| Have you met an Indian Guru or Buddhist Monk | | | | understand how your mind works. You need to know |
| before? Many of us have never encountered such a | | | | what is tangible, what is intangible and then |
| person. All we really know about them is what we | | | | understand that we are all a product of our mind and |
| see in images or as a Hollywood interpretation. It is | | | | process. Only a portion of our brain is ever used until |
| quite easy to say they might have a dreamy or | | | | a spiritual awakening occurs in which we can interpret |
| blissful look and manner. It is this manner you may | | | | things in a different light. We can no longer depend |
| wish to achieve with a spiritual awakening, but first | | | | on our perception as a truth because it is always |
| you must divest yourself of the mundane. A lot of | | | | filtered by the mind and what we have been told to |
| us live in busy cities with stress as our main meal. It | | | | perceive. |
| is a life of deadlines, expectations and high goals that | | | | We have been told the color blue is actually blue, but |
| will dominate our lives. You will most likely have an | | | | couldn't it have been called red and we would have |
| urge to rid yourself of these worries and thoughts | | | | the same perception? The fact is those who believe |
| every once in a while, but the question of how to | | | | in spiritualism and its awakening in the human body |
| achieve this will be foremost in your mind. Will | | | | believe that color is an illusion because our minds are |
| traveling to a resort, playing in your garden, or any | | | | interpreting it for us in its limited capacity. You must |
| other method of peaceful activity really restore you | | | | try to relax and concentrate in order to reach a |
| and reduce the stress? The answer is probably not. | | | | spiritual awakening. |
| Instead you need a spiritual awakening that will cure | | | | Try to imagine a dome that is invisible to sight and |
| what ails you. | | | | that your mind is outside of this dome. It is a place |
| So what is this spiritual awakening we are discussing? | | | | where thoughts and fantasy are not able to go. If |
| A spiritual awakening is a process that helps an | | | | you can reach this state you will find silence in which |
| individual become balanced. It is meant to increase | | | | your mind will be free. You will have feelings of an |
| your awareness, offer enlightenment, and above all | | | | encompassing nature. Your body and mind will be |
| transcend you into another plane. The question now | | | | enlightened where you will have a good hold on |
| becomes how you will enter this state of being? Do | | | | reality rather than false images and perception. Peace |
| you have to become a monk or recluse to | | | | will enter you. |
| concentrate on your "rebirth"? Some might find it | | | | Practice Required |
| helpful, but it is actually quite a detailed process you | | | | Practice is required to achieve a state of spiritual |
| have to follow. | | | | awakening within yourself. As long as you can |
| Meditation and Spiritual Awakening | | | | practice you can continue to be at peace and in |
| To bring about a spiritual awakening you need to | | | | balance. |