Author: Linda Narbonne

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The Secret of Receiving the Creator’s Help

The Secret of Receiving the Creators Help

Obstacles Along Your Spiritual Path

In general, whenever we begin to do real work on ourselves, we immediately begin to see the obstacles on our path to the perception of the spiritual.

These obstacles appear as various extraneous thoughts and desires, as the loss of confidence in the correctness of the chosen path, as discouragement in the face of our real desires.

All these obstacles are sent to us to test us from Above. They will determine whether we really possess a thirst for the truth, no matter how contradictory it is to our own egoistic nature, or how distressing it is to give up our own comforts for the sake of the Creator.

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Oh the Spiritual Worlds You Will See!

Oh the Spiritual Worlds You Will See

The First Step of Spiritual Development

There are two consecutive stages of correcting egoism. The first stage is not to use it at all, but to think and act only with the desire to “give,” without any thought to possible gain from the results of one’s actions. When we are capable of acting in such a way, we then proceed to the second stage: we begin to gradually employ our egoism by gradually incorporating it into our altruistic actions and thoughts, thereby correcting it.

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The Everyman’s Guide to Attaining Spirituality

The Everymans Guide to Attaining Spirituality

On Thoughts, Feelings, the Past and the Future

In all the situations that face us in life, we should strive to see everything as coming directly from the Creator, and to see His point of view as if it were ours. We should assert that “it is He who stands between everything else and me; it is through Him that I look upon everyone in this world, including myself. All that is perceived by me emanates from Him, and all that emanates from me goes only to Him. For this reason all that surrounds us is He.” As it is said, “You are both before me and behind me, and You have placed Your hand on me.” “All that is in me,” one should say, “all that I think and feel, comes from You, and is a dialogue with You.”

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Yes, You Can Reveal the Creator. But First You Must Read This.

Yes_You Can Reveal the Creator_But First You Must Read This

Unparalleled Greatness—Desiring the Creator’s Perfection

Even if we do not yet possess a true desire to attain the right state, we should still ask the Creator to grant the true desire and faith through the power of prayer. That is, we should ask the Creator to give us a desire to ask, which is now lacking.

Our souls, the “self” of each of us, exist in a perfect condition from the moment the Creator decided how they should exist. This condition may be described as “the condition of absolute peace” (since every action is initiated by the desire to gain a more perfect state), and the condition of absolute happiness (since all the desires created in us by the Creator are absolutely fulfilled).

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How to Boost Your Desire for Spirituality Today

How to Boost Your Desire for Spirituality Today

The Feeling of Remoteness from Spirituality

Not a single creation can avoid the predestined goal—to begin yearning for spiritual qualities. But what should be done by a person who feels a lack of sufficient desire to part with the pleasures of this world? How can one deal with the idea of parting with relatives, family, and the entire world so full of life and of small delights, with all that the egoistic desires so vividly paint in that person’s mind? What should one do if, even while asking for the Creator’s help, one does not truly wish the Creator to hear and grant this plea?

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