Spirituality is the continuing practice of making a conscious connection to the inner essences and aspects of self.  it’s really very simple. We are spiritual beings with bodies, not bodies with spirits.

Practicing spirituality is not a necessity but rather a conscious choice each has the luxury of making. It is not necessary to practice spirituality but it is the key to inner peace and unlimited happiness.

Meditation is a tool that, when used actively and appropriately, can help one make the connection to the inner aspects of self, leading to inner awareness and higher consciousness.

Active meditation is a term coined by Bruce Bernstein to describe meditation techniques which hasten the process of making a connection to the higher essences and energies within, leading to higher consciousness.

For most, a spiritual awakening is not a moment of instant transformation. It is the conscious realization that there is more to life than what we see in the outer world, and the feeling of curiosity to make a commitment to go within to search for and understand universal truth.

Consciousness is the foundation and essence of everything. It is what enables existence of all things, living and nonliving. Some might call it God.

Higher consciousness is the net affect of making a conscious connection to the inner essence and energies within.

Dr. David R. Hawkins, MD, PhD, was an enlightened man who wrote many books on the different aspects of spirituality and consciousness. Much of his work was dedicated to his Map of Consciousness, which he created to help people better understand themselves and spirituality.

The True Self is one aspect of the 2 aspects of the Individualized Self. The True Self is the Love-based portion of our inner essence. The other aspect of the Individualized Self is the Ego self.

The Ego self is one of the 2 aspects of Individualized Self. The Ego self is based in fear. When the Ego self dominates the Individualized Self, this becomes one’s identity, which means they are overly influenced by unhealthy fear. Most people in the world today, over 99%, fall into this category.

The Individualized Self is the part of our inner essence with which we each identify. This is who we believe we ‘are’. The Individualized Self is the observer, and is how we view and experience the physical world. It is made of both the Ego self and the True Self and it is up to us to choose which of these two we’d like to resonate with and act and react from.