“Whether spiritual people like to admit it or not, Life in this dimension is a battle that one must develop strength and discipline. Even the great Paramahansa Yogananda said, ‘Life is a Battlefield’. This discipline exists on a variety of levels and one must learn to be a spiritual warrior in life. First you are disciplining your mind to remain conscious and stay awake in a reality where the mass populace is generally asleep to their environment and their divine nature. Staying out of automatic pilot and from letting the subconscious mind control your life takes constant vigilance to stay mentally alert and stay present in the moment. Second, keeping negativity and negative thoughts away from your energy field and thought processes takes disciplined awareness. As well does the ability to maintain staying in the flow and remain balanced and in harmony with yourself in order to have clarity and inner peace. However one of the biggest things you must face and deal with, along with energies within yourself not coming from the soul, are the negative energies coming from other people and the environment.”

~Lisa Renee

 

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Spiritual Housekeeping