12 Steps to Creating a Spiritual Practice

12 Steps to Creating a Spiritual Practice

Creating and maintaining a spiritual practice is vital to your mental, emotional and spiritual well being during shifting times. It is one of the greatest gifts you can do for yourself and your physical health, as well as your sanity. Instead of feeling like you want off the planet, take these 12 easy steps and create a spiritual practice that fits into your life. You are worth it!

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Commitment

Make a commitment with yourself, a contract to support yourself. A regular spiritual practice gives you that 'time' to heal, to gain clarity and understanding or your life, your purpose and also why you experienced some of the challenges you did along the way. It can help you to keep your strength and focus. It will help you to fulfil your dreams, intentions and benefits your life in many ways. It does not need to be hours of your time or should not feel like drudgery. It requires only commitment and a desire for something better for yourself and your life.

Begin Your Day

Begin your day by setting sacred space for yourself. Create a special place for you to connect with spirit and spend a few minutes talking with your higher self, your guides, angels or the Supreme Creator. Set your intention, say an invocation or a prayer that shares your thoughts, feelings and of course gratitude for all that you are and all that you have and all that is coming your way. This will help you to set your intent for your day in a positive way and tells the universe you are ready and what you would like to experience or accomplish that day.

Recalling the Energy of Sacred Space

When you do this regularly you will find that when you sit in your sacred space during times of confusion, indecision, or lower energy that your own energy levels raise back up to levels you have often reached during your meditations. You don't need to actually be in this space to renew yourself, you only need to recall the feelings of peacefulness, wholeness, and strength that you feel during these times and this can be used to help you refocus yourself any time and anywhere.

You are Sacred Space

Remember that you are sacred space. Everywhere you go and those whose lives you touch are affected by your energy whether they or you are aware of it or not. Through a spiritual practice you become more conscious of your own energy and the signature you leave behind. Choose wisely for yourself as it is truly part of your grander purpose for doing a human journey. What energy do you want to leave in your wake?

Have Patience

Have patience with yourself and your progress. You are investing in yourself and making life better for all that follows. Embark on a plan of study or long-term goals for yourself that helps you to fulfil your destiny, your life's purpose and your intention for your personal and spiritual growth. It is time to take the next step. See yourself doing well, visualize your desired outcome and remember that optimistic plans and focused intention will lead you to the manifestations you want in your life.

Ask for Assistance

Your angels and guides are always with you guiding and helping you with this process and making your life that which you desire. They must be asked and invited into your experience. Wise planning and consultation leads to the results you desire. Take time today to connect with yourself and your guidance and do this every day. You will be pleased with the outcome. Keep a journal of your conversations, insights, requests and answers to help you see your progress and open you up to other forms of communication.

Communication

It is important to communicate your desires and intentions with others as this is also a time filled with a great deal of activity and this can lead to sudden and immediate results and changes. Choose your thoughts and ideas wisely and clearly as this will help you see the desired results. Communicate your intentions with love and logic and this will help attract to you what you need to complete your vision.

Be at Peace

This is a time of transformation. It is time to leave behind what no longer serves you or your growth and move on to a more enriching today and tomorrow. Reflection and meditation can help provide you with the answers, insights and understanding that can lead you to a peaceful conclusion. When you feel at peace with yourself and your life, you are better able to see the opportunities that are available to you in your now.

Prayers

All of your prayers are always answered. Sometimes you may not feel this way, because the answer comes in unexpected ways. Perhaps you received an intuitive feeling or a new opportunity appears - or a book falls off the shelf. The answer to your prayers is very often given by providing you with ideas or information in these everyday ways.

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A Message from the Masters with Sharon Taphorn ~ Mediumship

A Message from the Masters with Sharon Taphorn ~ Mediumship

Mediumship helps you to build your connections with the higher realms. Each of you has the ability to communicate with the other realms of light, your higher selves, your guides and angels, and or the supreme Creator or whatever else you refer to as the All That Is. It is a natural part of your evolution and should not be feared. Begin by working with your higher self, which is the part of you that remains infinite while you experience the finite. 

The most important relationship you have is the one with your higher self, which is connected to all the other realms and it can help you navigate the worlds beyond the physical.  When you learn to merge and become one with this part of yourself, that is when you receive the messages you desire from outside of you. It is all within you, it is just that you haven't learned to trust it yet or believe that it is so. Until you do, you can seek guidance from where you feel most comfortable and whatever it means to you.

Always remember that there are many paths up the mountain and what speaks to you might not necessarily speak to the next person even though you are both on the path of light. Trust your sense of what feels good and right for you and let others do the same. It is not up to you to change them or show them the way as that is a very old, outdated mode of thinking. It is up to you to change you, or accept you or focus upon your journey and doing what is right and best for you. That is how you change worlds, one step and one journey at a time doing the best they can and making life better for those who follow in their wake because of the changes they make.

All attempts at connecting and communicating in the name of love are welcomed and encouraged and an important part of helping you to expand your light and understanding of how life, the Universe, and all that Is functions as a whole and how important you are to each other in the web of life. We encourage you to spend some time each day with spirit and get to know and work with the vast and infinite Universe to help you experience a more fulfilling earthy journey. 

Some of the Beings of Love and Light that you can call upon help you make your connections easier are: 

Call upon Archangel Azrael to help you talk with your beloveds on the other side. Ask for him to overlight the process and raise your vibration to higher level so that you are closer to theirs and then imagine that person has arrived and speak with them and say all the things you would like to say. If you take the time to listen, you will also receive a message back from them.  If you are feeling anything less than love from this person, ask for Archangel Michael to overlight the process and clear the energy of anything that is not of the highest vibration and begin again. If you are not visual, write them a letter as if they were sitting beside you with all that you would like to say to them.  Trust that you will know the responses that you seek coming from within you.

Call upon Saint Germain to help you work magic and use the powers of transformation. Transform your thoughts so that they are working with you to help you to create. Invite him to be your teacher and your guide as you learn the principles of the magi and how you can turn your life into one that you desire. He can help with esoteric teachings and understanding higher principles and how they work in this dimension of time and space and to enjoy the best of life.

Call upon Archangel Uriel for higher guidance and illumination in understanding esoteric principles and to guide you. He can offer you an understanding of your purpose and your contracts and to understand what ascension truly is.

Call upon the Goddess Athena to help you tap into your inner wisdom and light. She will teach you how to speak your truth from integrity and love. You know what to do and when you learn to trust that inner wisdom life becomes more magical and you know what actions to take and from which to walk away. She will help you communicate your vision with confidence and in the name of truth.

Archangel Metatron can help you to keep your channels clear and receptive. He can help you to understand and navigate the changes of ascension and how to live in the energy of the higher realms while still in 3D. He has a great understanding of life and human behaviour as well as offers you great insights into life and All that IS.

Spend some time each day to connect and merge with your higher self, which is one of the most important tasks on your spiritual quest as this is the connection that truly guides you and helps you to experience the things you came here to experience. Ask your angels and your guides to help you or any other guide you are comfortable working with and do it for yourselves today. This is a most important part and you will benefit greatly by this connection to all that is. 

Working with your beings of light and learning to be in contact with them at any time is helps you to navigate your world and make better choices for yourself. It helps you use your guidance and your insight to help others find a path that leads to their own growth by your example. It helps you to have confidence in yourself to go after what you want and see the world from the larger perspective of your spirit self, gaining a greater understanding of what each choice looks like. Take time to pause and reflect upon what lays before you and learn to trust the insight you receive.

You are a work in progress, so be gentle with yourself and your growth process. Withdraw from the drama of life in general and those around you as it just keeps your focus off your path. Take charge of your life and be the leader for those around you, as no one can do it quite like you. This is why you were chosen for the mission and why you have the greatest chance to succeed. There is much for you to accomplish and so make yourself a basic plan and let it be the blueprint to help to guide you, and also welcome in the veiled hand of spirit to make it a more adventurous and joyous journey as you go travel your chosen path.

You are free to explore what life has to offer you. You have the courage to make the life choices that can change your world. As you learn to connect with your higher self and guidance, you see things more clearly and know what to do and what is right and what is just. It helps you to heal and help those whose paths you cross and it lets you know that you are not alone, never are and never have been, and you have support and protection always on your journey.

This is life come full circle and this can be the successful time you desire. Remain in control, patient and focused, you will see the happy ending you desire. This is your time of spiritual growth and guidance that you have been seeking for so long. Learn to trust and use the insights and understanding you gather from your meditation practice and your dreams and see these as the tools to help you create them that you know they can be and keep your focus on the tasks at hand and not on the end of the game.

Blessed Be, we are honoured and grateful to participate in your experience. You are dearly loved and supported, always, Sharon and her Entourage of Light Beings of the higher realms

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Isis Awakening with Sharon Taphorn

Awakening with Isis
by Sharon Taphorn January 8th, 2013

 

Greetings my beloveds, we are so grateful for this opportunity to share and work with those who seek the higher path. For eons of time we have been in the mystery schools experiencing our awakenings under cloak and secret. It is such a fortunate time to be alive as we experience this energy openly and freely as it was meant to be. You are indeed powerful beings and as you learn how to use this power, with love, guidance and wisdom, you will see greater change happening at an even faster rate than ever before on this current realm of earth. 

 

Many of you have been experience great shifts over the past few weeks, months and for some years and it is now coming to a culmination and you are vibrating at a new level. It will be a learning process as you get to know how to work with your new talents and skills and it will be an interesting time indeed. 

 

Allow the process to unfold. For some it seems a time to regenerate and recuperate, for other this is a splendid time for expansion and growth. It is important for you to be yourself and explore your journey of self-discovery and expand your spiritual teachings and understandings for you. Make a commitment to yourself to embark on some kind of spiritual journey, as that is the best way for you to find a sense of balance in what can feel at times like a world gone mad. 

 

Seek understanding and you will find a direction for yourself. If you are unsure of which way to go, ask spirit to help light your way. Stretch you wings, for you are ready to fly and find your place within the stars. Try new adventures, experience new ideas and sensations and your place in your world. Dream big and do not underestimate yourself or your powers of creation. You are a creative and enterprising soul who is on earth to experience a journey of enlightenment and awakening to a grander aspect of yourselves. You are here to carry the light of your home, your ancestors and our love, to allow it to expand and transform your lives, your understandings and the weave of All that Is.

 

You are powerful. It is time to fully take your power. Each of you has the god strength and power within you and it is time to learn to work with it so you can better serve yourself and humanity, for how can it be of service to you and not for the better of humanity as the two go hand in hand. Recognize the creativity and love that dwells within you as these are the tools that will assist you on your journey. These are your resources and they are yours to utilize and expand to help you and others along your path.

 

Sometime you get bogged down by the trials and tribulations that are happening all around you and it distracts you from your chosen mission. Sometimes these feelings come from past lives and you are wanting to complete them in this cycle, yet don't know where to start. Begin by relaxing and thinking of a time when you did not have these thoughts and feeling and ask that it be shown to you why you made this commitment or agreement. And they when you have better understanding of its origins, you can transform it back to love, reassign it a new role or just let it go.

 

Find the balance in your world. Meditation can help to bring you peace and healing as well as clarity and understanding. Seek out mentors and like-minded friends to help you in your growth and understanding, and also to support you and for you to support them. New spiritually based friendships with a basis in love are what is important to develop and for you to build upon unity and co-operation and even sometimes compromise as you discover how to live within the new energy of earth.

 

I am always happy to assist anyone who is trying to find the balance in their home, family and spirit. This is often a challenge when your beliefs are not the same, and the energy of compromise and love are called upon to mediate and bring about healing to everyone involved. See that everyone has their own point of view.  You don’t necessarily have to agree with it, you just have to acknowledge and accept their truth. This helps you see the bigger picture or the grander plan. We can also help you see the bigger picture from the vantage point of a past life to help you heal in all dimensions of time and space, the past, the present and the future so that the scenario can  be complete and you are ready to move on to something more. 

 

Take a breath. Take a break. Events are occurring at great speed right now. If there seems to be too much work piling up for you, ask others to help you as your life is becoming out of balance with what needs to be done and what you think you should be doing. Take the time to really look at all your projects and commitments and be sure they include time for your growth, expansion and rejuvenation. If you do not do this for yourself, you often manifest stress-related health concerns and illnesses. Ask and Accept help from others as well as your guides and angels. 

 

If you feel uncertain about what is happening in your life regarding your jobs, careers, finances and perhaps the very location you live, take the time to carefully review all your options and ask your angels and guides to help to show you alternatives  and creative solutions. Be sure to not let fear get in your way or be your dominant thought as this is often the very hurdle that stands in your way. Take the time to really look deeply and make your choices and decisions for yourself from the broader perspective of you. 

 

This is the time to plan. This is the optimum time for you to explore what is coming your way so that if you choose to make corrections to your course, you can do so with ease. You know what you would like to create, it is just that the how often gets in the way. Or perhaps it’s your thoughts on the how’s that gets in the way. By this we mean, do not let your fears or past experiences cloud or intrude on the future ones that are coming your way. Regardless, this is a great time to venture forth with new ideas and inspirations and prepare to bring them into the physical world. Things look promising if you are brave enough to act and confidently accept the opportunities that are coming your way.

 

Clear away what no longer serves you or your growth. Oftentimes things are kept out of duty and obligation, be they thoughts, feelings or things, and it is time to let them go. See the gift and the humour from the experience and move on in a new direction. Let the memories of the past be that and keep the love. You are so ready for the next steps with this newness that you feel born within you, and know that it is finally time. Plan the garden that you wish to grow and then begin the planting, and nurturing and you will be rewarded with a great bounty and in many ways.

 

Tune into your intuition. You receive important insights about events you choose to focus upon. Release any fears that hold you back from trusting your intuitive side and developing your natural ability to know. It is safe for you to be powerful and part of your power comes from learning to trust yourself and your feelings. Think back to memories of the past where you trusted yourself and got the results you desired and remember that it can be yours again.

 

As you learn to trust yourself once again, you will look at your life and your world from a different perspective and it is important for you to see things from this vantage point as it gives you greater understanding into life the universe and everything.

 

If you feel there is a standstill or you are unable or unwilling to make a decision, it can be that things are lining up and finding their place for when you are ready to act and take those steps. Trust in the Universe, as it completely trusts in you.

 

Stay optimistic. Keep your focus. You are entering a time of creating your desires, and things are looking up. Visualize it as the end of a cycle and you are about to embark on a whole new beginning. This is a good time to take a trip or a time out from the world and get your focus and drive back and once again feel impassioned with your life and your world. Spend time alone in quiet meditation and continue your voyage of self-discovery as that is the most important trip.

 

Open yourself up to receive and allow for an inflow of abundance to come your way. Be open to new possibilities and new ways of thinking as you are in a new time and things that didn't work before just might now and the things that were working previously now aren't or no longer are important to you. As you shift and change so will your likes and dislikes. Listen to your body, listen to your heart and let them be your guide on what is right and best for this new you that is emerging. 

 

Do what you know is right and just and make decisions with spirit as your co-pilot and us as your guide. Stand up for your beliefs and do so with confidence and love. As you move on in a new direction, you know that you loved, and surrounded by support always. 

 

Journey with me to the mystery schools of old, as the time is right. Journey with me to ancient times, and together we will re-remember your significance and magnificence, it is time for this energy to return to the power of the people. I AM ISIS and I thank you

Article Copyright ©2013 by Sharon Taphorn

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Sharon and Bella

Sharon Taphorn, author of Angel Guidance: Messages of Love and Healing, is an international teacher, healer, author, mystic, and Earth keeper. She shares her wisdom, spirit, and passion around the world through her books, radio programs, articles in the Sedona Journal of Emergence and Beliefnet.com, daily messages of Angel Wisdom, and workshops on healing, empowerment, and expansion. Sharon is a gifted intuitive, empath, and sensitive. She has worked with these gifts since childhood.
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