hi I'm Jeffrey Allen an energy healer
and spiritual teacher and I want to give
you five tips to overcoming a spiritual
roadblocks this is really important
because spiritual growth is not supposed
to be difficult but over the years I've
noticed with myself and also my students
that there are some common patterns we
get into some places where we get stuck
easily in our spiritual growth and it
feels like it's difficult and sometimes
we even give up so I'm gonna give you
five tips today to get you through those
roadblocks in a very easy way so you can
enjoy your spiritual growth
tip number one has to do with that sense
of feeling like there's no time or
you're not sure when you're gonna put
this new spiritual practice into your
busy schedule so say you're trying to do
a meditation it's five or ten minutes a
day what I recommend is that you do this
spiritual practice first thing in the
morning because when you wake up your
mind is rested and your body is rested
and you're ready to really tune in in a
very easy way and get the biggest
benefit from that training now also
you'll notice if you do it first thing
in the morning that you'll have more
time during your day because you're more
relaxed you're more present during the
day so things will actually go much
smoother it's a way to save you a lot of
time now the second tip has to do with
when you're feeling like you have no
motivation to do your practice so say
you just don't feel like you want to do
it or it's just hard to get into it and
what I suggest there is that you need to
focus on the bigger picture you want to
remember why are you doing this
spiritual growth what are you trying to
get to so what is the goal for feeling
happier or feeling more joyous new life
or improving your relationships whatever
your goal is if you remember that your
motivation comes back if you're just
focused on I've got to sit down for 10
minutes and do it and meditate sometimes
I can be a challenge so tip number two
is to shift your focus to that final
goal and what you're trying to get out
of your spiritual practice now that
number three has to do with that
roadblock when you feel like you just
want to quit so you either it feels like
the program is too hard or it's too
challenging or you're struggling in some
way you know there's a whole list of
excuses we come up with when we hit that
point and decide you know I just need to
quit this program maybe it's not from
here
find another program so what's happening
there is that the program is actually
helping you move through some of your
resistance so the tip here is you have
to shift your perspective from oh I'm
just about to have a breakdown and I
need to stop in to feeling like oh I'm
about to have a breakthrough now to
break down a breakthrough and that's why
my resistance is coming up that's why my
mind is giving me lots of excuses why I
should drop and quit as I'm about to
push through whatever my old pattern was
and move into a new state and I see this
all the time with students when you're
right up against the edge just ready to
make your biggest progress people tend
to drop out so just remember that if you
feel like you need to quit probably you
need to stay in just a little bit longer
you'll make it through that interrupt
spot and move into a really easy and
smooth stay and after that so that's tip
number three now tip number four is kind
of the opposite so oftentimes we're in a
program and we decide that it's working
so well that we want to speed it up so
instead of doing one meditation a day we
do two or three or four we start loading
several programs together at the same
time because we think we're going to get
more benefit now what happens there is
if you if you do this you're gonna get
overwhelmed you're actually gonna push
yourself to that point where you feel
like quitting faster because you're
gonna overwhelm your system change is
easier if you're going kind of smoothly
right it seems to keep that in - just
take things step by step yeah it
sometimes you'll hear this called micro
learning where you're getting just a
three minute or 5 min or even a little
10 minute thing each day it's just the
right amount it's enough learning to
keep you moving forward but it's not so
much to push you into that state where
you're getting overwhelmed or struggling
or feeling like you need to drop out so
I recommend just taking it step by step
that's that's tip number four the fifth
tip has to do with once you're in the
program and you're experiencing it
oftentimes with spiritual growth you'll
feel like you're starting to fall asleep
a little bit or you're going unconscious
during meditation and it just feels like
maybe I'm not doing it right or this
isn't for me and somehow you feel like
you're failing now this is actually not
the case either see what you have to
understand is that spiritual growth is
about your awareness and your
consciousness and the idea is to expand
that consciousness beyond your normal
waking state into some new experience of
some new consciousness well guess what's
in those places right now
unconsciousness right so the place
you're trying to grow into right now is
where your unconscious otherwise you
wouldn't need to grow into it now as you
move forward in your spiritual growth
you'll move into this unconscious place
and you'll tend to go a little
unconscious you'll tend to fall asleep
or pass out or just get Spacey for a few
days and most people think I'm failing
I'm not doing a writer I don't like it
so keep in mind when that happens that
you're succeeding you're not failing if
you're falling asleep that means you're
going the right direction and you want
to keep going because you're making
great progress so those are my five tips
for spiritual growth remember again that
spiritual growth is not supposed to be
difficult supposed to be really fun so
just keep in mind if you feel like you
have no time then schedule first thing
in the morning and do it every day if
you feel like you're not having
motivation remember to look at that
bigger picture why are you in this what
are you trying to get out of it if you
feel like you need to quit remember that
that's exactly the time that you need to
lean in a little bit you're going to get
the biggest benefit because you're about
to have a huge breakthrough if you feel
like a need to go faster just take it
easy slow down trust the program that
you're in and just go step by step and
if you feel like you're failing because
you're going unconscious just remember
that that's actually a sign of success
rather than failure I'd also love to
hear if you have any tips or techniques
that you use to help you get through
your spiritual roadblocks and make your
spiritual growth easier and more fun for
you thanks for listening
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