Spiritual Growth is the process through which our soul becomes conscious, and therefore more dominant on the earth plane. It is the greater purpose of our Soul to master earth life. When we use the term Master, we refer to the ability to experience the oneness with All-That-Is, which leads to the full realization of your creative abilities.
It is said that there is nothing that can be done to achieve spiritual awakening - that it is something that is bestowed by grace. And yet it is suggested that we can prepare the ground for it to happen, by making ourselves available to it. My understanding of what this means is to try to live joyfully with as much awareness as possible in the present moment.
So we are told that the quickest way to spiritual awakening is to regularly use some of the many different meditation techniques that can help us to practise awareness. And to bring that awareness into every aspect of our lives.
Enlightenment is not something that can be achieved by doing - rather it is the ultimate stopping of doing that allows that quantum shift in consciousness to happen. Yet for most of us, we seem to have to try everything possible to make it happen before we reach a point where we can give up. And give up at such a deep level that a surrender happens and we allow our self, our identity, to dissolve into universal consciousness.
The ONLY measure of our Spiritual Growth is our ability to LOVE. Truly, we say to you today, yesterday and tomorrow, that the ONLY measure of our Spiritual Growth is our capacity for LOVE. Love is not ingratiation, it is not being kind, polite or being nice. Love is the complete and total acceptance of what is, and that starts with ourselves. As we accept ourselves, we accept others, as we cease judging ourselves, we cease judging others, as we love ourselves, we love others. It really is as simple as that, for we are the center of our own Universe.
The key to spiritual growth is acceptance. Acceptance of the physical, acceptance of self, and acceptance of the world we have co-created with humanity. The great Master said know thyself, this is as wise commandment, for as we know ourselves, we will see that indeed our greatest need and our greatest longing is love, for we were created in love, and we went forth from the Source in love. Today as you consider the question of Spiritual Growth, take a few moments to tap into your deep longing to love, for that is the deepest desire of all Divine Beings, to love. So many of us believe that we are bereft of love and desire to be loved, but we say to you, that at our very core is a deep yearning, a deep calling, a call to the return to love. Acknowledge this call; listen to it, allow yourself to feel it. As you feel it, allow it to well up inside you, if tears come, that is fine, if fear comes, that is fine, if sadness comes, that too if fine. For love conquers all, love permeates all, love is All-That-Is.
The only measure of spiritual growth, is our capacity to love, and that starts with you and I. We can only give to others what we ourselves posses and we can only receive from others that which we are prepared to give unto ourselves. We are the centre, we are the world, we are creator!


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