READ: SCHMALTZING MY WAY TO GOD by Jeff Brown
March 22, 2012 by Jeff Brown
Filed under •-Feature, Conceptions of God, Enlightenment, Spiritual Guidance, Spiritual teachers, Spirituality
On my spiritual journey, I searched for God everywhere: the yoga studio, the holistic workshop circuit, the shiatsu mat. A well-practiced head tripper, I hunted for God in my thoughts, somehow certain that God would arise in the form of a concept. During my materialistic phases, I imagined God a slick car, large house, a Hugo Boss suit, as though God himself wore Gucci. And for some time, I looked for God on the skyways of self-avoidance, mistaking the short-term benefits of the ungrounded bliss trip for enlightenment itself. I went down this road for some time, seemingly joyous on the outside, but a bubbling cauldron of unresolved feelings and memories in the deep within.
READ: God is IN the People by Jeff Brown
February 24, 2012 by Jeff Brown
Filed under •-Feature, Conceptions of God, Enlightenment, Love, Spiritual Guidance, Spiritual teachers, Spirituality
At the heart of Soulshaping is a profound faith in the human experience, in the karmic significance of our personal identity. This stands in real contrast to some of the detachment models that are gaining favor in Western culture. These models present true-path as something distinct from the emotional body, as though our usual self-identifications are inherently inauthentic, as though our physical forms are inferior. At the extremes, they seem to suggest that God made a mistake when she placed us in human bodies. These models worry me and present an image of heightened consciousness that often feels more robotic than human, more heady than hearty.
Listen: Jeff Brown ~ Finding Your Sacred Purpose
February 7, 2012 by Possibility 101 with Shasta Townsend
Filed under •-Feature, •-VividLife Radio Shows, Possibilty 101
VividLife Radio host Shasta Townsend chats with Author, Film maker and Ground Spiritualist Jeff Brown on his book ‘Soulshaping’, his new quotes book ‘Ascending with both feet on the ground: Words to awaken your heart’, and his newly opened Soulshaping University.
READ: YOU ARE SACRED PURPOSE by Jeff Brown
December 27, 2011 by Jeff Brown
Filed under •-Feature, Enlightenment, Health & Well-being, Insights, Mindfulness, Purpose, Reflection, Spirituality, Vision
You are not your shame, your fears, your addictions, your games, your guilt, the internalized remnants of negative messaging… You are not your resistance to your true path … You are not your self-doubt… You are not your self-distraction patterns. You are not your escape hatches… you are not your pessimism about a life of meaning and purpose. You are not here merely to survive and endure.
READ: APOLOGIES TO THE DIVINE FEMININE (from a warrior in transition) by Jeff Brown
December 19, 2011 by Jeff Brown
Filed under •-Feature, Enlightenment, Family & Relationships, Insights, Karma, Love, Mindfulness, Oneness In Action, Peace, Personal Growth, Purpose, Reflection, Relationships, Spirituality, Vision
I apologize for my inability to distinguish the benevolent warrior from the heartless warrior, a reflection of my own confusion dealing with the battlefields of yore. When I opened my heart too wide, I was vulnerable to attack from warring factions. I was conditioned to believe that I had to stay rigid, focused, prepared for [...]
