Do you have any idea how I can become spiritual or improve my spirituality? I've read the four agreements but I need more guidance. I don't know you, but I'm thankful that I have you. Thank you!
Doll Diaries: Spirituality
1. Start a journal.
I’m always telling you guys this in my advice tag but a journal has helped me so much becoming more aligned. I keep my thoughts, prayers, and my gratitude journal all in one notebook. This truly is key to becoming centered with oneself because you are focusing inward.
You must reflect on what has happened in your life and become introspective. Question yourself, question your life. Look within.
Pray for others, wish love and abundance for those you love.
Always write what you are grateful for every single day or at least have an alarm set at a specific time to make you stop what you are doing, close your eyes, breathe, and list five things you are grateful for.
2. Practice affirmations.
This is something I am a believer in. Affirmations will never steer you wrong because they speak to your truth.
Your affirmations must reflect your core personal values, and what you believe in. They have to reflect what reinforce your self worth and identity.
You actually say affirmations, and you may not even know it.
Negative: No matter what I do, nothing works out for me.
I am so fat, ugly, and stupid.
I always embarrass myself.
By thinking black and white statements, you are affirming something to be untrue. Sometimes, our thinking is impaired by mental illness. Affirmations have helped me in my cognitive impairment. Affirmations are essentially a declaration of your inner desires and what you wish to see in the world. You are manifesting an outcome.
Create your own positive affirmation with me.
* “I am” is typically the beginning due to its power and weight.(versus I will, or I don’t.)
* Affirm what you want — in present tense.
* Be very specific and concise.
* Include an action word (this can also replace I am).
* Include emotions.
Examples:
•I am attracting abundance into my life.
•Success effortlessly flows into my life.
•I am compassionate and forgiving; I release all beliefs that prevent me from expressing my highest self.
3. Develop your intuition.
Your intuition is the strongest force you can have. It is the subconscious. It is your guardian angel guiding you, step by step. It is your ancestors.
Always trust that your ancestors will give you a sign or a “knowing” about any situation. I am extremely intuitive and always know what to do because of my intuition.
In this day and age, we have instant gratification. What sets me apart is that I wait and read a situation before responding. I allow my angels/guides/ancestors to aid me in making an intuitively led decision. I trust myself, I trust the Spirit. Instead of searching desperately for an answer, I let it come to me.
Ask yourself: “What is this trying to teach me? What is God/my ancestors/etc trying to tell me?”
4. Inner Journey
You cannot aid a spiritual awakening until you begin to transform yourself inside and out. You have to examine what you need, personally. However, there is no way you can truly go on the journey without sacrificing the old to become the new.
A spiritually powerful person will
•Take the utmost care of themselves.
•Tune out unnecessary distractions.
•Help others.
•Learn to forgive.
•Practice patience.
•Be truthful.
•Be happy for others.
•Love themselves.
•Understand the power of now.
This is a journey you must be willing to embark on. Spirituality is from the inside out.
5. The Power of Now.
There is so much power in this very moment. The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle is a book that will give you necessary tools to navigate your spiritual journey, especially if you are a person that feels like happiness never comes or you are enraptured in negative thoughts.
It is easy to be stuck on things that have happened in the past and have hurt you in the past. To truly move on, you must focus on what you can do in this present moment. You’re not saying your past doesn’t exist, you’re using your past as a model for how to handle the present. Focus on what is occurring right now, and the rest will fall into place. This is why meditation and yoga is popular as well with people, because it forces you to be present in this very moment.
The most precious thing in the world is this present moment.
Books:
The Power of Now
The Four Agreements
The Secret
The Alchemist
Movies:
Eat, Pray, Love — A woman travels the world and it changes her life. Learn everything with her. This is a life changing movie as you can learn crucial spirituality lessons without traveling physically.
The Secret — Basically the same as the book. This is the origin of Law of Attraction.
Avatar: James Cameron — as it questions morals and has a strong root in spirituality with the pantheism and environmentalism. Look at it from this angle and you will see the movie differently. It’s truly emotional and a work of art.
YouTube:
Super Soul Sunday: Oprah Winfrey
Yoga With Adriene
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