My Spiritual Path
The Spiritual Path is a search for understanding
about and a union with the universe.
My Spiritual Path
The Spiritual Path is a search for understanding
about and a union with the universe.
Today's Meditation
"Meditate"
Daily meditation for Saturday, February 22, 2025:
"This day I awaken to joy, to love, to life, for that is who I truly am. I am joy, I am love, I am life."
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Your body is wiser than you know
Be fully present in your body
Healing is a process of recovering or improving one's physical,emotional, or spiritual well being. It involves overcoming obstacles, resolving issues, and finding a sense of balance and wholeness. Healing can occur on multiple levels.
Self Love and What It Means
What is self-love
What is self-love? Before a person is able to practice it, first we need to understand what it means.
Self-love is a state of appreciation for oneself that grows from actions that support our physical, psychological and spiritual growth. Self-love means having a high regard for your own well-being and happiness. Self-love means taking care of your own needs and not sacrificing your well-being to please others. Self-love means not settling for less than you deserve.
Self-love can mean something different for each person because we all have many different ways to take care of ourselves. Figuring out what self-love looks like for you as an individual is an important part of your mental health.
What does self-love mean to you?
For starters, it can mean:
> Talking to and about yourself with love
> Prioritizing yourself Giving yourself a break from self-judgement
> Trusting yourself Being true to yourself
> Being nice to yourself
> Setting healthy boundaries
> Forgiving yourself when you aren’t being true or nice to yourself
For many people, self-love is another way to say self-care. To practice self-care, we often need to go back to the basics and
> Listen to our bodies
> Take breaks from work and move/stretch.
> Put the phone down and connect to yourself or others, or do something creative.
> Eating healthily, but sometimes indulge in your favorite foods.
Self-love means accepting yourself as you are in this very moment for everything that you are. It means accepting your emotions for what they are and putting your physical, emotional and mental well-being first.
How and Why to Practice Self Love So now we know that self-love motivates you to make healthy choices in life. When you hold yourself in high esteem, you're more likely to choose things that nurture your well-being and serve you well. These things may be in the form of eating healthy, exercising or having healthy relationships.
Ways to practice self-love include:
> Becoming mindful. People who have more self-love tend to know what they think, feel, and want.
> Taking actions based on need rather than want. By staying focused on what you need, you turn away from automatic behavior patterns that get you into trouble, keep you stuck in the past, and lessen self-love.
> Practicing good self-care. You will love yourself more when you take better care of your basic needs. People high in self-love nourish themselves daily through healthy activities, like sound nutrition, exercise, proper sleep, intimacy and healthy social interactions.
> Making room for healthy habits. Start truly caring for yourself by mirroring that in what you eat, how you exercise, and what you spend time doing. Do stuff, not to “get it done” or because you “have to,” but because you care about you.
Finally, to practice self-love, start by being kind, patient, gentle and compassionate to yourself, the way you would with someone else that you care about.
- Written by Jeffrey Borenstein, M.D., President & CEO of the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation. This blog post also appears on the Gravity Blankets Blog.
About "My Spritual Path"
Hello . . .
I am Joe Williams, and this is my attempt to share with you my experiences as I travel along "My Spiritual Path." It is my sincere hope that you will find peace, compassion, and hope from the stories and events that will be shared on this site.
I strive to align my life with my practice of Buddhism and the Buddhist’s meditative tradition. A large part of my daily life is spent in attempting in staying in the present moment - that moment of mindful awareness. I hope to share with you opportunities for you to learn the mindfulness without needing to engage with the cultural or philosophical aspects of Buddhism. We will focus on relaxation methods which have been practiced for centuries. These techniques have been extensively researched and have demonstrated to be highly successful in relieving stress.
I draw from his personal life as a medical patient, an educator and as a mediator. Meditation is an excellent way to reduce stress without the effects of medication, something to which I can personally attest. Whether you are struggling with cancer, high blood pressure, heart disease, chronic pain, rheumatoid arthritis, colitis, or other health problems that are worsened by stress, or just a stressful life its self, you can proactively learn meditative techniques to help reduce the stress.