DAILY SPIRITUAL NUGGETS:  31 Days of Embracing the Practice – Day 10 “Overcoming the Obstacles During Meditation”

Meditative Thought: Whenever we set the intention to embrace a new practice, the ego steps in to protect us.  It does not like change.  It only wants us to remain the same.  The ego is in fear that change might diminish its role.  It moves into action, the reasons why the ego exists: to attack, protect, and defend.  Because transformation is about shifting, and meditation is always the key to change, the ego will fight tooth and nail so it can remain as is.

When we sit down to meditate, the ego will begin to talk to us.  It wants to make itself known to us.  The mind and the ego begin to work together.  At the moment when we are not thinking and we being to feel a second of peace, the ego will remind us of something that we have not done, like walk the dog, turn off the stove, or finish that work project.  We will begin to think of our laundry or shopping list, and all the while our intention is just to stop thinking for a moment.

When we start to think during mediation, be aware of it.  Bless the chatter and embrace it.  Do not try to fight it; what you resist will persist. Let the ego know that you hear it and you will deal with it later and continue to breathe.  Your practice will get better.  Remember, there is no such thing as a bad meditation.

Your Spiritual Assignment:  Today, be aware of when the ego is restless.  Witness what happens when you sit down for a session of meditation.  Do not judge; just be present. When the ego arises, speak gently to it and tell it you know it is there, then return to your session.  Practice your witness consciousness whenever you are challenged and notice a shift within your practice.

Affirmation:  Just for this moment…just for this breath, my life is the life of abundant blessings.  Amen.

Skip Jennings, ALSP, CPT
Licensed Spiritual Counselor/Personal Fitness Trainer/Transformation Coach
For more information about spiritual counseling, fitness training, or life coaching visit: www.skipjennings.com

DAILY SPIRITUAL NUGGETS:  31 Days of Embracing the Practice – Day 9 “Meditation as Communion”

Meditative Thought: The practice of meditation is our sacred communion with God and self.  The word communion means “intimate fellowship.”  When we take the time to fellowship, we become intimate with someone or something.  This is not a casual relationship; this is a deep, meaningful, and intimate connection.  When we commune with God, we begin to know about the qualities of the Divine.  We begin to understand our oneness with Mother-Father-God, in such away that   can only be cultivated though meditation.  To know God is to be in the stillness with God.

Your Spiritual Assignment:  Today, see your meditation as a fellowship with God.  Create a space of communion and allow it to be sacred.  Set the intention to honor your time of stillness.  This meeting with your divine self is magnificent.

Affirmation:  Just for this moment…just for this breath, I am a transcendent master, living my authentic life, and it is good.  Amen

Skip Jennings, ALSP, CPT
Licensed Spiritual Counselor/Personal Fitness Trainer/Transformation Coach

For more information about spiritual counseling, fitness training, or life coaching visit: www.skipjennings.com

DAILY SPIRITUAL NUGGETS:  31 Days of Embracing the Practice – Day 8 “The Gift of Meditation”

Meditative Thought: The greatest gift we have is Grace, God in action.  When our life is moving with ease and everything is working, that is Grace.  When we are at peace and the essence of good has fallen upon us, that is Grace.  This gift from God can only be recognized with spiritual eyes, and the veil of our human life must be torn down.  The practice of meditation helps us to see the gift.  Grace is only Grace when it is recognized.

Your Spiritual Assignment:  Today, after your meditation, ask the Universe to show you itself in action.  Recognize Grace that is your life.  Take the time to journal your experience.

Affirmation:  Just for this moment…just for this breath, my life is Grace in action.  I am a global beacon that elevates all that comes in contact with my light.  And so I am.  And it is.  Amen.

Skip Jennings, ALSP, CPT
Licensed Spiritual Counselor/Personal Fitness Trainer/Transformation Coach
For more information about spiritual counseling, fitness training, or life coaching visit: www.skipjennings.com

DAILY SPIRITUAL NUGGETS:  31 Days of Embracing the Practice – Day 7 “Embracing Meditation”

Meditative Thought: Every time we sit in the stillness we connect with inner peace that is so blissful, so amazing.  Our soul is longing for the communion with Spirit.  We are divine beings, having a divine experience, within a human incarnation, so our souls requires a sacred time, a tryst with the Universe, a reconnection that can only be done in meditation.  Embrace the practice of meditation.  When we take the time to be still, we are nurtured and loved by God.  We are embraced by the Divine.

Your Spiritual Assignment:  Today, fall in love with meditation.  Journal bout the feeling you get when you meditate.  Take note of all the things you like about meditation and focus on them.  Record in your journal the benefits of meditation.

Affirmation:  Just for this moment…just for this breath, I embrace my highest potential.  I am the blessing that sets the world on fire.  And so it is.  Amen.

Skip Jennings, ALSP, CPT
Licensed Spiritual Counselor/Personal Fitness Trainer/Transformation Coach
For more information about spiritual counseling, fitness training, or life coaching visit: www.skipjennings.com

DAILY SPIRITUAL NUGGETS:  31 Days of Embracing the Practice – Day 1 “What Is The Practice?”

Meditative Thought: The practice is anything we do repetitively.   A spiritual practice is a dedicated practice with the intention of expanding our consciousness and awareness of God.    This activity is dedicated to the divine; a path to our natural state of bliss.  Our personal journey inward to find peace is man’s greatest intention.

But sometimes we get off track.  We use other practices, like drugs, sex, and shopping, to fill an imaginary hole within our heart.  This human experience of feeling that something missing is a divine invitation to reconnect with what is real.  All that we desire is within us.  When we seek money, power, prestige, or anything outside of ourselves to make us happy, it is fleeting and disappointing.

The practice is the only thing that brings us back to our natural state of bliss.  It is an inside job and nothing but our spiritual journey will ever fulfill us.  Prayer, meditation, sacred study, fellowship, affirmations, sacred service, and generosity are the key practice that reconnects us with our “Higher Self.”  When we are willing to take on a practice to transform our lives, the Universe will show up to support us.  We are not alone on this journey to enlightenment.

Your Spiritual Assignment:  Today, begin your journey within.  Embrace a spiritual practice that will help you to know your “Higher Self.”  For the next seven days commit to doing something for your soul.  Read an inspirational book, meditate for five minutes, begin to pray whatever it is, today is a great day to start.

Affirmation:  Just for this moment…just for this breath, I embrace my highest potential and I am anchored by my sacred practice.  All is well and good in my life and I am blessed.  Amen

Skip Jennings, ALSP, CPT
Licensed Spiritual Counselor/Personal Fitness Trainer/Transformation Coach
For more information about spiritual counseling, fitness training, or life coaching visit: www.skipjennings.com