A Healthy Spirituality

We are living in a very exciting & transformational time. The big shift that is happening is from unhealthy religion to healthy spirituality. Unhealthy religion is man-made & divides people. It teaches there is only one right way; teaches the need for special ritual to be connected to God & to be saved; discourages questioning & choice; has rigid rules & dogma; controls with fear, guilt, blame, shame & usually has an obsession with the Bible or holy books. It restrains & comes from the context that we are separate from God.

Healthy spirituality is positive, creative self-empowerment; encourages choices, questioning & exploration; appreciates difference & variety; teaches acceptance & that we are immersed in the Infinite Presence & Power therefore it is within us; it is an adult relationship with God, instead of childish dependence.

It is important that we identify some old, outdated childhood image(s) of God:

• Santa Claus who rewards us for being good;
• Bogeyman who is out to get us;
• Superman who will rescue us from trouble.

How much of childhood images of God have we carried into adulthood?

At the Centre for Self Awareness we teach & learn how to transform any unhealthy, dysfunctional childhood images of God into healthy images we truly desire as a positive, creative empowered adult. Healing spiritual wounds involves sorting through our religious baggage, our "God-Box", to uncover & discover what is in our way of a healthy spirituality & relationship with our Creator God.

A healthy adult relationship with God includes: choice, self honesty, being able to discover options & solutions; responsibility, the ability to respond (not react) mentally, emotionally & physically; action, making positive changes, being willing to do things differently & go in a new direction; understanding that choice & actions can be changed which allows us to take risks & move through our fears.

I acknowledge each & every one of you for your courage in healing unhealthy religious wounds & for placing yourself into the Centre's environment & aligning with our vision of generating a global awakening to spiritual freedom: a healthy spirituality.

Namaste,
Gail Schultz

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