In this extract from The Endorphin Effect, William Bloom explains that the release of endorphins experienced with the sensation of pleasure is the biological experience of spiritual connection.
In spirituality the physical body is often described as a temple - a temple to be inhabited by the soul. Our physical bodies are the homes of our psyches and consciousness. Our bodies ground us into the educational experience of being alive, here on earth.
Why is it that so many of us, when we get on the spiritual path, stop being wise and inquisitive? We seem often to stay stuck with whatever gives us comfort.
Do you want to be a full expression of love? Or do you want to be fully awake and enlightened? Perhaps, like me, you want to be both - Love and Enlightenment.
Human beings have this wonderful ability not just to imagine and to create, but also to rationally ponder possibilities - and then make choices and take decisions.
In some way we are all connected with everything, with everyone and with each other. So why ever run away from taking responsibility? Take responsibility, apologise and ask for forgiveness.
There are many gateways to spiritual experience and many different personal styles, whichever gateway or style we use, it will take us into the same core experience. We connect with spirit, with mystery, with God, with Tao, with the wonder and beauty of existence.
If you calmly allow a warm energy to radiate from your lower torso the vibration is grounded and protective. 'Holding' is like a calm lake of warm energy in which people feel reassured.
If there is stuff clogging up your liver it not only damages your immune system and longevity, it is also irritating. Physically and psychologically irritating. So it is useful to flush it out regularly.
The most important thing that you can ever do with your awareness is more fully to explore the essence of cosmic consciousness and unconditional love, and channel it to relieve suffering.
Spirituality is about a deepening connection with the wonder and spirit of life; wisdom, compassion and expanding consciousness; harmoniously serving the community.
Don’t be concerned if we lose the plot every now and again. That is absolutely to be expected as we pass through these times of accelerated, profound and blessed transformation.
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