by Sukaishi David

Everyone talks about “spiritual awakening,” but what does that really mean — in practical terms?

Here are 12 points that are widely misunderstood — and even unknown to many spiritual seekers:

1. What is Spirit?

There is a simple equation we must understand:

Spirit = Your Consciousness

Spirit is your deepest Source, the essential innermost YOU that survives death, is devoid of all suffering and is blissfully eternal.

2. What is Spiritual Awakening?

Your consciousness is growing each day. At a certain point of development, a far deeper inner awareness dawns within you — a realization of your divine nature, which knows no death or suffering.

Spiritual Awakening = Self-Realization: the inner blossoming of your higher consciousness

Self-Realization is the apex of human consciousness, the maturity of Spirit.

3. How to become spiritually awakened?

This is where most seekers today are “wandering in the wilderness” with various “practices” that do not actually serve to quickly awaken the deeper layers of divine consciousness.

Meanwhile, for thousands of years, the highest path to Spiritual Awakening has been known and taught by the Masters of the East.

These Masters have preached one way as the quickest, easiest and most blissful path to Spiritual Awakening, that is: deep meditation.

4. Wise Men from the East

Recall that “wise men from the East” came to honor Jesus at his birth.

The key word here is: WISE men. These were not stupid men. These were not deluded men. These were not heretics of true spiritual knowledge.

These were WISE men.

They were enlightened Masters who had deep wisdom inherited from their Eastern Traditions.

Buddha and countless Wise Men of the East have always held closely-guarded techniques of deep meditation — to nourish and awaken the depths and hidden dimensions of the soul.

But why meditation?

There’s a simple reason:

5. The Kingdom of God is Within You

Masters of the East have always proclaimed the exact same message that Jesus taught his disciples.

Look what Jesus said here:

Notice how Jesus says, “The kingdom of God comes not with observation.” This means you’re not going to find this kingdom outside . . . because this is an inner kingdom. Which is why Jesus immediately says, “for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.”

But this teaching has been virtually lost to traditional religions today.

The Kingdom of God is an inner spiritual dimension — of deep inner awakening — a higher awareness that reaches far beyond worldly experience.

6. Jesus proclaimed that some disciples would enter this Kingdom, even during their own lifetime.

People commonly forget this:

Jesus said that some of his disciples would experience their spiritual rebirth during their own lifetime.

Jesus is stating here that some of his followers are very close to a spiritual awakening — in their very lifetime.

7. Spiritual Rebirth = Being “Born Again”

Jesus said to Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:

But what did he mean by being “born again”?

Traditional Churches typically suppose that spiritual rebirth happens merely by believing something.

Yet throughout the ages, enlightened Masters have proclaimed there is a much deeper meaning to spiritual rebirth — which the Church has lost over the centuries.

The knowledge of being “born again” of spirit has been known to Masters of the East thousands of years before Jesus.

In fact, these ancient Adepts are traditionally called dwij — which means twice born.

8. The Chakras must be awakened

The Masters of the East explain that in order for Spiritual Awakening to happen, the chakras must be deeply purifed and enlivened.

Chakras are spiritual energy centers that create higher states of consciousness when they are fine-tuned and energized:

IMPORTANT:

Spiritual Awakening cannot occur if the chakras are impure or sleeping.

Truly, without the awakening of the chakras — and their harmonious functioning as one Unity — spiritual awakening cannot blossom.

9. The problem with common meditation techniques

Millions of people today practice dubious forms of “meditation” which do not directly awaken the chakras!

This is the #1 main reason why we see so many people who practice for decades, but who do not achieve the authentic fruits of advanced Spiritual Awakening.

As examples:

Many spiritual seekers concentrate on their breath. But these efforts do not directly enliven the chakras. This is an arduous and very slow spiritual path.

Others try to “meditate” by simply “sitting silently” and feeling their own inner presence. But this too is fraught with many thoughts that prevent one from settling into the deepest layers of pure, divine consciousness.

Still others listen to “guided meditations,” where typically you imagine yourself walking through a beautiful forest, or some similar mental adventure.

Whatever fantasy one weaves in these “guided meditations,” no authentic Master would ever call this a “meditation.” Instead, they would advise you that this amounts to little more than storytelling — just as you would read a story to a child at night. This does nothing to awaken the chakras and develop Self-Realization.

“Mindfulness” is also in vogue today. But mindfulness is also not true deep meditation!

In fact, mindfulness is the complete opposite of any technique of authentic deep meditation.

Why?

Mindfulness means your “mind-is-full” — of thoughts! Whereas true deep meditation is when your mind settles down to complete rejuvenating rest . . . no thoughts or disturbances in the mind at all — just total calm.

The main point to note here is:

None of these practices have the power to directly awaken the chakras.

These become arduous and extremely slow paths to reap any lasting spiritual fruits.

Meanwhile, the blissful state of “pure rest with no thought” is known in the East as samadhi . . .

10. Samadhi is the key to Inner Awakening

The ancient Masters teach that samadhi is the state of pure serenity and quiessence — with no ripple of thought in the mind at all.

This state of samadhi directly purifies and energizes all the chakras.

Thus, samadhi —born of deep meditation — is the essential key to all Spiritual Awakening.

11. The highest, most potent Meditation

To easily reach ever deeper states of samadhi, the ancient Masters have always elevated one form of meditation above all others.

That is: Mantra Meditation.

This is due to the resonance of mantras — a musical resonance which DIRECTLY purifies and enlivens the chakras.

The highest, most potent mantras are known as Armor Mantras. These powerful mantras develop an “armor” of inner strength which shields you from the stresses and traumas of everyday living.

Armor Mantras — and the closely-guarded technique of how to use them properly — are an ancient and wondrous sacred knowledge:

12. OJAYA Armor Meditation

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