How Spiritual Growth Works

A lot of us seem to think that spiritual growth progresses at a very minimal pace. This is not entirely the case. Spiritual growth is a systematic process that happens gradually.

You will not be able to instantly acknowledge the changes but you will notice it working in your everyday life.  Eventually when you look back you will have found your old self to have completely nullified for the better.

Spiritual growth works in 5 steps.

Initiation

You have determined a valid practice that suits your needs and have made the commitment to stick to it. This could be yoga, meditation, retreats, chants – whatever.

Practice

This is the discipline required to put your chosen path in action. As you progress you increase the time spent. For instance, if at first you started meditating for 10 minutes and now you can do it for 30 minutes, that is a major indicator of spiritual growth.

It’s imperative that t you stick to a determined scheduled and not deviate, as routine is a basis for success.

Insights Generated During Practice

This is the key part. As you stay diligent in your daily ritual, either yoga or meditation, you will begin to generate mental “aha’s.” Some range from subtle to profound insights.

Let me be a little more specific. If you are practicing meditation and want to eradicate anger, as you meditate, little synapses will go off in your mind about the nature of anger, why its destructive, how unproductive it is and how it robs your energy.

These are very subtle and you might not notice it immediately, but as you grow they will become more and more apparent. You will feel an immense sense of freedom and exhilaration as these insights flow through your mind.

Incorporation in to daily lifestyle

As the insights accrue you will begin to notice slight behavioral rifts in your attitude and demeanor. You might be more jovial, overly friendly, less irritable. You will find yourself less likely to anger, more patient, more loving.

You might realize that you have more energy, always vibrant and people like being around you.  As always they start small but when you look back, you will realize that a rather significant portion of your life has improved

Major Changes

As these changes envelop you, you become to incorporate them into every aspect of life.  Life just flows, everything seems easier, people are much more accepting of you, you are much more loving and understanding.

Good things seem to come from nowhere, for no discernible reason. People always lend a helping hand, you will never be in need, you will always be fulfilled.

I would love to hear you thoughts and ideas and how spiritual growth has affected your life. Share in the comments section.

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