Allow the Spirit to Lead

These days, you can grow up in the united states and have access to ancient spiritual wisdom from tibetan monks. Reading books introduces new spiritual practices and ways of thinking. Often monks, mediums, and other types of spiritual leaders write books sharing inspiring ideas, for example, the tibetan book of living and dying , many lives many masters , the dhammapada , dao de jing , or the book of knowing and worth. Reading before bedtime can teach new wisdom each day. (plus, it can help get a better night’s rest!) (mladen mitrinovic / shutterstock. Com). antique

The first step is really getting to know yourself. Chances are, you’re going to zero in on features that you’d like to change about yourself – like just about everyone else who commits to self-knowledge. With spiritual meditation, acknowledging and accepting who you are is the first step to truly making friends with yourself. The meditation master pema chödrön expresses this beautiful ly in her book start where you are: “it is unconditional compassion for ourselves that leads naturally to unconditional compassion for others. If we are willing to stand fully in our own shoes and never give up on ourselves, then we will be able to put ourselves in the shoes of others and never give up on them.

Believe and do what’s right for you with something as personal as spirituality, you want it to be meaningful to you. Although respecting other people's beliefs and practices is important, don’t feel like you’ve got to follow them yourself if they’re not right for you. Also, spirituality isn’t about being ‘cool’ or fashionable. If you suspect that your friends are taking up yoga just to be trendy or to tone up their butt, and twisting yourself into a pretzel shape isn’t your thing, go for a walk along the beach at sunrise instead. Talk to others spirituality can be complex and you might feel overwhelmed or confronted, so don't be afraid to talk about it with a trusted family member, friend, teacher or religious leader.

You might want a religious or spiritual leader to visit you during your last few weeks of life. Many people find it helpful to talk to their religious or spiritual adviser in these weeks. They will be able to visit you if you’re in hospital or in a hospice. Other people prefer to share their beliefs and experiences with a: partner close friend nurse it is important that you are able to explore and express your religious or spiritual needs in the last few weeks of your life if you want to. Tell the people caring for you if you have specific needs relating to your spiritual or religious beliefs.

Small, everyday rituals can bring comfort, create better lifestyle habits, and set positive intentions while also to slowly uncover a deeper purpose.

Small, everyday rituals can bring comfort, create better lifestyle habits, and set positive intentions while also to slowly uncover a deeper purpose. delivery Start the day with a short meditation or prayer. Go for a walking meditation. Take short spirit breaks throughout the day. Count your blessings. Read books about spirituality.

1. Start the Day With a Short Meditation or Prayer

If more traditional prayers and practices are not for you, you might try meditation. Research shows that meditation offers not only calm but help with anxiety and depression, cancer, chronic pain, asthma, heart disease and high blood pressure. To get started, all you need is a few minutes each day. Later you may want to work up to 10, 20 or 30 minutes. You can find one of the many meditation options in a book or cd, online or in a class. Or you can try some of the suggestions below. If one doesn't work, stay calm. And try another.

3. Take Short Spirit Breaks Throughout the Day

By thanassis stavrakis associated press kea, greece — blending the spiritual with the material, mid-august marks the high point of greece's summer season that attracts crowds of city-dwellers back to their ancestral villages. The aug. 15 feast of the dormition of the virgin mary is a major religious event coupled with festivals, known as "panigiria," that can last more than a day with music, dancing and food, as itinerant traders' stalls sell anything from toys to clothes. Greece has other important religious feast days, but aug. 15 is one of the most intense. There is also a sense that shortly afterwards the summer holidays will end, everyone will return to the cities and the long, hard slog of everyday life will begin.

5. Read Books About Spirituality

This was a qualitative study in which we arranged individual in-depth interviews with experts and analyzed the contents. Experts in the area of spiritual health in various fields such as ethics, philosophy, theology, medicine, psychiatry, psychology, health and medical ethics were selected by purposeful sampling. The experts were academicians, authorities on health-care system in the ministry of health, researchers and authors in the field of spiritual health and spirituality, and members of the spiritual health department in the academy of medical sciences of iran. The selected experts had articles, books or lectures in the field of spiritual health. It should be noted that other qualified people in the field of spiritual health were also consulted who were contributed by selected experts.

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