Spiritual Community

Spiritual Community

	Amazing Grace: The Complete Recordings List Price: $19.98 Sale Price: $11.98
	Songs Include : DISC # 1 : 1. Organ Introduction On Our Way 1:34 / 2. Opening Remarks 1:36 / 3. On Our Way 1:58 / 4. Aretha's Introduction 2:14 / 5. Wholy Holy 6:55 / 6. You'll Never Walk Alone 8:26 / 7...

Simple Gifts: Shaker Chants and Spirituals
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Joel Cohen spent countless days in the library at the Shaker community at Sabbathday Lake, Maine, transcribing dozens of tunes from among thousands of archived chants and spirituals. Many more of these wonderful tunes were recalled from memory by the community's few resident Shakers--and Cohen and his ensemble, joined by several Shaker singers, made this recording, which deserves to be heard by everyone who loves songs and singing...

	Rough Guide to Ravi Shankar List Price: $14.98 Sale Price: $8.99
	It is a fitting metaphor for this now-elderly sitar virtuoso's career that he should have fathered a Western pop star (Norah Jones) and one of the younger generation's most high-profile Indian classical musicians (Anoushka Shankar)...

	Dimensions: Conversations on Catechesis (Family Sensitive Catechesis and Liturgical Catechesis) [2 VHS Videos] List Price: $55.00
	This is a series prepared as an in-service opportunity for catechists, religion teachers, and others involved in the catechetical ministry. LITURGICAL CATECHESIS addresses liturgy and catechesis as the primary means of formation...

	Higher Ground Sale Price: $3.99

	Higher Ground Sale Price: $12.99

	The Best of Gus & Gladys Sale Price: $14.75
	Dr. David Jeremiah has used live drama to introduce his message to the Shadow Mountain Community church each week. The Best of Gus and Gladys is taken from over eleven years of sketch comedy, featuring Heidi Pullen, Paul Joiner, and the Shadow Mountain Players...

What is the Point of Spiritual Development?

We use all different types of methods to help improve who we are. We exercise and we read and we think about who we are on the earth and try to grow in our lives. A very good way to learn to grow is through spiritual development. Doing spiritual exercises like downloadable meditations helps us to teach our higher selves or subconscious, invaluable lessons. Through the hundreds of development circles with guided meditations we have been privileged to be part of and run , we have seen how as a person learns to communicate better and with the correct boundaries with spirit, they also learn to do the same with people on the earth.

A great example of this is when one of our students told us that when she was in her 50’s, every time she had tried to link with spirit they would over shadow her so strongly they would start to take some control over her until she pushed them away very strongly to keep them at bay. This made her feel very afraid! After we had witnessed this for ourselves, we asked her several questions and taught her where spirit should communicate with her from. We gave her the boundaries of how to communicate safely and confidently with spirit and within a few weeks she was able to link with spirit in a spiritual growth exercise and not get over shadowed. As we got to know her we learned she had also begun to do the same things in her life, having boundaries and not letting anyone overstep them. Before learning how to deal with spirit she had always said yes to anything anyone had asked of her. She had in some way also learned that she can say no to those people around her with out feeling guilty. She had learned confidence and self respect with her spiritual development and in her personal life.

So there is much to be gained in spiritual development as long as you realise it is just another form of self empowerment.

About the Author

South African born Keith has lived in the south of England for most of his life. After graduating from University with a degree in Business Information Systems Management he decided to start Strawberrysoup; a website design company based in West Sussex and Dorset.
Keith successfully gained entry into the Southampton University Air Squadron and spent over 12 months training to fly. Since then he has continued to follow his interest in flying and has now began his own training in the form of a Private Pilot's Licence.
Keith also spent 13 months working within the Image and Printing Group at Hewlett Packard in Bracknell. Throughout his time there, he was responsible for many activities including events organisation and website design and maintenance.