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There is one ultimate Presence and one Power, which is Infinite Intelligence, Love and Wisdom, and the animating force under all of Creation, both visible and invisible. We call it by many names including God, Spirit, Great Mystery, Absolute Truth, Divine Intelligence, Light, or Source Energy. There is no other enduring power.

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We are made of the same energy, image and likeness of God. Our divine nature calls us to love one another and continually widen our circle of compassion to include everyone, every being. It also calls us to love ourselves as sovereign beings and keep healthy boundaries. Some of us understand our inner divinity and strive to live it. Some just get it intellectually. Most of us are completely in the dark. Our realization of our true nature is blocked by layers of cultural conditioning/programming as well as trauma and our own limiting beliefs. To fully experience our divinity, we must unlock these programs that keep us trapped in limited consciousness and question the structures we’ve been taught. As master teacher Jesus reminds us, “You are the Light of the world!”

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While we don’t have full control over what happens in our lives, we do have control over who we choose to be in the face of it. We can choose to be a victim or a master. To become a master, we must do deep healing and shadow work. When we do our inner work, we learn to feel our feelings — not have them dominate our lives or dwell in a repressed place in our psyches. We integrate parts of us that have been exiled and act out via projection. With integration we engage in less projection and our reactions become responses. We are ultimately responsible for our own experience.

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The outer world is a reflection of our own consciousness. When we see qualities that we want to change in another, we start by finding that quality in ourselves and transforming it there. This can be as small as a realization or as large as doing deep shadow work and integrating our exiled parts. We only have control over ourselves. This doesn’t mean that we tolerate bad behavior or abuse.

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The spiritual path is about moving from our identification with the personal (ego) to the Divine Self. This is the evolution from suffering (separation, victimization and projection) to empowerment (overcoming/manifesting) to being (sovereignty/Oneness). We move along this path through spiritual practice, which ultimately is about moving closer to the Divine. This includes the inner practices of prayer, meditation, healing, and bodywork, and the outer practices of living our spiritual understanding, values and beliefs in our everyday lives (generosity, forgiveness, circulation, gratitude, compassion, peace, love, etc.).