What Are Spiritual Exercises?
Spiritual exercises are an active meditation technique of holding the mind steady and quieting the emotions by using a spiritual tone or vibration to connect to the energy that flows from God throughout all existence. Doing spiritual exercises can help you transcend illusions and limitation and move into the awareness of Soul. -
The Purpose of Spiritual Exercises
When we use the term spiritual exercises, we mean very specifically chanting Hu, Ani Hu, or your initiatory tone. All spiritual exercises share the common purpose of lifting you into higher, more subtle, refined states of awareness and perception until you break through the illusions of this world into the consciousness of the Soul.
The Soul
The Soul is an extremely dynamic, forceful, creative unit of energy. It is alive in the truest, most pure sense of the word. It is the part of every person that never dies, always exists, always is. It is your truest reality.
The body, mind and emotions are the vehicles through which your Soul gains experience in this world. They are not who you are. They are illusionary and transient. When you do spiritual exercises, you begin building a bridge between your conscious awareness and your Soul. Because each journey inward purifies and strengthens this bridge of consciousness, we suggest that you spend some time each day practicing spiritual exercises.
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The Purpose of Spiritual Exercises
When we use the term spiritual exercises, we mean very specifically chanting Hu, Ani Hu, or your initiatory tone. All spiritual exercises share the common purpose of lifting you into higher, more subtle, refined states of awareness and perception until you break through the illusions of this world into the consciousness of the Soul.
The Soul
The Soul is an extremely dynamic, forceful, creative unit of energy. It is alive in the truest, most pure sense of the word. It is the part of every person that never dies, always exists, always is. It is your truest reality.
The body, mind and emotions are the vehicles through which your Soul gains experience in this world. They are not who you are. They are illusionary and transient. When you do spiritual exercises, you begin building a bridge between your conscious awareness and your Soul. Because each journey inward purifies and strengthens this bridge of consciousness, we suggest that you spend some time each day practicing spiritual exercises.
See more at: http://msiaonlineclasses.org/meditation-classes/what-are-spiritual-exercises/#sthash.oj51c1Qr.dpuf
“You have to get into "yourself" to discover the essence of God. Spiritual exercises get you into yourself. They start peeling the layers away, sometimes very gradually and sometimes in a beautiful rush.” -John-Roger