Energy follows thought. Whatever you focus on, concentrate on, mediate on, pray on, will shape you. Just as meditation calms the mind and tames the mind, having a daily practice directs the mind and transforms the future. The spiritual practice you develop is meant to be your means to becoming more conscious.

A practice is different than a religion, ideas, or a philosophy. It is a daily way of living that is a personal roadmap to staying on course through the mindboggling complexities and heartbreaking realities of this world. Most people compare a spiritual practice to a journey. They compare it to following a path, a route to being more devout. But a true spiritual practice is more like a bird in flight, soaring, coasting, circling, with few mileposts to follow and winds that can blow you seriously off course.

Whatever practice you choose to tailor for your own, whatever step-by-step (or flap by flap) program you devote your intentions toward to increase consciousness, perception, and awareness, we offer these basic suggestions:

Be simple


Be creative


Be committed