Spiritual Practice

sage bath

Request: entering a relatively confined space, and then firing up a bunch of sage or incense in order to clear up negativity in one's aura.

The Zen Teaching of Huang Po: On the Transmission of Mind

by Huang Po, John Blofeld (Translator), P'ei Hsiu (Preface).

How Does One Realize Samadhi (video)

Video embedded.

removing every concept (spiritual practice)

Priority request: Where one removes all intellectual concepts, concepts about God, or perceptual concepts of the world as a way of reaching a higher truth or higher state since God as the Absolute is beyond concept. Similar to pathway of negation but without negating Reality.

"I don’t want anything to do with this field"

Request: A way to shake off negative energy?

mindfulness

LoC of this spiritual practice.

Ancestor Healing Programme with Master Oh

Priority request. "[D]escendants show their heart by offering food, flowers, fruit and donations to their ancestors and the Divine world. Ancestors receive the highest vibration which is universal light, love and energy, healing more than twenty generations" -- masteroh.com.

request: talking to trees as a spiritual practice

Affirming their beauty, stability, contribution to life, etc. an extension of “goodwill towards all of life in all its expressions” -- request.

intercessory prayer shifts the field or context of what is being prayed on or about

Priority request. Is this the effect of praying on behalf of others?

surrendering the object or idea we are excited about

At what level do we think this is a good idea?

correlation between practicing meditation and increased income

Does meditation relate to increased income? Evidently, yes.

"Simple kindness to one’s self and all that lives is the most powerful transformational force of all..."

request: Quote from Power vs. Force.

the level of your writing indicates your destiny

Compared with "the level of your writing indicates your level of consciousness."

letting the energy run out

Related to letting go. Request: It seems similar to "letting the dust settle", but in a spiritual context.

making oneself God's problem

Request: as a spiritual practice.