center myself spiritually

Clarity, awareness, and peace is what I ask for. It seems the closer I become to center the more off balance I am pulled once I let life interfere again. This is a strange state of being when you feel sacred and one, then suddenly cut off from the life force that was newly made aware to you. Ack! My intentions are set, now where’s the rest of it.

either this Sunday or next, I’m going to attend a mass at my church. It’s been ages. I need some quiet time with me & myself so I’m going to the less crowded 8 a.m. mass.

I’ve found that, within those walls, the meditation I intended to sit for at home kicks in. I’ve tried to do the Zen stuff with knees crossed, chanting the “ohm” mantra but somehow at home I get distracted and I can’t sit for long.

In church, the rituals, the hymns, the organ music, the stain glass windows, allow me to automatically sink into a deeper place. I’m looking for a sense of profoundness to overtake me…depending on this experience to give my inner voice a place to come roaring back
in the most hushed of ways.

I’ve thought about this a lot over the last few months and I am now at a place where it is part of my life and enjoy that so much

I regularly take the time and I feel so much more peaceful because of it
I understand where I need to be with my focus now

Okay- so there’s a center in the city and I think I’m going to take some meditation classes. I am a Christian- but I think meditating will improve my praying skills- and hopefully help me to understand my purpose in life more.

Please pray for me. I hope I achieve this goal. I want God to help make me a better person and somebody that will help others in life, too.

So I’ve settled on Christianity. I’ve felt great since I’ve made my decision… Less uptight and more serene I guess you could say, though I’ve been much more full of life too. Anyways, it’s been good, but I think that centering yourself more spiritually is an ongoing journey, a work in progress. So, for the sake of my list I’m marking this as done, but I’ll always stay vigilant.

Wasn’t sure how to approach this initially, now I get it , for me it’s about being peaceful within and enjoying that process

Spending those quiet moments getting back to a peaceful place, sometimes I don’t realise I’ve drifted and then I need to anchor myself back again

I use guide work, hypnosis, Sedona method, creative visualisation, whatever feels good and brings me back to the contented bliss and calm that I feel inside

i really don’t think church will have much to do with this goal. (who knows?) but i was forced into going to the easter morning service with my parents and i really really hated it. i tried to like it, but the only reason i would join a church would be to sing in a choir.

however, i would like to revisit the buddhist temple in houston again. i had to go there for my anthropology class in college and i really enjoyed it. i’m chicken. i would definatly go with someone, but the thought of me going by myself bugs me out.

http://www.jadebuddha.org/

...to center yourself…or at least make you feel good…India Arie. Love her!

i declared a religious studies minor at school because i’m in love with my philosophy and religion classes. so for now i’m learning all i can about every religion/faith/etc out there, and hoping that’ll set me on a spiritual path that is right for my life.

The Four Agreements by don Miguel Ruiz… read it!