Introduction There is a common misconception among spiritual seekers that the goal of the spiritual path is to reach a state of enlightenment (AKA a permanent spiritual awakening). In reality, the spiritual path does not have an end goal. Instead, this process is a journey commonly known as “ascension.” One …
Awakening vs. Enlightenment: Understanding the Difference
In Buddhist texts, the terms “awakening” and “enlightenment” mean the same thing. In other words, to say that the Buddha was awakened means the same as saying he was enlightened. They are both referring to the same concept. Some people prefer the term awakened over enlightened because they feel that …
Raising Your Vibrations: A Practical Technique
At times spirituality can seem a bit complicated, but it doesn’t have to be that way. Significant progress can be made simply by doing one thing: raising one’s vibrations. If you work on doing this even a few minutes a day, it can have a significant impact on yourself and …
Finding God in Everyone
Spiritual Healing According to spiritual healer Joel S. Goldsmith, the key to healing a client was surprisingly straightforward. All that was necessary was to be “completely aware” that the client did not need to be healed. How this was actually accomplished takes a little explanation. First, it must be understood …
Free From All Limits: The Transcendence of Duality
Introduction One of the spiritual concepts that I used to find somewhat annoying is the idea that we humans chose to incarnate on Earth of our own free will. Now why exactly would we have done that? Why would we choose to be born into a reality with violence, illness, …
There Is No Such Thing as a Sin
Although religious beliefs across the world can vary to a very great degree, the one thing that they all have in common is the concept of a God (or gods). I.e., religious agree that there is a power in the universe that is greater than that of humans and the …
Obstacle to Spiritual Growth: Attachment to Truth
One of the concepts that some people have a hard time grasping is the idea of “oneness”. I.e., the idea that in reality we are all really one person or entity. Ironically, people who are strongly identified with their egos seem to be more inclined to remind others that we …
Awakening: A Means to an End
I was already in my late 20’s by the time that I first learned about the idea of enlightenment. Initially, I didn’t really understand what it was, beyond the (false) belief that attaining enlightenment was the only true way to bring me peace and happiness into my life. I therefore …
Becoming Spiritual Beings (Quote)
“All the trying to be good defeats our purpose. We will be good only when we have given up being good and let God be good through us. We will never be spiritual until we have given up trying to be spiritual and recognize that God is spirit and the …