The steps to the new sprituality
The first assignment for anyone wishing to seriously explore Tomorrow's God and to personally live the New Spirituality will be to go within.
Begin a schedule of daily practice in meditation, deep prayer, silent listening, whatever you are comfortable with. You can begin this right now, this instant. Fifteen minutes in the morning and fifteen minutes at night can change your life..
...Second, exercise your body. Your mind does not fully and easily take in new data if your body is lumping through the day. If you are not on a regular exercise regimen, establish one now. This is something you can do within the next twenty-four hours. Twenty minutes a day used in this way can change your life...
...Third, eat well. You are dulling your mind and killing your body with what you are ingesting. This effect is slow, and it is insidious. You do not know it is happening until it has happened, and then to reverse it becomes extremely difficult...
...When Life, rather than Instant Gratification, becomes your Prime Value, you will know that you have become truly spiritual...
...Fourth...Seek, on a regular basis, spiritual inspiration and sustenance for your soul. Find a way to recognize - that is, to re-cognize, to know again - the sacredness of all life, and to honor that which is divine, and which is divinely inspired.
Do this in whatever way feels fitting to you.
- Tomorrow's God, Neale Donald Walsch p 223-228 (excerpted)
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This reminds me every day that I have so much more to actually do in my life. It seems like so little to do, 15 minutes of meditation, 20 minutes of exercise, eating well...yet we make it so hard! I try to meditate at random times, like the bus ride to school, which is about 15 minutes, and then before I go to sleep, so that's a good start. Exercise is inconsistent due to school, and I only eat well when I can afford it (both in time and money) and when my wife cooks meals for me. Getting closer, but so much left to do...
Begin a schedule of daily practice in meditation, deep prayer, silent listening, whatever you are comfortable with. You can begin this right now, this instant. Fifteen minutes in the morning and fifteen minutes at night can change your life..
...Second, exercise your body. Your mind does not fully and easily take in new data if your body is lumping through the day. If you are not on a regular exercise regimen, establish one now. This is something you can do within the next twenty-four hours. Twenty minutes a day used in this way can change your life...
...Third, eat well. You are dulling your mind and killing your body with what you are ingesting. This effect is slow, and it is insidious. You do not know it is happening until it has happened, and then to reverse it becomes extremely difficult...
...When Life, rather than Instant Gratification, becomes your Prime Value, you will know that you have become truly spiritual...
...Fourth...Seek, on a regular basis, spiritual inspiration and sustenance for your soul. Find a way to recognize - that is, to re-cognize, to know again - the sacredness of all life, and to honor that which is divine, and which is divinely inspired.
Do this in whatever way feels fitting to you.
- Tomorrow's God, Neale Donald Walsch p 223-228 (excerpted)
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This reminds me every day that I have so much more to actually do in my life. It seems like so little to do, 15 minutes of meditation, 20 minutes of exercise, eating well...yet we make it so hard! I try to meditate at random times, like the bus ride to school, which is about 15 minutes, and then before I go to sleep, so that's a good start. Exercise is inconsistent due to school, and I only eat well when I can afford it (both in time and money) and when my wife cooks meals for me. Getting closer, but so much left to do...
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