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When you say, "I have good spiritual exercises, and I have mundane spiritual exercises," that seems to indicate that you were the one who was bringing about whatever phenomena took place in your awareness as you did spiritual exercises. But, as a matter of fact, you really don't have anything at all to do with it. It's being done by the Mystical Traveler Consciousness, who does the spiritual exercises for you according to your karma, not according to your thoughts or feelings.

If you have established peace within your own consciousness, no one can take that from you.

If you want spiritual fulfillment, if you want Soul Transcendence, then it is yours to have. It's just a matter of you choosing back to what is already yours and prepared for you. It is prepared spiritually. In some ways, what that means is that you release yourself from your lower nature and your earthly material existence. You let that go so that it no longer has the importance or the attachment that it once had.

You can't go out there with animosity, anger, and greed and expect the world to give you something else. It won't do that. The Spirit will give you that which is your intention, and the amazing thing is you can't put your intention out here in the world. It's for you and your own inner universe to live in. And if you're not creating a healthy universe, it will eventually get out here and you'll have your catastrophe and disaster. What are those? Whatever people declare them.

No one can go up the scale without taking someone else with them. As you grow in your love and become an example of a shining Light, you affect those around you.

Many people approach today's relationships based on yesterday's lack, precipitating tomorrow's pain. Almost everyone has a history of some form of deprivation, qualifying himself or herself as a leading candidate for the soap opera called life, and many people constantly relate through the drama of their traumas. Influenced by traditional conditioning, most people will not approach relationships based on their own immediate experience. As a result, they may miss out on the thrill of life: abundance, loving, and joy, which are always present for those awake and aware enough to claim them.

Reclaiming our inner territory -- the route to becoming a Spiritual Warrior -- means learning to wake ourselves up. When we are attempting to wake up, we find ourselves involved in a process called unfolding. Many things will surface, and we will become aware that they have been taking up space in our inner territory. Many people find themselves resisting what surfaces, but that is futile. To reclaim our inner territory successfully -- to maintain harmony and balance -- is to enter a state of observation.

Q: Can I do spiritual exercises for someone else? A: Meditating or doing spiritual exercises (s.e.'s) for someone can increase the Light in their consciousness here, but it will not teach them Soul Transcendence. It's rarely part of anyone's job to do s.e.'s for someone else. If you are concerned about someone, you can send that person the Light. If you are with the person (for example, if you are with someone who's in the hospital), you could chant your own initiatory tone and just hold with that person with neutrality and loving. The energy of your consciousness is best used in chanting your own tone, taking care of yourself, and giving of your overflow of loving to others.

Ego dilemmas deal with all the things of the world -- how you perceive those things in the world, how you want them, and how you're not getting them. For example, you say, "Let's go down to the theater and we'll catch that eight o'clock show. It will be great, it's the middle of the week and very few people will be there." But you get there and it's sold out -- not only that showing, but all the other showings that night. The mind then goes into dilemmas. It thinks, "What are all these people doing here? Doesn't anybody work? Doesn't anybody stay home?" Instead go into self-correction, touch the heart center and say, "Wow, they're going to really enjoy this movie and I still have an enjoyment ahead of me. I'll go see this other show." And now you're in the area of choices instead of addictive behaviors.

Ultimately, what we teach in MSIA is you are a Soul living a material life in this world. You are not your body or whatever conditions you are processing physically and psychically. Your challenges may include pain and suffering. As part of the human condition, you may experience frustration, confusion, resentment, guilt, and the like. Love it all, and remember that everything in this world serves your Soul's learning and growth.