Spiritual Practice

relinquishing the desire to understand

Request: A way to bypass the intellect?

double genuflection (spiritual practice)

Request: "A double genuflection, also an act of adoration, involves kneeling briefly on both knees, reverently bowing the head with the hands joined."

Christ’s initials mudra

The gesture of blessing is often seen in Orthodox iconography. It is a special finger fold used by the priests during the liturgy. The “IC ХC” hand gesture has its name for a reason – each finger is associated with a Greek alphabet letter -- russianicon.com.

do things without trying to finish them

Request: Zen saying.

"I see only the past" (spiritual practice)

From ACIM Workbook lesson 7.

doing creative work as a spiritual practice

Priority request: writing, making art etc., with a spiritual intention.

contemplation: "Why am I doing this to myself?"

Priority request: This was recommended by Brian on the forum as a way to dismiss experiential suffering as an illusion. "You don't need an answer. The question is enough to call out the absurdity of it."

writing what one consents to and doesn’t consent to daily

Request: Could be of great value considering that writing puts one into context, and that all things are by your consent.

Reverse Meditation, by Andrew Holesec

How to Use Your Pain and Most Difficult Emotions as the Doorway to Inner Freedom. Request: seems to have overlap with what Dr. Hawkins taught in the Healing & Recovery series in terms of embracing, enduring and running out uncomfortable sensations.

meditation with CBD (cannabidiol)

Based on the calibration, this meditation seems primarily beneficial to the physical dimensions.

visio divina (spiritual practice)

Priority request: (Latin for "divine seeing") is a method for praying with images or other media. It might be a powerful meditation/prayer tool. Reminiscent of when Hawkins recommended having an image of your spiritual teacher.

consecration as a spiritual practice

Priority request: "the intentional act of dedicating a person, space, object, or action to the sacred... May include prayer, blessing, ritual gestures, visualization of divine light, or invocation of sacred energies."

sending loving thoughts to people

Request: I been doing that recently and feels really warm doing so. I wanted to know if these loving thoughts really do make a difference. Especially towards those who we perceive to "hurt" us. I wonder if this is a legitimate spiritual practice?

karma yoga

Giving service without any return or any expectation of return. It is done to clear negative karma. This pathway to God is calibrated in TvF at 915.

acting as a spiritual practice

In the context of facilitating personal growth and positive transformation, acting can be a very effective form of therapy.