In today’s episode of “Healing from Within” your host Sheryl Glick author of The Living Spirit: Answers to Healing and Infinite Love welcomes Chris Grosso author of The Indie Spiritualist. Chris Grosso (http://theindiespiritualist.com/) is an independent culturist freelance writer, spiritual aspirant, recovering addict and musician. Chris writes for such venues such as the Rebelle Society, Huffington Post, Intent Blog, and is a monthly contributor on the radio show “Where Is My Guru.” Chris shares how he discovered that spirituality is not something that happens in a meditation center or on a yoga mat, in ashrams or churches, mosques, temples or synagogues and may not always be peaceful. It can be as loud as a rock concert as it moves you to feel life, examine emotions and past patterns of abuse or unhappiness and to forge through the minutia of life to discover the deep seated personal power of one’s inner guidance system…that energy of truth and divine awareness- our Soul.
Jack Kornfield, one of Chris’s teachers talks about how he found his path by using his heart. It is not about religious dogma or spiritual materialism, but to train our hearts and minds to meet the realities of our lives in a wise and compassionate way. Compassion is a skill we develop over time and with our own efforts. Wisdom comes when we look within, discovering any pain or confusion and train the heart and mind to be kind. Kindness is not always nice or gentle, but sometimes it can be loud and aggressive like when we need to turn the music loud enough to disturb the reactive habitual conditioning of the mind.
In Sheryl’s new book The Living Spirit, she shares messages received from Universal Energy for her clients which express how perfection is not possible in a human existence and what we consider to be less than perfect within ourselves or others actually gives us the opportunity to discover more about ourselves, our destiny and dreams and allows us to love ourselves and life in a more uplifting way. It may not always seem fair or be easy, but we can move past the patterns and limitations of our childhood and remember our deeper soul essence which is magnificent, eternal and always evolving. Change therefore is not to be feared but welcomed.
Many people are not even sure of what the word spirituality actually means. Some people may associate it with religious dogma, rigid practices, or fear based campaigns to help them fit the norm or what is valued by society at any given moment. Chris states spirituality is a completely inside job…we don’t have to change our appearance, adopt a new language, or change our mannerisms to fit in. We need to let go of stereotypes dogma and be open to new perceptions and awareness to our own inner voice and what brings us peace contentment and joy sometimes changing our habits addictions life style work relationship etc so we can be authentic and open to the guidance all around us from spiritual influences in the form of coincidences, intuitive nudges or as we develop more messages and help from a higher realm of life force.
To Sheryl, spirituality means self improvement and seeking a more understanding of Self and life in order to create, manifest and live from one’s inner wisdom and life force- a force of love unaffected by the values and view of others. It is the most independent and honest form of self-investigation and on some level, regardless of the material ways people seek to find happiness such as using drugs, excessive shopping, indulging in food, sex addictions and so on everyone is seeking the truth of their own being. Often it means going to our shadow or dark side to uncover and release some of this anger or pain and to move past our fears of death and life and become familiar with Energy…our own energy and the energy of the Universe and the Law of Attraction so we may play in the game of life with knowledge and by understanding the laws of nature God and man.
