The number one challenge you might face as a spiritual seeker is this one:

Receiving a teaching without losing your power.

You can connect with groups, or organizations or masters which do put you down.

This can create a sense of pressure and isolation and disempowers you on the long term.

The problem is that many spiritual systems out there can feel limiting.

You will meet many rules, guidelines, the “culture of organizations” what is accepted or not.

Before you notice it, you can get entangled within mind sets which limit your progress rather than encourage it.

There are different ways of relating to spiritual energy realities.

Control is not needed!

You can walk the path and feel free.

You might have come across a teaching, movement or group and felt turned off by rules and obvious limiting beliefs.

Right now, seekers like you want space and freedom.

You don’t want to feel limited with a set of beliefs which stops your spiritual development rather than encouraging it.

You can progress on your spiritual path and stay in charge of your life.

This is about your agenda!

You decide what you want and when you want it.

Respect works both ways and it is great to show respect and openness towards a master or teaching.

Now, there is no need to make yourself smaller than you are.

You can walk the path and enjoy your ego at the same time.

Nowadays, giving up your power and the pillars of your personal foundation is dangerous because it makes you very vulnerable towards the world you live in.

You can enjoy a full level of satisfaction on all levels of your existence.

You stay the center of your existence.

Sure, you can enjoy highly devotional sessions with an Indian master but there is no need to give away your power base and power core.

You sense this inner need for freedom and the goal is to grow and expand as a full human being, not to surrender your will and life destiny.

You are in charge!

You choose!

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If you hear someone saying: “this is the absolute and only truth!” wake up and see it as a warning sign!

There isn’t a unique truth!

Truth is an inner belief and conviction which helps you take the next step along your spiritual evolution.

It is crystallized as a given mind set in space and time.

It is still a mind set! It is still part of human creation.

You can be exclusive if you want to but always keep in mind the bigger picture.

Tolerance and respect are a must!

The planet and the human race can’t do without it.

We are in a point in time where it’s not about winning over another movement or another system of beliefs.

Active confrontation is a lost cause.

You want and need harmony!

You want spiritual synergy!

You want everyone to win!

Spirituality and religions must evolve beyond the limits of the past.

There is a new way opened into the future which does not limit your mind ever.

It limits no one!

It stays open on every possible human direction and experience and simply states that you choose your own truth and so does everyone else.

Respect and synergy are at the core of any further step.

The number one reason you might get stacked in your spiritual development has to do with lack of wisdom with using the power and awareness you receive.

There is a path of unification building up on this planet.

This path gives space, integrity and autonomy to your individuality.

There is no reason to limit yourself within a limiting mind set you don’t want to embrace. You are free!!!
No one can force concepts or ideas into your mind.

You are the one who chooses your own truth and mind sets.

Don’t try to control anyone else’s either.

You don’t have to convince or promote.

You don’t have to force your ideas into other people.

If you feel someone could take some help from you, ask them for permission and wait for their answer:

Suppose you have a friend who could use a bit of help from you. You can say something like:

“Look, I can see that you are having a hard time right now. I have a couple of tools that I feel could help you. Would you like me to give you a hand with that?”

If he/she says yes, go ahead.

If the answer is no, respectfully step back.

You can’t force an idea into someone’s mind.

The key values into today’s spiritual development field are freedom and respect.

They are the key pillars which can guide your actions.

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You are the center of your life.

You own your spiritual authority.

It is okay to test what is told to you.

You can of course show respect to someone who knows more than you do on a topic.

No need however to make yourself smaller than you are.

You are in charge of your existence! No one else is.

The moment you give up your power, you create an energy gap and can feel powerless very fast.

This is what tends to happen when you join a group or movement.

Some of these movements function within an archaic mind set.

Rules and controlling patterns go far beyond what is actually needed.

This happens for a reason. These patterns related with the Guru-Disciple relationship have been around for thousands of years.

Many tradition and spiritual transmissions are based on this relationship.

Now, the planet and human consciousness have been tuning into new models.

There are new spiritual laws emerging which recreate the dynamics of spiritual transmission and the way you relate to spiritual authority.

Anything which is alienating in one way or another limits your mind.

The goal nowadays is to establish a one on one connection with sources of spiritual authority.

Your source of spiritual inspiration can be your best friend rather than a ruling monarch.

You can choose the model which fits you best.

What do you want?

You clearly have the choice!

When you function within a spiritual movement or organization, there are 3 energy realities involved:

· You, your being, life, career, family, belonging, etc.

· The leader of the organization.

· The organization itself, or group.

The interests of an organization are very different than your own interests. They are as well different than the interests of the leader.

In today’s equation, your individual interest’s often come last.

An organization can have so much power that it even overlaps the will of the leader.

You can compare this model to a business organization or company.

The dynamics of a manifested spiritual organization are not different.

These organizations can be sometimes full of tensions and inner battles.

These have to do with “politics” and don’t really help you in your spiritual development, right?

You, as an individual want one thing:

· A clear connection with a source of inspiration

· A user’s friendly environment

· A sense of space and freedom

· An empowering community

Communities can be very empowering but they can be very limiting as well.

An organization can get entangled in practicalities and blinded to a point where it totally forgets about the individual interests.

Why does this happen?

In a way because you let it happen.

To tell you the truth, when you come anywhere near a spiritual organization, you can feel straight away if this will help you grow or not.

When an organization is established there is often not much you can do to change it as an outsider.

Suppose you walk into a restaurant and don’t like the menu: you can either spend energy trying to tell the chef that the menu does not match your needs. On the other hand, you can as well walk further until you find a restaurant and menu which does truly match what you are looking for.

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A spiritual movement is a living teaching.

When you join, you connect with a community.

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.

You are the one in charge!

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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.

There is no reason to limit yourself in any way.

The territory is absolute freedom.

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