The Daily G.I.F.T. from The GratiDude

There are as many paths as there are people, and they all lead to the same place.

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The G.I.F.T. Today

Grateful-that clarity and “forsureity” grow daily inside my Buddha/Christ-Seed heart.

Intention-awareness all the time in every way

First-see the key people at CMAA

Things-load GratiPack

Morning Platitude from The GratiDude

There’s no place to look for a recipe for your own happiness that is outside of you. You need to look for the answers for your own recipe on what you need to be cooking up daily to give your life the taste that you want by checking inside your own kitchen inside your own refrigerator to what you already have to those answers that are sitting right there inside of you.

The cool thing about a personal journey of discovery of connecting to something bigger than yourself or what some people might call a spiritual awakening is that every single journey is vastly different. And the spiritual awakening can come in waves where you get one level of understanding and comfort and that just continues to expand and grow overtime.

The one common ingredient is that it’s personal.

There is a reason why they call it shadow work. It’s done in the dark and you do it by yourself.

But the reward on the other side of getting comfortable with stillness is like walking through a little keyhole into the biggest opening vast grassy field and the biggest bluest sky that you could ever imagine on the other side.

Everything shifts when you slow down and become comfortable in the generous present moment of now.

It can start with just one minute in the morning and the whole language of meditation has too much baggage-just breathe and be and say thank you.

I’ll repeat that recipe.

Just put your feet on the ground. Breathe deeply and say thank you.

Do that repeatedly for one minute, and you have meditated as deeply and greatly as the greatest sage on top of the highest mountain in whatever location you choose to imagine.

This game is about quality over quantity and consistency over big bursts.

A common thread across different experiences of spiritual awakening is a profound sense of interconnectedness with everything around you, a deeper understanding of one’s true self, heightened awareness of the present moment, and a desire for positive change and personal growth, often accompanied by a feeling of profound peace and unity with the universe.

Key aspects of a spiritual awakening may include:

Increased awareness: A heightened sensitivity to one’s surroundings and a deeper understanding of the world around them.

Sense of oneness: Feeling connected to all living things and experiencing a sense of unity with the universe.

Personal transformation: A desire to make significant changes in one’s life, values, and behaviors.

Emotional intensity: Experiencing a range of emotions, including joy, awe, wonder, and sometimes even profound sadness or grief.

Meaningful coincidences: Perceiving synchronicities and meaningful patterns in everyday life.

Heightened intuition: A stronger sense of inner knowing and guidance.

You want to look at your personal growth and mindfulness practice just like a golfer should look at their practice regime and what that reveals is that the person that practice is just a little bit every single day creates those neural pathways and all of the good new forms of thinking that allowed them to be more efficient, productive, and perform better when it’s time to play golf .

Meditation and relaxation and getting comfortable with stillness is much like that, I like to say it’s like a groove in a record that gets deeper and deeper the more often you do it.

Like my boy, Leo talks about you must allow these answers and revelations and that they will flow to you, you do not have to chase them down. But you do need to sit still and get quiet….and wait.