Practical Mysticism

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Join Soul Bridging Founder Michelle Shaw as she explores the inner experience of initiation with Author and teacher, William Meader for Practical Mysticism

Practical Mysticism is living our most profound spiritual expression while functioning in the everyday world. We are now living in an era when a mystical orientation to spiritual living is slowly yielding to a new and emerging paradigm—the Era of Practical Mysticism. This change is rooted in the transition occurring as we evolve from devotional spiritual practices to manifesting our spiritual essence through our work in the word.  While in the past, the spiritual journey has emphasized the way of the heart, the practical mystic blends the center with the mind as a prelude to tangible outer service.

These four modules explore Practical Mysticism, the marriage of love and intelligence, and transforming our world in practical and real ways. Topics covered in the discussion include:

Lesson1: The Practical Mystic [11:53]

• There are specific skills that lead to the development of the practical mystic
• Bringing heaven to Earth in practical and grounded ways are skills of the Practical Mystic
• Practical Mysticism is a hallmark of the Aquarian Age
• Intelligence and Love are essential components of effective action

Lesson 2: The Heavenly Marriage [13:08]

• The Heavenly Marriage is the union of the heart and the mind.
• The result of this union creates an internal and external expression of loving wisdom in the world.
• Three major phases of our consciousness include separative consciousness, unitive consciousness, and synthesis.
• Glimpse the world as the majority of humans begin to operate as Practical Mystics

Lesson 3: Transforming Our World  [6:50]

• Social media, the arts, telecommunications are valuable tools for helping us to connect and experience the reality of the world.
• Through access to this information through resources, our consciousness is transformed.
• Through a realization of our interconnectedness, we begin to ‘spiritualize’ our everyday relationship to the world around us

Lesson 4: Skills of the Practical Mystic  [9:15]

• Skills of the Practical Mystic includes being able to recognize the duality of everything in the world.
• The role of the Ajna or the third eye has an essential role in the shift in our perception