Self-Mastery: Raw Soul (Part III)

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Mastering the Soul

For mastery to have any long-standing benefit, it must establish roots in the spiritual plane. The physical body is only of temporal value. It is only for the benefit and purpose of life in the physical realm. Centering all one's energies on the material level without building the foundation in the spirit will result in a weakened structure. The spiritually self-disciplined life is one ever consciously developed person must engage in in order to achiever higher levels of soul growth and transformation into mastery of self. Transforming the spirit can be both a beautiful and painful journey. It is painful because it means facing every aspect of one's self, life, past, present, and undealt with scars that have found themselves buried beneath the surface undealt with.

One of the greatest stumbling blocks to spiritual change is an inability to get past the appearance of the physical world. Sight must occur on an unseen level for true soul growth to occur. When sensory perception is only engaged on a physical level, it becomes easy to be penetrated by external influences.

Additional hindrances to soul growth occur when we place focus on other's opinions, will for our lives, and allowing outside external complications to get your focus off your intended goal. Improper focus opens up the door to worry, doubt, anger, and other fear-based emotions.

When one incorporates the spiritual path with raw health the result is a more humble and simplistic approach to life. There is increased wisdom and clarity of understanding life, people, circumstances, and a depth of analysis that cannot come from physical senses alone. When one centers primarily from their physical nature they cling to an illusion that does not exist rather than seeing beyond that into the unseen world of consciousness.

In order to move beyond the physical nature, the attachment to the ego must be forsaken and instead enter into the truth that is found in the compass of the soul.

Such characteristics as: love, compassion, peace, and empathy are developed allowing one to feel a unity with those around them being grateful for what they have Seeing the universal connection to all allows for the elimination of judgment towards others and a deeper understanding that everyone is in our life to guide us in reaching our end goals. Each connection, person, circumstance, and resource takes us closer to where we need to be to accomplish our soul's purpose.

In the All-One mindset, there is no separation between us and the other only different roles that are being played out but all fueled by the same consciousness.

When one removes the understanding of unity, fear enters in and then suffering. There is a loss of hope until the negative emotions continue to escalate to the point of feeling overwhelmed.

When this happens it is best to re-center one's focus back upon what the desired result is vs. what has not yet manifested into existence. Each piece will find its way to us one step and fragment at a time if we will only allow it to. The basis of misery is in the suffering and perception of the self that does not exist. There is only one entity in existence, and our lives are merely a projected reflection of the compiliation of the characters that we have chosen to play out various roles in our lives.

Meditation and Visualisation are key practices to engage in on a daily basis. Taking time out to sit in an undisturbed place free of distraction will allow for a formulation of the desired life you wish to lead. Additionally, it allows the soul to direct the mind and emotions to a place of being free from fear-based emotions to that which is only centered on love.

Mind, body, soul, peace, light, love, unity....where the earth becomes aligned with spirit.

~~~Stay true, stay raw....Jade x :-)