Awaken Heaven On Earth


A Simple Meditation Practice for Heavenly Living and Godly Awakening


Feb 21

Meditation is simple - if we allow it to be.  In fact, many Spiritual Gurus and Master Teachers feel the simpler the better.  Though often a very simple spiritual practice, meditation is both significant and crucial to Spiritual Awakening/Enlightenment.  One of my favorite Master Teachers, Dr. Michael Bernard Beckwith of the Agape International Spiritual Center, teaches “Meditation is the bedrock of your soul’s evolution.”  Meditation awakens the gifts of God within us:  peace, joy, love, wisdom, strength, forgiveness, vibrant health, creativity, trust, self-love, love for all life, compassionate observance rather than judgment, precious awareness of Oneness with God and all things in God, and the ability to co-create Heavenly fulfillment in all our endeavors.  Living Heaven right here on Earth is absolutely possible, and a simple daily meditation practice lights the way.  I personally recommend the following:  Meditate twice a day for ten minutes (longer if able and interested).  Begin each meditation by stating your intention.  Perhaps the intention is something like “I choose to be aware of my oneness with God and all things in God,” or “the peace of God is pouring over me now,” or “my highest-Self is a perfect Child-of-God, I choose to be aware of the truth of my divine nature now.”   Once an intention is stated, quietly breathe.  Stay focused on the breath, let any thoughts come and go without judging them or willing them away, rather be aware of thoughts which come up but do not focus on them.  Let them pass naturally as you stay focused on the breath of life which unites you and all things in and with God.  If you become distracted by your thoughts, gently remind yourself to come back to your breath.  Again, thoughts are fine - they will come up and they can be very distracting.  However, the key is to empower yourself to not be controlled by your thoughts.  Accept that some thoughts are wonderful, and some are much less than wonderful, though they are a product of your human-ego-mind, not your Divine-Mind.  Your Godly Consciousness is always perfectly peaceful, perfectly loving, perfectly joyful, perfectly wise, and perfectly aware of your oneness with all life, no matter what thoughts the human-ego-mind is entertaining, and no matter the emotional response you may be having to your thoughts.  Training yourself to keep coming back to your breath when your thoughts distract you, helps you become aware of the higher-level of your consciousness which is anything but controlled by your thoughts.  It is the level of your consciousness which is a compassionate observer of all that is happening in your life, and is, at the same time, aware of the bigger picture.  It knows the ego’s mistakes become lessons which help us to spiritually evolve, for it knows God truly does take lemons and makes lemonade.  Being all forgiving with our ego-human-dramas, our higher-Self knows our true spiritual identity is Eternal, Perfect Joy and Love.  This level of our consciousness knows that if not in this lifetime, then in some future lifetime, all of our souls will awaken to the Godly Spirit and Heavenly living waiting patiently within us.  Meditating twice each day for ten minutes at a time, setting your intention, then focusing on your breath, coming back to your breath if distracted by your thoughts, not suppressing your thoughts - simply not focusing on them, continually focusing on your breath instead, this will align you with your higher-consciousness.  This will awaken the gifts of God within you.  It takes practice however - so please be patient with yourself.  Also, please considering adding continual breath awareness to your daily living.  For my personal spiritual awakening, a daily practice of ongoing breath awareness has been equally significant and crucial.  Please see my category and post on “Breath Awareness.”  It is like a living meditation, in that not only during meditation time, but throughout the day, you keep coming back to an awareness of your breath.  Again, please check out the Breath Awareness post, for it truly goes hand in hand with this meditation practice.  Lovingly and gratefully shared, Melissa

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“Breath Awareness” The Basics of a Great Spiritual Practice


Feb 18

For Peace of Mind and Awareness of our Oneness with all things in God, in addition to being alive, joyful and grateful in the present moment, I recommend practicing Breath Awareness.  Many Spiritual Master Teachers teach Breath Awareness as a tool for Spiritual Awakening/Enlightenment.  One of my favorite’s is the beloved Zen Monk and World Renowned Peace Maker, Thich Nhat Hanh.  He has written many treasure troves, though one of his most highly acclaimed books is “The Miracle of Mindfulness.”  This is a great read for anyone interested in learning about Breath Awareness.  My book “Awaken Heaven on Earth” also highlights Breath Awareness as a universal Spiritual Enlightenment tool.  In short, choosing to focus on our breath continually throughout the day, gradually helps us to realize we are not our thoughts.  Just like we have fingers, yet we are not just fingers, we have thoughts though we are much more than our thoughts.  Learning to focus on our breath rather than our thoughts means thoughts will come and go - some wonderful thoughts, some not so wonderful - though we will not be controlled by our thoughts.  Rather we become a compassionate observer of our thoughts.  While focusing on our breath of life, we naturally become grounded and centered in ”Spirit” (i.e. Godly Energy and Consciousness).  Centered in the part of our beingness which is both Eternal and at One with All Life, we are aware of our “Higher-Self.”  Integrating our ego-minds into our Higher-Self, helps us to Awaken to our Oneness with God, and our Oneness with All Things in God.  Experiencing the bliss and peace of our Oneness with All Life is, in the language of my heart, Enlightenment.  In my opinion there are many different tools, spiritual practices, and religious/spiritual languages that all lead, in their own unique ways, to Enlightenment.  So while I do not believe Breath Awareness is the only secret to Enlightenment,  it is one of the tools I use daily to help me feel/experience my true Divine nature, my Oneness with God, and my Oneness with All Things in God.  To benefit from Breath Awareness, I suggest first making a commitment to stay aware of your breath continually throughout the day.  Next, come up with some kind of reminder system.  A friend of mine uses a blue ink pen to put little circles on each hand.  Everytime he notices the blue dots, he remembers to come back to his breath.  I used to use little yellow sticky notes on my car rear-view mirror and my computer screen, in addition to wearing a special bracelet which I told myself was my “just remember to breathe” symbol.  After a month of practicing Breath Awareness, I found myself truly alive in the present moment.  Worry thoughts about the future did not control me.  Regret thoughts about the past were observed compassionately, and forgiven.  Thoughts in general, whether wonderful or strange, rarely distracted me from an incredibly sweet feeling of peace, joy, and gratitude.  I hope all reading this are inspired to try Breath Awareness for at least a month, to begin to experience it’s Spiritual Awakening potential for beginners, or to experience how much it can enhance the spiritual practice of the more seasoned.  In my experience, many who have a spiritual practice only use Breath Awareness during Yoga and/or Meditation.  Master Teachers like Thich Nhat Hanh, however, recommend using it continually throughout the day.  Doing so has certainly been one of my key practices to living Heaven right here on Earth.  I also strongly recommend a daily meditation practice.  Learning to meditate is crucial to our spiritual evolution.  Please see my post on meditation, which goes hand in hand with Breath Awareness.  Thank you so much.  Lovingly and gratefully shared, Melissa   melissa@awakenheavenonearth.com

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