| In times long forgotten, people depended on intuition | | | | and influences. The process for doing this is spiritual |
| and psychic abilities to understand and operate in | | | | development. It involves reducing and eliminating our |
| their world. The miracles of modern life - science and | | | | own negative energies and replacing them with |
| technology - have made our lives easier in many | | | | positive, spiritually-based energies. |
| ways, but they have also created a barrier between | | | | The first step in this process is introspection. By |
| our minds and our innate intuitive powers. That | | | | identifying those aspects of our thoughts and |
| barrier has also cut us off from our inner spiritual | | | | emotions that are negative - anger, envy, sloth, and |
| core and energy. They're still there, but we can't | | | | lust, we begin a journey to self-awareness. Becoming |
| seem to access them without great effort. | | | | self-aware, we are able to identify and nurture our |
| Spiritual development and psychic self-defense are | | | | positive energies and emotions - joy, hope, |
| the antidote to modern life. We no longer have to | | | | compassion, and enthusiasm. As our spirit grows, our |
| accept modern stress and conflict into our minds and | | | | aura gets stronger, and we are able to fend off |
| hearts. We no longer have to fall victim to the | | | | drains on our energy. We are able to maintain a |
| negative energies and influences that surround us | | | | strong, healthy aura. And we are able to share that |
| every day. We can protect ourselves. | | | | positive energy with others. |
| Each of us has an inner spiritual center and energy | | | | Part of the discovery process involves freeing |
| that radiate from our bodies in what is called the | | | | suppressed abilities like intuition and telepathy. We are |
| aura. Our aura reflects our general condition - the | | | | born with these abilities, but we learn very early not |
| combination of our physical, mental, emotional, and | | | | to use them because they fly in the face of modern |
| spiritual state. People who are healthy, happy, and | | | | "rational" thought. We are embarrassed or shamed |
| optimistic radiate strong bright aura, while people who | | | | until we lose touch with them completely. They are |
| are ill, unhappy, and pessimistic have weak dark | | | | important to restoring our spiritual connection, and |
| auras. Like people, auras interact. Negative people can | | | | our efforts at spiritual development will help us bring |
| actually drain the energy and aura of positive people. | | | | these repressed abilities to the surface where they |
| How do people lose their spiritual connection? | | | | become part of our psychic self-defense arsenal. |
| This world is full of unhealthy distractions. | | | | There are many things we can do to promote |
| Over-emphasis on wealth and material possessions | | | | spiritual development and strength the aura. First and |
| crowds out our sense of our own divinity. We forget | | | | foremost is meditation. It takes time to learn how to |
| that we are spiritual beings and join the race for | | | | meditate, and it can be very frustrating at first. But |
| things, for prestige, and for worldly power. For most | | | | adopting a practice of daily meditation is the single |
| of us, this pursuit is a losing proposition. We can | | | | best way to open your spirit and release hidden |
| never have enough money, enough things, or enough | | | | innate abilities. It quiets the mind, relaxes the body, |
| status. Over time, our natural positive nature is | | | | and helps us through the introspective process. |
| overcome by disappointment, anger, and even | | | | Practiced over long periods, meditation makes us |
| violence. In the end, the person who has lost his way | | | | more energetic, healthier, and better able to |
| finds him- or herself in despair and misery. | | | | recognize and avoid potentially dangerous negative |
| People in this state are vulnerable to negative | | | | influences. |
| energies and influences from outside. They fall into a | | | | Other techniques also promote positive spiritual |
| downward spiral that is difficult, if not impossible, to | | | | development: yoga, color therapy, naturopathy, |
| escape. They begin to emit negative energy and to | | | | laughter therapy, and frequent exposure to nature. |
| drain positive energies around them. This process | | | | Each of them helps get us in touch with our inner |
| usually happens at a subconscious level. No one sets | | | | spiritual core and build positive thought patterns and |
| out to be unhappy or negative. But once the | | | | energies. This, in turn, strengthens our aura and |
| negative energies dominate, some people do | | | | creates a psychic self-defense barrier between us |
| consciously engage in unhealthy, even evil, pursuits. | | | | and negative energies. |
| Thus, we see a resurgence of the occult, paranormal | | | | Living a healthier lifestyle is critical to spiritual |
| hobbies, and experiments with the black arts. | | | | development. It is important to eat a healthy |
| How do people find their spiritual connection? | | | | balanced diet, to exercise, to stimulate the mind, and |
| It is possible to eliminate negative energy from our | | | | to build healthy relationships. With these goals, you |
| lives and to become healthy positive people with the | | | | can identify many activities that make you a |
| ability to defend ourselves from negative energies | | | | stronger, more spiritually fit human being. |