How to Walk Your Everyday Life in Spiritual Shoes

Why is it hard to walk your everyday life in spiritual shoes?

Why are you wise while practicing your spirituality
and then so often unsure when it comes to making your life choices?

Most spiritual work focuses on personal evolution by giving you skills and tools to grow your spiritual nature.

It is true that you can study how to better know and Trust the Divine Presence in your life. You can also grow your ability to Love yourself and others unconditionally. You can hone your meditation techniques and better allow yourself to find Inner Peace and to connect to your innate Wisdom. You can practice certain techniques to reduce your mind’s influence over your life, and learn how to listen to your Heart. You can find a community that supports your need to pray effectively or that shares your spiritual beliefs.

All of these actions are commendable! All of them will assist you in growing your spiritual nature.

What will probably not happen– is that the courageous, spiritual work you do will have an affect on the life you lead outside of your spiritual community.

Most people attend church (or the spiritual community of their choice) once a week and find salvation, solace, answers or revelation. Then…they come Home renewed and live the same unfulfilled, daily life they led last week!

Why is this true?
Why are most people only spiritual once a week?
What is not happening?
Why aren’t the great lessons we’ve learned not trickling down into our lives in authentic, meaningful ways?
Why do we feel connected, enlightened and wise while participating in our spiritual work in our community of choice – and not when we come home to our life’s journey on Earth?

Most of you reading this are wise. You are not newcomers to spiritual work. You know what to do to live more Truthfully or meaningfully, but can not seem to incorporate it into your everyday life. You know your answers, and you are wise enough to know when you need some assistance. That’s why you are here in this moment...still searching.

So what is happening?

Here are three different reasons to consider:

1) You have not intended to bring your spiritual work to your every day life.
Perhaps your spiritual life is secret or feels too sacred to bring Home. You fear retribution or humiliation. This has probably happened to you in the past, and you have chosen to not share your spiritual beliefs with anyone outside of your community. This could be something you do consciously or unconsciously.

2) You do not know how to bring your spirituality Home.
Perhaps no one has ever taught you how to walk a spiritual life on Earth.
Perhaps a lack of integrative knowledge is the cause of your reticence. You simply do not know how to verbalize your spiritual feelings. This may be further complicated if you harbor any level of spiritual arrogance and think that others will not be able to understand you unless they themselves have performed the same type of in depth work you have. It may be true that others are less learned than you, but there is something to learn from everyone, absolutely everyone – and especially someone you have labeled less spiritual than yourself.

And the last reason why your spirituality may not be present in your every day life:

3) Your spiritual life is governed by factors you are not aware of. Unconscious beliefs may be confusing the outcome of your intentions. It is impossible to recognize what you are not aware of unless you acknowledge your lack of fulfillment and seriously examine your beliefs or search out support.

Whatever the reason…There will be a split between the best of what you know and the life you live. You will be wise on Sunday and a closet spiritualist the rest of the week. When this happens, you lose and so do those around you who could benefit from your wisdom.

Conscious and Unconscious Beliefs

Let’s talk about the affect of conscious and unconscious beliefs on your spiritual nature.

When you choose consciously…you are clear, empowered and open to What Is. How your life unfolds makes sense to you. You see the ramifications of your choices, and when your life does not meet your expectations, you change direction and make new choices.

When you choose unconsciously…you are confused, reduced and prone to feeling victimized. How your life unfolds is a mystery to you. You find yourself facing the same challenges that do not seem to resolve themselves no matter what you do. You feel victim to what happens and are often ineffective with your actions.

As a spiritual seeker you know that you are never punished, that the Divine is ever-supporting you, and that your life unfolds in ways that are perfect to meet your unique needs.

If you feel victim (and most of us do at one point or another as we journey), it is important to remember this: Your intentions direct your life’s journey, and your unconscious beliefs derail them.

You know an unconscious agenda is piloting your life if your spiritual goals are not integrated into your everyday life. For instance: You want to be trusting but you often find yourself needing to get things back into control – or you find that certain people continue to push your buttons – or regardless of your job performance, you are not recognized for your efforts – or no matter what you do your spouse treats you the same way.

If something unconscious is directing your life, you will not know exactly what it is – but you will know it is having an affect on your life. You will feel it. You will see it. You may even taste it!


How to Talk the Talk…and When to Not Talk the Talk

Talking the talk is about your communication with yourself and developing an inner dialogue that allows you to communicate clearly and meaningfully with others. Once you know what you believe, you can integrate it into your everyday life, and you can live your spirituality.

Two of the cornerstones for the spiritual seeker are meditation and prayer. Since you know this to be true then make a commitment to create the time and space for them in your life. This means that your every day should include meditation and prayer.

This first step allows you to begin the integration process. With this promise to yourself, you begin to grow your every day spirituality. Since our goal in this class is to integrate your spirituality into your every day then creating a daily inner practice gives you an aspect of your spirituality to share with others.

There is no need to share exactly how and what you practice, but you can share that you do make time to grow your spiritual nature every day.

Answer questions only as they come to you. (If you preach to anybody, they will tune you out.) Most of your questions will pertain to how you find time to do it, but those closer to you may want to know exactly what you are doing for 20-30 minutes each morning and/or evening. Excellent one word answers are: reflecting, meditating, praying or journaling. There is never a need to explain your process or personal spiritual beliefs unless you are asked.

That being said…there are some safe topics: Unconditional Love, meditation, and the weather. (Yes, the weather! It can be a wonderful, metaphorical barometer for What Is.)

Topics where it is advised that you listen openly to and not share about: The Divine (which includes God, Buddha, Krishna, etc) and personal relationships.

Even if you have training as a spiritual teacher, one of the most important lessons you should have been taught is the power of open listening where you listen with an attitude of complete Faith in the other person’s ability to know their own answers. It is your attentive, Loving silence that allows for the birth of Inner Wisdom in others. This is how you not talk the talk – with wisdom.


Walking the Walk is About Not Walking Anywhere

…but wearing your spiritual shoes with Grace. What does this mean?

Who you are spiritually is in your Beingness or the resonance you carry with you in every moment of your every day. It is not about where you go. It is not about what you do. It is about who you Be.

This Beingness is seen and felt when you get clear on your spiritual beliefs, when you are authentically you, when you risk being who you are a Heart…It is then that Grace speaks reverently.

Once you are comfortable in your spiritual shoes then you can attempt to walk your dualistic life on Earth in them. An attitude of Reverence will serve you well as you walk. Trust you will be taken exactly where you need to go.
Trust everything you see, hear and touch has been placed before you out of Divine Inspiration.

Integrating your spiritual and Earthly natures is challenging, but the rewards of living in the flow of What Is without judgment or agenda is a blessing in itself.

The less you resist your life, the healthier you will be physically, the more joyful you will feel emotionally, the clearer your thoughts will be, and the deeper your spirituality can evolve.

Walk with Faith not dictates.
Walk with others not arrogance.
Walk in Harmony with all schools of thought and all spiritual doctrine.
Walk with an open Heart that welcomes All That Is.

Know yourself with clarity, so others can learn who they are by your example.

Be more yourself so you do not have to assert yourself.

Aspire to be less your self, less a piece of the Whole – and more an integral aspect of the Whole.

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Written by Corinne S. Ramage, Leader in True Wellness® Studies
Creator of The Spiritual Healthcare Network of online programs
Author of “The Art and Practice of True Wellness” and other titles

The Law of Hope

Basic Attributes of Hope

Hope lives at the crossroads between resolve and un-resolve.

It sits and waits reverently, watching you in your indecision.

It is with you when you are confused, always within earshot and in your line of sight.

It is a harbinger of possibilities that serve the highest good.

It is wise enough to know that unless you yourself choose Hope, it is of no value to you.

Hope must be chosen consciously. It will not appear in your life by default.

Hope hovers between choices, holding the door ajar to the trajectory that serves wellness, fruition and the highest good.


Pain…Hope…Bliss

The opposite of Pain is Bliss – Pain being a collapse into the absolute most dire or negative experience of What is, and Bliss being the absolute most meaningful and positive experience of What Is. Pain sits at one end of potential outcome in your life. Bliss is at the other end.

Hope sits midway between Pain and Bliss. Hope is at the crossroads of decision making. It is, therefore, the same distance from Pain as it is from Bliss.

But there is something very significant about the energy of Hope that is important to understand. Although it sits equidistant between Pain and Bliss, when it is chosen you must move towards the highest outcome because that is how the Law of Hope works. Choose to be Hopeful, and your trajectory is set towards what best serves you.

Hope and Pain are very similar to each other. (Listen to the recording of Episode 4 for more details.) The only differences between them are the type of road you travel and the company you keep.

Pain angles your trajectory of fruition onto a difficult, winding path that doubles back on itself and is flanked by supporters who urge you forward, one step at a time, with biting commentary.

Hope angles your trajectory of fruition onto an easy, direct path flanked by supporters who urge you forward, one step at a time, with Loving commentary.

Both choices spring out of your intentions, and are destination bound.

Both are Divinely Inspired and supported.

But what about Hope’s relationship to Bliss? Although the walk with Hope is very similar to that of Pain, and although Hope is equidistant between Pain and Bliss, it has more in common with Bliss than it does with Pain.

It is the nature of Hope, in fact, the Law of Hope that says that if you consciously choose to be Hopeful, you will move towards a positive outcome!


How the Law of Hope Works

Now there are many times in your life and even your day when you are faced with making a decision. Energetically when you are undecided you are at a crossroads of choices. A crossroads is a hub of options. Any possible outcome you can conceive of is available for you to choose from here. There are even a whole range of options available that you can not conceive of that relate to unconscious intent!

Now if you were at the crossroads sitting beside the Hope option, and did not choose to be Hopeful, this is how your life would unfold:

The devolving journey away from the gift of Hope:
Unconscious intent to remain undecided… self-defeating behaviors…Suffering…Pain – physically, emotionally mentally and spiritually.

Now if you were at the crossroads and consciously chose to be Hopeful, this is how your life would unfold:

The evolving journey towards the gift of Hope:
Conscious intent to welcome Hope into your life…self-fulfilling behaviors…Joy…Bliss – physically, emotionally mentally and spiritually.

The most important thing to realize is that intent will determine how you walk your life – whether that intent is conscious or unconscious.

Conscious, clear intentions are very important when you are walking the spiritual path.


Understanding Hope through Comparison

Hope sits at the crossroads between Pain and Bliss waiting to be chosen.
By contrast the Law of Attraction permeates in all areas of life, at all times.

The Law of Attraction is not specific, and you will manifest what you focus on whether it is positive, negative, conscious or unconscious. You always attract and manifest your every prayer whether you are aware of them or not. The Divine answers all prayers – those that are silent, conscious or unconscious because you are always supported in your intentions no matter what you chose because you have ‘free will.’

The Law of Hope is different from the Law of Attraction because it angles you towards the most optimal outcome. It is the nature of Hope to change a trajectory towards the most positive manifestation.

When Hope is rallied, it makes an idea conscious and clear, and it becomes the outline or the base structure of an idea.


Hope as the Foundation

When Hope is the foundation of your plans, it can only move you towards a positive outcome because that is the Law of Hope.

Hope is an iridescent grid structure that gives vibrant support to dreams and expectations. It is wise enough to support the most inconsequential of dreams, and strong enough to support the grandest of dreams.

Embracing Hope assures you that the outcome of your mission will be fruitful.

Hope is the fuel for right or positive action.

Choosing to be Hopeful and maintaining a clear connection to that choice, guarantees you will arrive at the most positive and fruitful outcome.

This is how the Law of Hope works.
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Written by Corinne S. Ramage, Leader in True Wellness® Studies
Creator of The Spiritual Healthcare Network of online programs
Author of “The Art and Practice of True Wellness” and other titles

Allergies: Lessons in Tolerance

Part 3 from the “The Spiritual Implications of Illness and Dysfunction” series

Our goal is to live the life gifted to us
aligned with ‘The Meaningful”
and Loving to our fullest potential.

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All dysfunction begins on the spiritual level of our Beingness in some form of misunderstanding or misalignment with information. The trickle down of this misalignment creates the potential for manifestation mentally, emotionally and/or physically. In all dysfunction, the silent prayer is for the awakening of self-awareness.

Please Note: This work is about your spiritual growth. It is not about risking any physical harm to yourself.

General Spiritual Read of Allergies:

When allergy symptoms are present in the physical, they indicate an intolerance of something in the individual’s physical world. Spiritually, intolerance manifests in issues related to safety. Walls must be built and strategies devised to counteract a perceived invader/enemy. Consequently, the mission becomes one of healing issues related to boundaries.

Allergies gift the individual journeys into intolerance, and as such, they are Dark Teachers.

There is no clearer indication of intolerance than allergies because although, we are all the same DNA composite, we do not have identical allergies or sensitivities. We are each unique in our abilities to be tolerant.

Allergies are a spiritual mission manifest in the physical. They are a call to delve into issues of safety and intolerance.


General Energy Read of Allergies:

Allergies are a response to natural or unnatural elements in the environment. The select element will be perceived as toxic to the sufferer. The response will vary depending on the individual’s sensitivity and their level of intolerance.

When the toxic element moves into the physical body, it is perceived as dangerous and will illicit some form of defensive response. This response continues until the body perceives the invader to be gone or defeated. An allergic reaction to something in the physical world creates an active internal battle.

Emotional/Mental Read of the Allergy Sufferer:

Since allergies are lessons of tolerance then when intolerance is expressed through the allergy, it becomes distrust or fear emotionally, and resistance or defiance mentally.


Soul Mission Qualities of the Allergy Suffer:

Allergies are about a relationship between life on Earth and the physical body. They are not directly related to the Soul Mission. It would be more accurate to say they are related to challenges being met that support the Soul Mission.

Here are a few aspects of a Soul Mission as related to the allergy sufferer:

• A courageous spirit that places itself in situations that will trigger fear and/or discomfort that require resolution
• A calling to understand the true nature and implications of Oneness
• To learn Oneness through lessons of intolerance with Dark Teachers
• he aspiration to become All-Tolerant


Healing Response to Allergies:

Some guiding thoughts for reflection:

• Open to the possibility that the Earth is a safe place to live.
• Nothing that is of the Earth is dangerous to you unless you believe it to be.
• We are all about 90% air/ether/spirit. To hold onto anything we have to fully employ the 10% of us that is physical.
• We are meant to receive All Things but to hold nothing.
• To hold onto or cling to something is to see it distort from its Divine Nature and become what you intend it to be. (This action is Divinely Inspired and will call in Dark Teachers to assist you in your journey.)
• Meditate on Oneness where you, all of life on Earth, and the Divine are One. If we are all One then there is nothing dangerous to any one of us. Love prevails and is everywhere and in everything. It is perception coupled with action that makes us unsafe. i.e. “I am allergic to ________, but I will eat it anyway.)
• Without the belief, assumption or assertion of the allergy, it does not exist.


All of these concerns are addressed in the book called “The Art and Practice of True Wellness” and in the 16 month, opt-in anytime online program called “Touch Stones to True Wellness.”


Personal Declarations for the Allergy Sufferer

Personal declarations are best utilized when recited softly out loud two times a day – once in the morning upon rising and once in the evening before retiring. They can, of course, be printed out or copied out, kept on-person, and recited as needed. Journaling around thoughts and feelings is highly recommended as is conferring with a professional therapist or counselor who supports the healing intentions of the individual.


Personal Declarations to Support True Wellness
for the Allergy Sufferer

I aspire to be One
with myself,
my life on Earth,
and the Divine.

I am meant to receive everything
and to hold nothing.

All gifts to me
are registered instantly
when I am receiving
not holding.

If I hold something,
I distort its True Nature
and it becomes what I intend it to be.

There is nothing in all of my life
whether it is physical, emotional, mental or spiritual
that is meant to harm me.

It is in my perception of What Is
that I become fearful and unsafe.

I am safe.
I am Loved.
I am One with All That Is.



Note: None of the recommendations in this series negate the medical treatment the patient feels aligned with. This work is to be used in conjunction with the patient’s medical choices.

To a true and lasting sense of well-being…

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Written by Corinne S. Ramage, Leader in True Wellness® Studies
Creator of The Spiritual Healthcare Network of online programs
Author of “The Art and Practice of True Wellness” and other titles