Stillness Is Highly Underrated
By · CommentsFor the ego stillness is threatening, it frightens the mind because to turn off the distraction means we actually have to sit with ourselves – our true selves, which is stillness itself, and that’s not very inviting for the mind especially if that is who we think we are. From the space of ... Continue reading here
Keep Your Attention On Things That Matters Most
By · CommentsIf something is meant to be, it will happen, whatever it may be for you individually. With that said, it doesn’t mean that you can sit on the couch waiting for some God to hand over the perfect life to you while you spend your time on mindless things as being on Facebook for hours every day d... Continue reading here
My advice to anyone who wants to become free (or realize that you already are) is to stop running around kissing gurus feet, throw all your programs and seminars out, stop following spiritual teachers and don’t be so neurotic and obsessed with yourself. Just BE for Gods sake! Be who you are, d... Continue reading here
Clarification [Read this]
By · CommentsAfter my previous article (mariaerving.com/embracing-change) some people wrote and said things like “I am sure you will tell us when you are ready again”, and I wanted to comment on that and also clarify some of the points I made in the last article. I want you to know that I think it... Continue reading here
Embracing Change
By · CommentsYet again I have gone through some huge changes and I don’t really feel the need to tell more about it other than: Surrender yourself and life to Life itself and voilà, there it all is. (Because it’s already here). My life belongs to God and a completely different expression is being b... Continue reading here
What’s The Cause Of Fear?
By · CommentsSee if you can find the two commonalities when it comes to the fears we have. Where do they come from, what’s their cause? Fear of tomorrow, fear of the future, fear of loosing, fear of not getting, fear of our neighbors, fear of being betrayed, fear of terror, fear of war. Fear of darkness,... Continue reading here
The Most Profound Way To Surrender
By · CommentsWhen it feels like you been slapped by life, the most powerful prayer of surrender is to say “YES” (and really mean it), a honest and sincere YES, yes to this moment, yes to life, yes to Truth, however it may look. A YES is an acknowledgement and acceptance of the Truth that we can... Continue reading here
The ego panics before a spiritual breakthrough (2/2)
By · CommentsThis is part two (part one can be read here: mariaerving.com/ego-panics-1) in this very long article about common concerns that most people experience in the process of spiritual awakening when it comes to the sense of losing control, when goals, dreams and plans vanishes, and our once so empo... Continue reading here
Q: I have been living in two worlds for 2,5 years now. It means half of the time I have felt great peace, happiness and joy and other half been mostly anxious or depressed. During that time I did only small changes in my everyday life (because I really didn’t know what to do). Now I’m f... Continue reading here
Stop And Smell The Flowers..
By · CommentsIt’s just as important to honor the high-energy days as it is to honor the low-energy days. There’s nothing wrong with wanting to take a day off and do nothing, speak with no one and just use that day to simply be and enjoy the stillness. For as long as I can remember I have had my ̶... Continue reading here
Here follows some of the most common concerns that people are experiencing in the process of spiritual awakening. It’s very common to feel panic welling up inside when dissolution and confusion reigns. Grace can be fierce, but to know that it is (it’s only burning that which is no longe... Continue reading here
Breaking Free From Conditioning
By · CommentsDiscord for the ego is harmony on a higher level of spirit and something that upsets us and rattles our cages so to speak can be the thing that breaks the spell if we are open to it, while the things that makes us stand rigidly by our opinions and not open to hear others out, that’s what keeps... Continue reading here
God Will Give You The Right Goals and Plans
By · CommentsIn the process of spiritual awakening we are first being emptied of all our own goals and plans, even the sense of ambition ceases and we come to a place of complete flatness and we wonder what the hell happened; where is my zest for life, where’s the oomph I used to have?! This can be a ve... Continue reading here
Spirituality and Integrity go hand in hand
By · CommentsAs our spiritual development deepens and evolves not only does our intuition become stronger but it also lets us know immediately when something we do or say is out of alignment with Truth. It simply becomes harder to delude yourself and ignore your natural inclinations, and only when following our... Continue reading here
Thoughts arise in consciousness but they are not ‘created’ by us, we don’t chose them and create them, and they are not true. Everybody experiences thoughts, but after a shift in consciousness we come to realize that not a single one of the thoughts that arise are true and we also... Continue reading here
Truth is non-negotiable (Its promise is Love)
By · CommentsBeautifully ruthless in its ways and you can’t but completely fall in love with it! There’s a quote I like by Anthony de Mello: “Enlightenment is: absolute cooperation with the inevitable” It’s beyond description, and it’s totally and utterly unpredictable and in ... Continue reading here
Being Transparent is Freeing
By · CommentsTo me it’s freeing to be transparent. That doesn’t mean that there aren’t things I keep to myself, of course there are, I have clear boundaries and I only share if it feels appropriate. But to be transparent is to be transparent before God, that’s what it means. Not for other... Continue reading here
The Body Is a Great Barometer For Truth
By · CommentsQ: Sometimes my heart is filled with so much emotion I have trouble figuring out all the emotions that I am feeling at once. I find that sometimes the emotions come, I welcome them and the feelings are so intense that my body also reacts. For instance when I sit and find a place of calm being, I wi... Continue reading here
When Overwhelmed With Fear
By · CommentsFear is to be expected in the process of spiritual awakening, even crippling, terrorizing, paralyzing fear. Fear that keeps you up all night, when you’re tossing and turning in your bed, unable to sleep. Thoughts keep gnawing and you can’t seem to get off the emotional roller-coaster. He... Continue reading here
Facing challenges
By · CommentsSpiritual awakening doesn’t remove challenges from our lives, we will still have our humanness to live out, but the difference after an awakening is that arguments with life stops, there’s no more complaining going on, only a deep sense of peace even when things may be challenging and di... Continue reading here
