Change
Weblog January 30, 2008
By Chris DiGiorgio
In these days it is hard for us to escape the word change. Change has been used in the political discourse these last couple of weeks. But, how about change in reference to religion and spirituality? A constant theme of this blog is to talk about finding a religion or spirituality that embraces you. Part of this religious/spiritual theme is to find something you are comfortable with. Many of us come from religious backgrounds where we have felt rejected. At some point there was a change in our perception on whether we wanted to accept the intolerance that religious institution put on us or not. We had to change direction. We had to look inward to see if we can accept the status quo or change. Many of us decided why bother? Why stay with organized religion? What purpose does it serve? I put this out to you, just as you changed you perception on the religion you were brought up in, you can change the perception of how you feel about GOD. GOD does not hate you, GOD created you in his own image. GOD is omnipotent, so therefore GOD did not make a mistake. GOD made us so GOD could show the world all the magnificent diversity GOD is. That message is the true message of change. We must change our belief because they were inspired by people who do not speak for GOD. In the end, that is what it is all about, you are blaming GOD for what people have done. I believe strongly that all of us are agents of GOD. We walk around knowingly or unknowingly doing divine work. Sometimes that divine work is pushing people out so they have a clearer understanding of what lies ahead. LGBT folk have it within us to remake ourselves to change ourselves because we had to do this in our coming out process. For years many of us were in the closet, we had a period of internal reflection on how our life was suppose to be, and with finding ourselves we blossom in to something that is truly authentic for ourselves. To me that is the real message of spirituality, we have our authentic selves within us, however it is having the courage to move forward, make the change and create the special spiritual beings we are. We did one step at a time in coming out, now we can have a second coming out and that is coming out with our heart to our spiritual selves.
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Chakras
Weblog January 23, 2008
By Chris DiGiorgio
One of the main reasons I do spiritual practice is to bring my life more into alignment with peace. Peace is within you. You just need to know how you can access it. You can access it with spiritual practice. One spiritual practice you can do is to meditate through the Chakras. Chakras are part of Indian mysticism tradition. There are seven Chakras which are wheels of energy. These wheels represent different energy centers in our everyday life. If we meditate on these wheels, it is said the Godess Kundalini moves up the spine and activates these energy centers. These energy centers are based on the four elements of the earth (earth, water, fire, and air) which are earth bound elements, sound, vision and connection with divinity.
• Start with the root Chakra, Muladara, located at the base of the spine this Chakra is the color red. It gives you grounding and is related to defense mechanism. Meditate take some breaths and move to the next Chakra called Svadhistana, located above the groin; the element is water; the color of this Chakra is orange; it represents duality and sexuality. Meditate take some breaths and move to the next Chakra Manipura, located in the solar plexus region; the color is yellow; the element is fire; it represents our will, personal power, metabolism and autonomy. Meditate take some breaths and move to the next Chakra Anahata, located in the heart region; the color is green; the element is air; it represents compassion and peace. This level is the transition from the body and earth bound elements to divine elements. Meditate take some breaths and move to the next Chakra the blue Chakra Vissuddha at the level of the throat; the element is sound; it represents harmony, creativity, and things left unsaid. Meditate take some breaths and move to the violet Chakra Ajna at the level of forehead between your two eyes; the element is light; it represents intuition, internal seeing and energy movement. It also is at the border of the physical body and divinity. It represent the reflection of the thousand fold crown Chakra, Sahasrara. Meditate and take some breaths and move to Sahasrara. This color Chakra is represented by white. This Chakra relates to consciousness as pure awareness. It is our connection to the greater world beyond, to a timeless, spaceless place of all-knowing. Meditate and take some breaths. Use this Chakras meditation as a tool to bring greater understanding and peace into your life.
Weblog January 23, 2008
By Chris DiGiorgio
One of the main reasons I do spiritual practice is to bring my life more into alignment with peace. Peace is within you. You just need to know how you can access it. You can access it with spiritual practice. One spiritual practice you can do is to meditate through the Chakras. Chakras are part of Indian mysticism tradition. There are seven Chakras which are wheels of energy. These wheels represent different energy centers in our everyday life. If we meditate on these wheels, it is said the Godess Kundalini moves up the spine and activates these energy centers. These energy centers are based on the four elements of the earth (earth, water, fire, and air) which are earth bound elements, sound, vision and connection with divinity.
• Start with the root Chakra, Muladara, located at the base of the spine this Chakra is the color red. It gives you grounding and is related to defense mechanism. Meditate take some breaths and move to the next Chakra called Svadhistana, located above the groin; the element is water; the color of this Chakra is orange; it represents duality and sexuality. Meditate take some breaths and move to the next Chakra Manipura, located in the solar plexus region; the color is yellow; the element is fire; it represents our will, personal power, metabolism and autonomy. Meditate take some breaths and move to the next Chakra Anahata, located in the heart region; the color is green; the element is air; it represents compassion and peace. This level is the transition from the body and earth bound elements to divine elements. Meditate take some breaths and move to the next Chakra the blue Chakra Vissuddha at the level of the throat; the element is sound; it represents harmony, creativity, and things left unsaid. Meditate take some breaths and move to the violet Chakra Ajna at the level of forehead between your two eyes; the element is light; it represents intuition, internal seeing and energy movement. It also is at the border of the physical body and divinity. It represent the reflection of the thousand fold crown Chakra, Sahasrara. Meditate and take some breaths and move to Sahasrara. This color Chakra is represented by white. This Chakra relates to consciousness as pure awareness. It is our connection to the greater world beyond, to a timeless, spaceless place of all-knowing. Meditate and take some breaths. Use this Chakras meditation as a tool to bring greater understanding and peace into your life.
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Spiritual Teachers
Weblog Spiritual Teachers
January 16, 2008
By Chris DiGiorgio
I have been quite fortunate to have many spiritual teachers in my life and I am grateful. My interaction with them has always shed new light in areas of my life. Sometimes in places in my life that I did not think I needed light shed on. Enviably these new insights help move me to a new understanding on myself and my spiritual path. A spiritual teacher facilitates bringing you to the insight, but it is your work that brings you there.
I would like to give an example of this. One of my spiritual teachers, Steve Thompson works with Native American Shamans. As part of our work together, a group of men and I do a Native American Sweat Lodge. For those of you who have not done a Sweat Lodge it is probably one of the most challenging things you can put your body and mind through. During the Sweat Lodge you are in a small teepee with hot rocks and you chant, pray and meditate to your ancestors, GOD or GODS. The heat is tremendous and it challenges your breath. Many times it puts you face up with your fears. Now I can’t say that I have gotten new insights when I was in the Sweat Lodge. However after the Sweat Lodges I have gotten many new insights. One insight I recently had was my relationship with fear. How fear many times rules my life and how it stops me from going forward in my spiritual life and my life in general. Another insight I have gotten from a Sweat Lodge is that I have it in my capacity to heal myself without the aid of traditional western medicine. (I have not perfected that so I am going to western doctors still)
As part of any spiritual path ask yourself, who are my spiritual teachers? They may be people who are in your life right now, people you need to seek out or people that you read about in the past. Take the time to find out how they can facilitate moving you to a greater understanding about yourself and your spiritual path.
January 16, 2008
By Chris DiGiorgio
I have been quite fortunate to have many spiritual teachers in my life and I am grateful. My interaction with them has always shed new light in areas of my life. Sometimes in places in my life that I did not think I needed light shed on. Enviably these new insights help move me to a new understanding on myself and my spiritual path. A spiritual teacher facilitates bringing you to the insight, but it is your work that brings you there.
I would like to give an example of this. One of my spiritual teachers, Steve Thompson works with Native American Shamans. As part of our work together, a group of men and I do a Native American Sweat Lodge. For those of you who have not done a Sweat Lodge it is probably one of the most challenging things you can put your body and mind through. During the Sweat Lodge you are in a small teepee with hot rocks and you chant, pray and meditate to your ancestors, GOD or GODS. The heat is tremendous and it challenges your breath. Many times it puts you face up with your fears. Now I can’t say that I have gotten new insights when I was in the Sweat Lodge. However after the Sweat Lodges I have gotten many new insights. One insight I recently had was my relationship with fear. How fear many times rules my life and how it stops me from going forward in my spiritual life and my life in general. Another insight I have gotten from a Sweat Lodge is that I have it in my capacity to heal myself without the aid of traditional western medicine. (I have not perfected that so I am going to western doctors still)
As part of any spiritual path ask yourself, who are my spiritual teachers? They may be people who are in your life right now, people you need to seek out or people that you read about in the past. Take the time to find out how they can facilitate moving you to a greater understanding about yourself and your spiritual path.
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