Spirit

The Bible tells us that we need to be led by the Holy Spirit (Romans 8:12-14, Galatians 5:16-25). Therefore, it is necessary for us to discern the prompting and guidance of the Holy Spirit if we are to live successful lives.

Getting to know God better is ultimately the key to hearing from, and being led by Him.

1. Spend time alone with Him in prayer and Bible reading. This should be a priority, not a chore that you grudgingly do if you happen to have some spare time.

2. During your time alone with God, don’t expect to feel something. We are to live by faith (2 Corinthians 5:7), not by feelings.

3. Make sure that the Bible version you are using is easy for you to read, otherwise you will become discouraged very quickly. Your local Christian bookstore can show you several versions of the Bible and discuss their strengths and weaknesses.

4. Expect Him to speak to you. Sometimes you will get an immediate response, but most of the time you will need to wait for awhile and keep watching for the answer in whatever manner God chooses to speak to you.

5. Listen to your conscience and be quick to obey if you should lose your peace about something. If you ignore your conscience, you run the risk of your conscience becoming “corrupted” (Titus 1:15) and “seared as with a hot iron” (1 Timothy 4:2), and it will be more difficult to hear from God.

The apostle Paul wrote about our consciences frequently. He said that he kept a clear conscience before God (Acts 23:1, 24:16, 1 Corinthians 4:4, 2 Timothy 1:3,) and he said that we should do the same (Romans 13:5, 1 Timothy 1:5, 19, 3:9) so that we don’t shipwreck our faith. We can know that we are hearing from God by listening to our conscience.

~ “I speak the truth in Christ–I am not lying, my conscience confirms it in the Holy Spirit” (Romans 9:1).

~ “Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in our relations with you, in the holiness and sincerity that are from God” (2 Corinthians 1:12).

~ Our consciences “bear witness” to the truth (Romans 2:15), because the truth is “plain to our conscience” (2 Corinthians 5:11), and the “the Holy Spirit testifies with our spirit” (Romans 8:16) to confirm the truth.

If we learn to obey our conscience and let peace be our umpire, we will be able to let God lead our daily lives and assure ourselves of success and prosperity.

Copyright 2005 Daniel N Brown

Daniel N. Brown is an entrepreneur and teacher of biblical success principles. Get his FREE report, “How to Receive from God” when you sign up for his FREE weekly newsletter. http://www.SecretPlaceOnline.com

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The First Challenge on the Spiritual Path

Let me be honest with you. It took 25 years to get the answer of my first big dilemma: Do I need a Master on my spiritual journey? And finally I got it. One year later I realized that the answer was wrong. Keep on reading. That may save you a quarter of a century.

My first decision about the spiritual Master was: I don’t need a Master. I am a grown person and I have all the power and knowledge to complete my spiritual journey alone.

I was so proud that I got it. The next big question was: What should I do next? It took me another year to get to the point that I need somebody to tell me what to do.

There are thousands of spiritual teachings out there. You need another life just to make a decent research and choose one of them. You need that path to be the best of all paths, too.

When it turns out that I cannot accomplish that research within my lifetime, I got into very deep depression. That was shocking revelation. I was completely devastated. What I didn’t know by that time is that it is a step, every seeker has to go through in order to be prepared to meet the Master. When you are down and your ego surrenders, then the Master appears.

When the disciple is ready the Master comes. It is so beautiful said but it is so difficult to get there.

If you are drowning down in the middle of the swamp how you can expect to save yourself by pulling your hair with your hands. It is against the law. It is insane to even think of it.

You need a hand of somebody who stands on a firm ground. The Master is going to pull you out, wash you out and show you the way. Then He is going to walk next to you and from time to time lift you on his hands to save you.

You needed somebody to teach you how to walk, how to write, how to put your socks and shoes on while moving on that physical level. How can you expect to complete your spiritual journey without a teacher? Do you want to put it on risk by entering the completely unknown planes being absolutely blind?

When you go on a mountain climbing and you don’t know the paths there, you follow somebody who knows them. You do not go without a guide because that can put your life in jeopardy.

There are billions of paths on this planet and there are billions of times more paths on the spiritual planes. No one can choose the right path without somebody who has walked the path and has reached the final destination.

So, the answer of the first big question in front of the spiritual seeker is: You do need a Master to reach your final goal.

The Master will give you:
the answers of all your questions,

the goal,
the path,
the system,
the practice,
the guidance and
the support you need 24/7.

Without the hand of the Master you are going to waste that life again and again and again.

Do not worry if your ego rejects completely the above. It may take you some time to grasp it. If that time is less than a quarter of a century, than you are doing better that me.

Feel free to read that story again and look for the next step: How to Recognize the Real Spiritual Master.

Teo Gee

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Animal spirit totems can be viewed in different ways according to each of us as individual people. The basic principle of an animal totem is an animal spirit who gives us insight into ourselves, a glimpse of the divine powers at work in our world, and can transcend us to a place of healing for ourselves and other people.

The author of Animal-Speak, Ted Andrews defines animal totems as such: “Any natural object, animal, or being whose phenomena and energy you feel closely associated with during your life”. A totem is considered to be a power, also called ‘medicine’ and is capable of walking down our path with us on our spiritual and personal journey in this lifetime. We can tap into the energies of the animal totems for strength, healing for ouselves, and for others. Higher level beings along with Spirit Guides can shapeshift, transforming their energy bodies into animals and sending us important messages that will guide us along and teach us what we need to know.

How many of you have been attracted to particular animals over the course of your lifetime? Own figurines of a certain animal, hang pictures up of them, watch them at the zoo? How many of you see a particular animal on a regular basis and at times thought it seemed ‘out of the ordinary’ for this to happen? Many of us overlook and miss the animals when they are speaking to us. Because of today’s busy society and hectic lives we often take natural, spiritual occurances and sluff them off or don’t even notice them at all.

If we take the time and effort to connect with Mother Earth and her animal children we can learn to harness the medicine that comes with these wonderous and intelligent creatures of nature, enlightening our perceptions, spiritually and personally growing as people, and sharing that new found source of energy with others in the world.

Our animal totems and guides choose us according to what is necessary for growth at that particular time. We can also have one main power totem who does not come and go but encompasses ‘who we are’. This animal will many times be the one who you have felt connected with most strongly during your life, but doesn’t necessarily have to be. Develop a relationship with your animal totems. Study the animal’s behaviors, hunting habits, natural instincts, life rythym cycles and how it lives. Honor them by keeping physical reminders of them near you such as figurines, pictures that you can draw, etc…Even if you don’t physically have the animal in your geographical area you can still draw pictures of them. Meditate and calm your mind, ask Spirit for help and you will draw what naturally comes to you.

Everything in nature is connected….There is one hoop for everything, and everything has it’s place and purpose. You may want to study the location of where the animal lives, nearby plants, streams, lakes, rocks, stones, cliffs, trees etc…By doing so you are keeping the sacred balance of all things and learning all there is to know about your totems. Make an effort to communicate with the animals. Pay attention to your surroundings and know what animal(s) speak to you. You will be on your way to connecting with your personal animal totems if you do these things……..

Lisa Hoskins is a jewelry designer who owns Animal Spirit Jewelry. She has studied animals her whole life and is now blessed from Spirit to be able to create jewelry based upon the spiritual principles revolving around animal totems and guides.

You can find her website at http://www.animalspiritjewelry.com

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