This community is a both a supportive environment and a controlling one.
See how it works with your neighbor: they will hale you if you need some extra brown sugar but check you out as well when something unusual happens in your house. This is called social control.
The belonging to a community is always double sided.
You get this sense of connection but you can feel limited as well.
I know dozens of “spiritual seekers” who've truly had it with organizations and movements because they feel constricted in them.
They feel limited within mind sets which do not match what they want.
Literally, they feel disempowered.
The funny thing is that it does not need to be that way.
We are in a place of human evolution where everyone can win: individuals, leaders and organizations.
The number one step spiritual organizations have to take though is accept to evolve.
This is called feed back.
It works in business and definitely works in the spiritual field as well.
We moved beyond the level of autocratic structures.
The human potential is vaster than that.
The problem modern spiritual organizations face is lack of power, vision and skills.
It takes skills, experience and lots of vision to run an organization successfully.
In most cases, this is the limiting factor.
Organizations tend to be divided by internal politics and power fights.
Again, this has nothing to do with spiritual development, it is related with organizational dynamics and the way humans function within these structures.
The funny thing is that while the business world invests millions in creating frictionless teams and developing team spirit, the spiritual environment tends to create organizations which are archaic and very inefficient in the way they function.
The renewal stream has not yet impacted on that level and this very unfortunate.
The consequence is that many precious spiritual teachings can’t be accessed because of the way they are packaged.
An organization can hide itself behind layers of overdone protectionism and totally miss its original purpose: a frictionless vehicle aimed at transmitting a message.
Where do you stand?
Keep on moving until you find what you are looking for.
There are systems and approaches which do give you everything you need without + a sense of total freedom and control over what you want.
These systems do exist and they are totally explored spiritual paths which give you exactly what you want.
For instance, there are many yoga classes you can follow in your local town which require no other commitment than paying a fee for your class and showing up (if you want to).
Spiritual development does not require exclusiveness.
You can express your freedom by tapping into what you want and responding to your unique needs.
You are free!
You can recreate your own unique path because there is an invisible network of forces which does sponsor your every move.
Don’t limit yourself. There is no need to.
Sure, some doors will be closed to you because you don’t make yourself small enough. On the other hand, many more will open up because you show total respects and acceptance for who you are and what you want.
Your spiritual development is your agenda! No one else’s!
What matters the most is that your needs are fulfilled and that you do find what you are looking for.
Don’t transfer your inner authority or control to anyone.
If someone asks you about your spiritual beliefs, you probably have difficulties limiting it to one movement, belief or thought.
In fact you might have reached the point where you feel first human before anything else.
You reached the point where you don’t to exclude anything.
You want to embrace the totality of what happens on this planet without rejecting any of it.
The fact that you practice vipassana meditation one day does not mean that you can’t go for a yoga class or a Christmas celebration the following day.
There is no longer a need to be exclusive.
In fact, divisions are a source of pain and trouble.
There is a sense of global community and planetary citizenship which is growing and expanding at high speed.
In the same way, there is an expanding invisible network of energies, resources and teachings which surround the totality of the planet.
You can connect with mind sets which free you forever.
You can choose your own path and explore your truths using whatever techniques you feel are appropriate.
Your spiritual autonomy is a value which is available for you.
You can receive a master’s teaching without committing yourself to anything else than what you need.
The way you can access teachings and spiritual resources has radically shifted in the last 10 years.
Some movements still hide within high levels of protectionism while waves of transparency and total clarity open your mind in explosions of new potentials.
The sphere of what you can access today instantly is infinite.
You can connect with powerful sources of inspiration while maintaining satisfaction on all levels of your existence.
You own your spiritual existence.
You own your life tools.
This is the context in which you evolve today.
If you need help or new tools, there is a infinite network of forces and beings which are ready to help you within that context.
If you feel that your spiritual quest hits a wall or a limit you don’t seem to overcome, it is usually the sign that you need extra power to break through.
Power is a bit of a taboo topic on the spiritual path.
Why is that?
Because power tends to be associated with abuse of power.
In a spiritual environment where many teaching talk about surrendering your ego and anything which belongs to you, the natural trend is to give up your power rather than increasing it.
This is the moment a split can happen.
Power is good!
Ego is great!
Your ego is not on the way!
It is your life vehicle!
It is the reflection of your personality.
Having material and spiritual ambitions is okay.
They are both part of your incarnation and you are the one who decides how much of these qualities you want in your existence.
Many spiritual seekers feel powerless.
Are you one of them?
Are you in a situation where you doubts everyone of your steps, lack trust and simply feel that it takes far too much effort and energy to maintain your existence?
If this is the case, I know exactly how you feel.
I wrote this e-book precisely to answer some of these fundamental questions and give you extra tools so that you can move forward in your spiritual quest.
Taking control of your life can feel “scary”.
It is like suddenly sitting in the cockpit of Boeing 527 and being told: “Here we go! It’s all your!”.
Somehow, believing that the cosmos can or should do it for you is a safer alternative, right?
You can sit down meditate and call for help.
This works wonders!
Now, there are certain steps that only you can take.
You were given a body, mind and spirit.
You have a unique ability to recreate the world around you.
You can shift, build and transform.
The key of this transformation is action.
It is through your actions that you primarily impact on the world around you.
Suppose you want to send a message to a friend:
You can sit down in your favorite mediation posture and try to find a telepathic bridge between your two minds.
You can spend years researching and trying to achieve just that.
On the other hand, you can achieve the instant result you want by simply sitting behind your lap top and sending an email.
Action is powerful!
The moment you align your being with your spirit and bring your power all the way into manifestation, you can start transforming life around you.
It works!
You can stay in your meditation posture and invoke creation to take action for you.
It won’t work!
Sometimes, you get these gifts along the path, right?
You meet the right person at the right time.
Everything falls into place.
It is perfectly synchronized!
I am sure you love it when this happens.
You probably have a few stories about magical encounters and very special events where you get this feeling that the cosmos did open a very special door for you.
It does happen and it is beautiful.
Now, the cosmos needs you to put your wisdom and skills into action.
You were given a body and mind.
It is to use to its best.
The goal is not to give it up.
The goal is to use this as a vehicle to transform your life and the planet to its best.
You are part of a much vaster cycle of manifestation.
Infinite power and potentials are ready to flow in your existence but to do that, you need to embrace existence rather than denying it.
This is the first step.
In a way, this can be seen as a revolution on the spiritual path because so many teaching tell you otherwise: sit down, stop moving, don’t think, block your emotions, suppress your desires, etc.
If you tried this and feel that you hit a wall, it is time to shift course.
Embrace life and everything which is part of it.
There is no need to reject any aspect of it.
You can live life fully, let the streams of your emotions flow freely.
You can share life, feel life, laugh, smile when you want.
Unwanted or forced suppression simply creates tension in your body and in your mind. It limits you rather than freeing you.
Some discipline when it is your choice can be good of course.
It is all a matter of balance.
Life force flows through your whole being.
Emotions and thoughts are visible aspects of your flourishing mind.
It is okay to live life fully without suppressing any of it.
“If millions of people were performing the type of action I am performing right now, what would be the effect on the planet and humankind” This is a such a key question!
Imagine the long term evolution line for the planet.
Imagine the role you play in it.
When you need to make a choice, ask yourself this simple question.
It will tell you exactly what works and what doesn’t.
It will tell you what patterns in your mind are old and no longer needed.
It tells you what new mind sets are needed so that life and humankind evolve harmoniously on this planet.
99% of what happens in your life happens by itself.
Most organic functions in your body are out of your control.
It just works by itself, right?
Heart beat, blood circulation or digestion are all happening by themselves.
Lucky!
Imagine if suddenly, you were given control over these functions.
Imagine if you had to suddenly regulate all that.
Another part of your spirit takes care of it.
It works by itself!
Thank god!!! J
The same goes on for your mind, senses, spirit and much more.
Every now and then, you hit a challenge though.
It can be a physical, material, mental or emotional challenge.
You realize that somewhere your nature needs a little help.
You can then use your will power or your two hands to stimulate evolution. You can take action and lift the resistance or life blockage you are feeling.
Suppose you run out of food, you can actually go to the supermarket and get some vegetables for your evening stew.
This is great news!
Your nature and spirit does most of the work.
Your only task is to help life here and there when it somehow gets blocked or limited by an obstacle.
It is a bit like a river flowing.
You can help remove a couple of hills so that water can keep on streaming towards the sea.
If you put your body in a yoga posture, this is what you do, right?
You simply encourage the flow of life force all the way to the most minute cell.
You stimulate the flow of energy into your being and by doing so, you feel more alive.
The goal of any technique or spiritual practice is simply to open new doors in your body, mind and spirit.
Once energy is flowing, you can usually relax with the technique or eventually keep on practicing it just for fun.
Remember, simply give your nature a little help when you fell life force gets stacked in any way.
This can happen in you, in others, in organizations or in the nature around you.
The moment you do something about it, you simply care.
All of it! Your house is only a temporary shelter.
At the end the place where you go back if anything happens is nature.
This is your real home.
The moment you isolate yourself from nature within the 4 walls of your house, you cut yourself from natural sources of energy.
These sources of energy are everywhere in nature and on the planet.
There is nothing wrong with having a house. On the contrary!
It is important however to remember that the real protection for you and the totality of humankind comes from nature.
Nature contains mind sets and energy sources which are unique and are intimately associated with humankind’s well being.
The moment you feel you need to reconnect with yourself, nature is always there for you.
There is nothing in nature which wants to hurt you.
One important step of your long term spiritual evolution is to make sure that your connection with nature stays active and alive.
It is not enough to put a few crystals around in your house when you can actually walk bare foot on a sandy beach.
A sandy beach is literally a vast field of crystals.
A mountain is a 2000 meters high huge crystal!
Never forget about this.
The power of nature is there all around.
Dare to connect with it.
Dare to tap into it fully rather than closing the doors.
It is an infinite sources of harmonizing energy which has the power to heal any wound in your system.
If you would take the risk right now, to spend 6 months in nature day and night, live in the forest with no roof on your head, you would reconnect with all the basic elemental sources you need in your life.
Now, this would be a drastic step.
You don’t have to be that extreme.
Simply remember that nature is your real and ultimate home. It is not just your backyard.
Your house is only one of the rooms of your existence.
Sometimes, you need to connect with sources of energy which are available in any form forest, river or sea.
It is always good to remember that whatever we do within a coaching space is related with the mind.
Your mind is situated at the convergence between your universal identity and the world you see around you.
Beyond the limits of what you perceive with your senses are worlds and realities we can't comprehend.
As your mind grows and expands in intelligence, it grows in directions which are undreamed of.
It follows a natural stream of evolution and connects with the future.
Your future!
What will your mind look like in 2000 years?
The areas we focus on with coaching are what is in front of your eyes right now.
Why is that?
Because this is the top priority.
The best way to get into your future and connect with your vast infinite potentials is to simply take your next natural step, whatever that step can be.
In most cases, this means bringing a higher level of harmony into your existence of gaining a higher level of satisfaction from life.
The goal is always to gain greater mastery and direction over what happens in your life.
Basically, you want to master your mind tool and work better with the forces which surround you.
You want to master your life and existence and align yourself with the vast streams of human evolution.
Once you connect, evolution happens by itself.
This is the big picture.
This is the context in which this e-book was created: as a way of helping you take your next natural step.
I love these ideas and I hope you do as well.
Beyond the limits of an e-book there is this simple and profound desire to simply help you take this next step.
This next step brings you closer to your destiny line.
It is thrilling!
It is a travel in consciousness, an expansion of awareness.
The last decade created a revolution in the way you can evolve on the spiritual path:
There is suddenly instant global access to a gold mine of resources, and teachings.
This mean that you get this greater sense of autonomy and control over your spiritual development.
You are much less dependent from organizations or masters accepting to initiate you into a certain stream.
This is really good news because it totally reshapes the way you can evolve spiritually.
In the past, you would need to meet a teacher face to face to receive an initiation.
Nowadays, there is a an enlightened network of energies all around the planet.
It is in your house right now.
It is in your mind and in your life.
It is a like a net of electro magnetic vibration stimulating and empowering the human mind.
You can call it the invisible network.
When you get a sudden rush of inspiration and desire to connect with a given spiritual stream, you simply pick up on this vibration which is everywhere.
This gives you a much higher level of autonomy and independence with your spiritual quest.
You can feel totally awakened and touch on enlightenment from the comfort of your own town.
You are the ashram!
You are the temple!
You are indirect connection with a stream of enlightenment which nourishes your spirit every day.
There is no need to delay spiritual satisfaction and achievement.
It is something which is in you right now.
It is a profound potential of energy.
It is a system of forces and mind sets you can tune in and wake up in your being right now.
You are the highest authority in your life!
You are the master of your destiny and evolution!
You are in control of where you want to be.
You have a full sense of authority and ownership over your existence.
This is the new spiritual equation.
You are in charge of your life and your destiny line is alive and awake in your being right now.
Don’t surrender your will or power to anyone. These belong to you.
Techniques, approaches and strategies are now part of human consciousness and the way for the planet to evolve very fast is to share and create synergy.
You are part of a much vaster stream of human evolution.
Your actions, thoughts and beliefs happen within a stream of manifestation which contains the totality of humankind.
Now, you can have a sense of control and ownership over your own stream.
You are the one in charge.
Sure, you swim in life within a much vaster reality but at the same time, you still direct your existence in a way which satisfies your inner needs.
Your evolution is your agenda! No one else’s!
It is your right to decide where you want to go and where you want to be.
You are the master of your destiny! You are the designer of your existence!
· From a group, organization, spiritual teacher or guru
· When visiting a sacred spot on the planet
· Through an initiatory travel
And so much more!
There is no limit to it!
An initiation is a key which opens a new window of your consciousness.
Your life can be transformed forever by an insignificant experience.
You might share this 2 seconds eye contact with someone you will never meet again and have this full mystical experience.
Your consciousness is limitless.
Rules are invented by human systems which want to stabilize a given message or energy line.
Someone will say: you need to be a vegetarian to walk the spiritual path.
That’s a limiting thought, right? Not a freeing one.
You decide!
There is no limit!
Identify your core beliefs and manifest a life which reflects them.
If a mind set fits you, embrace it! If it does not fit you, reject it and find one which does match what you feel.
You can design your own path in whatever way you want.
You can reinvent your own spiritual development by fully trusting your instincts.
You have common sense!
You are smart, clever and have many years of life experience.
You can tap into an infinite source of knowledge and inner resources any time you want.
Is anything limiting you?
Yes! All your past experiences are mind frames.
These past experiences both protect your mind and limit it when you want to grow beyond them.
These mind sets are what you accept as your present territory or limits.
They are not the real limits of your consciousness: they are simply the territory of what you already explored.
Any object, thought, emotion you own polarizes your mind.
It is like a signal you send out.
How is this signal created?
It is created by the interaction between your life force and the filter of your personality.
Life force impacts on your mind and is reflected in the form of actions, thoughts, emotions, feelings, creations, etc.
A thought is an elemental projection.
Every time you think, you create a “mind blue print”.
In that way, your mind creates millions of blue prints every day.
Every “mind object” (thought, emotion, feeling) is the result of the interaction between your mind and the manifesting life force flowing though your being.
You can break through any limit by shifting key aspects of your mind.
Once key aspects of your mind are shifted, what you reflect or radiate is as well changed.
Right now, you are teaching something to your environment.
You radiate a message 24 hours a day.
If this message is tuned into the long term evolution of the planet, you receive an extra “energy sponsorship”.
If you work against human evolution, many forces in society try to stop you and limit you.
This happens both internally and externally.
If you get side tracked in self destructive or limiting behaviors, you get warning “impressions” telling you that something is wrong.
Your destiny line is intelligent.
It is not a fixed and systemic plan.
It represent the sum of all your potentials.
It is a projection of your spirit which is an intelligent organic aspect of your being.
The best way to unleash your full potential is to understand the role you play in human evolution.
These streams of human evolution are the forces which empower you.
If you want to take a quantum leap in your spiritual development, you can start right now.
Take a white page and write down what comes to your mind.
You will instantly tune into a flow of inspiration.
This is not automatic writing.
For instance, if you don’t know what to do next, write down the possibilities which come to your mind.
You will notice that there is a some form of guiding force in you.
Your instincts know the answer to most of your questions.
Instinctually, you know what to do next.
You simply need to dare to take control of your own evolution.
It is your hands!
You own your destiny!
You are the person who has the greatest influence over what happens in your life.
This means that if something bothers you or feel unfilled, do something about it.
If you don’t know the answer or what the solution is, start actively looking for it.
Sitting back and waiting won’t take you where you have the potential to be.
Take action instead!
Try! Experiment! Learn from your actions! I don’t know where you will be in 5 years from now, but I can definitely tell when you are holding your life back.
Spiritual receptiveness is the art of listening to what you can achieve.
It is the art of being and staying awake any time anywhere.
It is awareness! Your inner senses are awake.
You know who you are!
Self realization is the sudden awareness of the miracle of life.
You are alive! Your whole being is permeated by life force, right now!
Spiritual synergy is the art of working with the forces which are around you. It is the art of connecting with a vaster flow of evolution and functioning in harmony with it.
Human evolution is a vast enterprise.
No one is isolated in it.
You are being watched by hierarchies of forces, intelligences and energies.
The condition for human and planetary evolution to go ahead is to be able to function together as a unit.
The planet is our home but we are not the only forces active in it.
Our physical and subtle senses only access part of the story.
Behind the veils of out consciousness much more is going on.
Human evolution is not a coincidence.
There are vast hierarchies of guiding forces supervising this evolution.
The fact that we don’t see them does not mean that they don’t exist.
The fact that you can’t see a radio wave does not mean that the wave is not there. You need an instrument to be able to perceive.
The world that you see with your physical eyes is only a small part of manifestation.
Consider it as the visible part of the iceberg.
The forces which truly sustain human life are beyond our understanding.
The closest we come to comprehend it is by describing them as “romanticized” angels with human like bodies.
In fact the totality of the planet is permeated by forces we can’t see.
Our instincts or intuition can be awake though.
You get feelings, impressions and with some practice you can actually develop a higher sense of awareness of what is actually pulling the strings on this planet.
Spiritual synergy is the art of working with all these forces.
You don’t need to see or perceive them all.
You simply can feel when you go against the “current” and actually hit “walls” of energy.
The final goal is to remove frictions and make sure that your life force can flow in the most constructive and effective way.
This is a perfect description of what happiness is about, right?
It is the art of removing obstacles in and around you so that the full potential can be expressed.
Spiritual synergy is as well the art of creating win-wins out of any situation.
We are in a place in human evolution where no one needs to loose.
You can create win-wins out of any situation.
This is synergy.
If you apply this to vaster evolutionary schemes, you can call it spiritual synergy.
It is simply the art of synchronizing your energy and purpose with the world around you.
It can be manifested in the form of an existing teaching or it can be an internal source of intuition.
Many spiritual “systems” are organized in the form of inner schools.
You sometimes feel this invisible attunement with one or another system.
You can for instance feel attracted to go to a dojo in Japan to practice Aikido.
You feel this internal desire because something in you is triggered by the radiance of this tradition.
In the same way, you can feel attracted by the energy Vortexes of Sedona in Arizona because your being is touched by the magic of the place.
A tradition or spiritual system is an energy body.
It is intelligent.
This means that when you connect with the “Yogic Spirit” for instance, you connect with an energy reality which is vast and complex, much vaster than the human mind.
You could call this an “angelic being” but this denomination goes far beyond the romanticized image of a personified angel with wings.
These are energy realities.
Every city for instance has a “spirit” or invisible identify.
It is the energy space people live in.
Take an ancient civilization like Egypt for instance.
You can see that it went through a birth process, a growth and a natural death.
Today’s pyramids are the remnants of a vibrant spiritual reality which found its pick thousands of years ago.
You can see the birth, life and death of such civilization as the life of an intelligent vast energy reality.
The type of intelligences we talk about here are much vaster and function differently than the human mind.
When you tune into an inspiration stream and “respond” to a stimulation coming from that stream (for instance yoga) you literally enter an “inner school” or “inner temple”.
It is like an invisible university or academy where knowledge, traditions and techniques are sustained by all those who are part of it.
Sometimes you connect with a system which is visible with for instance an existing master. You can travel to Dharamsala and meet the Dalai Lama in person.
It is important to realize that everything in life functions with the same principles. For instance when you feel attracted by the business world and decide to buy some HP stocks, you can do all that without having ever visited a business school.
Your curiosity and desire will be triggered by an invisible source of inspiration. It can be an uncle who told you about the stock market a long time ago or simply a program you saw one time on TV.
You feel naturally attuned with that stream and you respond to it.
Everything is “spiritual”.
Business topics are as spiritual as anything else.
In the worldly sense, the term spiritual refers of course to something more precise geared towards your spiritual development or evolution but it would definitely be a mistake to create limiting compartments.
The relationship you have with money for instance can have a “mystical dimension” to it.
You can understand the dynamics and invisible energies shaping the way you do business and see the absolute dimension behind this.
When you see life from this perspective, everything can feel like a spiritual experience.
The flow of life into manifestation is a miracle in itself.
It is a magical in itself.
“Strictly” spiritual pathways have a unique goal: the expansion of awareness and self realization.
The goal is to create and sustain your spiritual based reality.
When you feel inspired to take action or research a topic, look deeper and identify the vaster reality inspiring your research.
You will often start feeling a given inner system or inner school “sponsoring” your actions and your unique quest.