Jim Tolles – Page 166 – Spiritual Awakening Process

Permission, Invitation, and Forgiveness in Spiritual Relationships

Spiritual Awakening, Spiritual Relationships, Transforming After Awakening

Permission, invitation, and forgiveness are an important dance within relationships. In awakening, we become very deeply aware of how interconnected we are. That fuels awareness around when we feel other people stepping over inner boundaries, some of which we didn’t realize we had. We also may become super conscientious about when we feel like we’re […]

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Letting Go of Resistance

Letting Go of Ego, Spiritual Awakening, Spiritual Tools, Transforming After Awakening

One of the greatest not-so-secret secrets of the spiritual path is this: let go. Just let go. Most of our minds are trained to be these complex structures, and subsequently, our complex ego-minds want a complex path to spiritual awakening. We’ve thought up all kinds of tools and techniques from breathwork to meditation to chanting

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Spiritual Awakening Waits for No One

Spiritual Awakening, Transforming After Awakening

I’ve been hearing a common theme from students, friends, and new acquaintances on the spiritual path. They all seem to want to put off fully awakening until there’s a better time. As a former member of that group, I can tell you that it is about the worst thing you can do for the most

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Showing Up for Yourself on the Spiritual Path

Spiritual Awakening, Spiritual Freedom

When I was a kid, I never understood getting grades for attendance. To me, it was a foregone conclusion that I’d be in class, and if I wasn’t, I hated feeling like I was being penalized for being out sick, which was usually about the only reason that I’d miss school. As I’ve grown up,

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Healing Desires: The Differences Between Urges and the Need for Fulfillment

Letting Go of Ego, Spiritual Awakening, Transforming After Awakening

When someone first moves into a spiritual awakening, the profound shift is unmistakable. For some, they have that smack of bliss and release from attachment. For others, it’s a sudden collapse of their reality and realizing that their lives have been full of pain. For yet others, it can be a simple moment of letting

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