The Power of Modern Spirituality

usually other stimulations in your life that are louder.

… But the shamanic training taught me to dance and at the same time be awake and aware. It’s a whole different dimension.

The tenth-century Indian mystic and philosopher Abhinavagupta said to his students, ‘Listen carefully. Stop holding on to this or that, inhabit your true absolute nature, and peacefully enjoy the essence of what it is to be alive.’

To cooperate with this experience and deepen it or explore it, you need to press your pause button and notice it properly. You need to stop. Wake up. Be more aware. Be conscious and recognise that something good is happening.

I also suggest that you plan a calendar in which you deliberately place yourself in those circumstances that you know are particularly good for you and help you soak and fully absorb your connection.

The Muslim poet Rumi described this yielding as dissolving like sugar.

Once more, the lesson is about the attitude you have to your body. It needs to be a kind and attentive relationship.

As she realised all this, her low self-esteem simply dissolved. She knew now that she had nothing to prove to anyone and that she was part of a wondrous universe.

If you are not grounded in your body, you cannot feel the spiritual experience fully.