a high emotional charge for us. There are lots of ways of riding ourselves of our stuff. The easiest is to rent a dumpster and go at our junk for a time each day until the air fills clear. No matter in what way we choose to simplify, our hearts will feel lighter.

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