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The Power of “I Don’t Know”

hananvedis — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:07:50 +0000

We’ve often been taught in society that “I don’t know” shows ignorance or a lack of expertise, but it is one of the most powerful knowings. Yes, “I don’t know” is a knowing…

The truth of the matter is that not knowing actually keeps you open to learning more. It’s pretty simple right? There is ALWAYS more to know, to learn. KNOWING something without a doubt can sometimes be dangerous to open mindedness and therefore growth. Any belief that you hold without a doubt can actually hold you back because a belief is a concept, a thing that was formed in the past. I’m not saying that you shouldn’t have beliefs, that itself is a belief, I am just asking you to keep an open mind.

So next time try saying, “I don’t know” and see how freeing that is…and because you will no longer be drawing on a concept from the past to “know”, you will be fully present in the NOW, and therefore fully present for your inner knowing and wisdom to show up.

Where in your life can you give that a try?

As usual, comments and questions welcome!

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Spirituality and Humanness

hananvedis — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:25:33 +0000

There is an often misunderstood aspect of spirituality that has been perpetuated a lot… that when you reach spiritual awakening or enlightenment, all your troubles go away, you’re consistently happy, you’re in the state of bliss/love/peace etc. forever and ever, and there is never anything you need to worry about again.

However, when you truly reach this state, you will not want to run away from your humanness, you will instead embrace it, and watch, almost from a detached place, the beauty of your humanness and your earthly existence. It is truly a special place to be, and an experience to be had. It is not that you will no longer have human emotions or needs or wants. The best way I can put it is that you will no longer have such an intense attachment to needing those things. You will no longer judge negativity so much, you will no longer be embroiled so deeply in pain, judgment, hatred etc. In the same breath, you will no longer be embroiled so deeply within ecstasy, enthusiasm, joy etc. There will be something deeper there, it may feel like an inner peace or bliss or love… and it will joyfully and with detachment observe all that is. Even when you get angry, you will know that that anger is not you, you will not own that anger… you will simply let it be. Again, it is not about being this observer of your emotions, it is simply about being all that is.

You are both a human being and a spiritual being, and there is no need to get stuck in either one of them, but to simply embrace all that both have to offer.

Always feel free to add your comments or questions. I will do my best to answer them.

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Are You a Spiritual Addict?

hananvedis — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 06:47:32 +0000

Are you addicted to the spiritual high? Do you think that once you have mastered your spirituality or your meditation practice, your life will now automatically be all great and functioning perfectly? Are you constantly chasing an ideal? Do you crash when you aren’t able to be in that perfect meditation state? Is your life a series of highs and lows, dependent on your spiritual work?

We often live our lives looking for that high, whether it be through love, alcohol, sex, food, gambling, exercise, or yes, even spirituality. Yet, we don’t think of spirituality as possibly being an addiction, but it can be.

True Spirituality should be an everyday thing, where the highs AND the lows are a part of it. There is no such thing as shoving away, or resistance in true spirituality. True spirituality leads to a deep and even state that exists regardless of outer circumstances, judged good or bad. It’s a way of being, not a way of practicing.

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Fake Spirituality and Pain

hananvedis — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:20:54 +0000

It is only fake spirituality that tells us to ignore scenes like this in the name of positive thinking:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8jw-ifqwkM

The truth of the matter is, anyone who has truly attained spiritual awakening will tell you that the deepest truth of who we really are loves all that is and accepts all that is. Our greater being does not run away from pain. It instead embraces pain and transmutes it like an alchemical process.

We will never create a world of peace and love by ignoring the pain in the world. Nor will we create happy lives and peace within ourselves by avoiding the parts of us that ache, and the parts of us that are out of sync with Spirit. What is, is, it can never be avoided. We can simply pretend that we are avoiding it.

There is no amount of positive thinking that can possibly transmute this pain, because positive thinking is coming from a smaller place of resistance to what is.

So, live from this place of deep love and acceptance within yourself, this place that is your higher self… and you will find there is no need to resist or try to think positive… love and inner peace naturally happens spontaneously in this moment now and forever. And watch the deep inner love of your very being open up.

You are everything happening in the world right now, you cannot hide from it. We are one.

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What’s Possible?

hananvedis — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:49:12 +0000

This is amazing. The cost of this project is a SMALL percentage of what our governments spend on war in a single day…imagine the possibilities of what we can accomplish if we funded this instead. We wouldn’t have a food crisis at all, and we probably wouldn’t have war. A must watch:

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My Spiritual Awakenings

hananvedis — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:03:00 +0000

I have felt very fortunate to have had the experiences I have
shared in the post below. The war was by no means the end of the challenges in
my life. I have had many many more difficult challenges. With such
difficulties in life, there are often two ways you can go, down, or
up. Even though there was a lot of sadness and pain in these
challenges, I allowed them to open my up to my spiritual core. To
go through what I have gone through requires a lot of inner
strength, which has come from my connection to my Higher Self. I
have also learned to stay connected to my spiritual core constantly
so that I can apply that into the rest of my life.

First of all, we are all spiritual beings in human body. Everything
stems from Spirit/Superconscious/Higher Self* first. You could say
that there are four aspects to us: the physical, the emotional, the
intellectual/mind, and the heart/love. There is a lot that has
represented within each aspect. Yet all of these are encompassed
within, and borne from the Spiritual/Superconscious*. If we try to
work on the intellectual, heart, emotional, or physical levels
without first working on the spiritual level, we are only applying
a Band-Aid solution. Once you realize your true spiritual nature
and sustain it, the other aspects will automatically fall into
place. This is not to say, that you do not take action to eat
healthy for instance, it simply means that you will automatically
be guided without confusion in the right way. When you work on the
Spiritual/Superconscious* level, you will let go of all your
limiting beliefs and patterns that stop you from living a life of
joy and passion. Therefore, we work on all of these levels in the
coaching, but our first focus is on the spiritual level. Once you
have achieved a spiritual awakening and realization of your true
self, we will work together to continue to sustain that awakening
in your day-to-day life. We will also work on all the other aspects
of who you are, physical, emotional, intellectual, and heart/Love.

* Some call it God, Source Energy, Superconscious, Life Force, All
That Is, Goddess, Higher Self, Love, Universal Intelligence, Spirit
etc. in science it is called, “The Unified Field” or, “The Infinite
Field of Possibility”. Regardless of the label, this is only force
that both science and spirituality agree is behind all creation in
the Universe.

I look forward to speaking to you soon. Remember, my complimentary
coaching sessions are done on a first-come first-served basis, so
please reserve your session now. You can do this by e-mailing me
and letting me know two times that work for you in the following
week. I would like to be able to speak to you.

Best,

Hanan
Your Spiritual Transformation Coach
www.effortlessbrilliance.com

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What you Resist Persists and the Law of Attraction

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How to Deal with Negative Emotions

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Expansion during Visualization

hananvedis — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:43:00 +0000

Meditation link: www.BLISSciplineAIM.com

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