In Buddhist texts, the terms “awakening” and “enlightenment” mean the same thing. In other words, to say that the Buddha was awakened means the same as saying he was enlightened. They are both referring to the same concept. Some people prefer the term awakened over enlightened because they feel that …
Raising Your Vibrations: A Practical Technique
At times spirituality can seem a bit complicated, but it doesn’t have to be that way. Significant progress can be made simply by doing one thing: raising one’s vibrations. If you work on doing this even a few minutes a day, it can have a significant impact on yourself and …
Processing Negative Emotions
One of the common misconceptions I often come across is the idea that negative emotions (in and of themselves) are a hindrance to spiritual progress. The logic goes like this: I need to raise my vibrations to be a spiritual person, and negative emotions lower my vibration. Therefore, I need …
New Age Parenting
Moving into the age of Aquarius is a paradigm shift. In order to make the transition as smooth as possible, it will be necessary to change our old habits, thinking, and patterns of behavior. Among the things that necessitate a change is the way in which we raise children. To …
Ascension in the New Age
What is Ascension? In general terms, the goal of each person on this planet is to ascend. However, the meaning of this word is confusing to some people, so I would like to explain exactly what it means. Ascension is a word that has two meanings: It is the process …
Understanding Sexual Desire
There is a lot of attention in the media these days in regards to inappropriate sexual behavior. A big part of the problem is that there is very little understanding about sexual desire and how it works. In this article, I will explain what causes the desire for sex, and …
Identifying Cult Behavior
Introduction The spiritual path involves many “tests” (more formally known as “initiations”) that will have to be successfully passed before reaching the final goal of reunion with God. Some of these initiations include: learning to master one’s sexual energy, truly understanding one’s self-worth, and learning unconditional love. Among these many …
Spirituality and Drugs
Update – January 29, 2022 Part of the spiritual journey involves the ever-expansion of knowledge and experience. Regardless of what I know, I also realize that I never have the full picture. Recent experiences of mine have helped me come to a deeper about this topic, and so I would …
Introduction to Spirituality
Introduction: where do I start? One of the questions I see more and more often on the Internet is: “I’m new to Spirituality, where do I begin?” This is a great question; there is so much to the topic of spirituality that it can be difficult to know how to …
Introduction to the Tree of Life
In this article, I will present a quick introduction of the Tree of Life that is found in the Kabbalah. But before discussing the Tree of Life itself, let’s take a moment to define the word “Kabbalah”. In simple terms, Kabbalah is a set of mystical teachings that originated from …