SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT AND EMPOWERMENT

We all need to feel empowered as to what we are able to do to contribute to making the world around us function a lot better! In order to do this we must mature spiritually and start taking on a lot more responsibility on improving the spiritual climate we live in! How we envision God has a great impact on how empowered we as individual spirits are able to become! God is best described as the spiritual force that makes our universe able to serve us extremely well provided we learns the lesson we need to in order to improve how well we are able to function on this spiritually in a very challenging and evolving physical world we exist in!

Describing God as a personality that dominates us like some tyrant does not help us get more empowered spiritually so we can take on the really big challenges our the modern age! I feel like describing God as a “being” tends to mislead people into thinking of God as some sort of personality, with attributes similar to us! Our concept of God needs to evolve as we evolve. We should no longer be like the animals we evolved from, but should go beyond just being instinct dominated creatures the way science likes to see us as! But become more advance in understanding how capable we can become if we make the effort to develop the spiritual capabilities that can enable us to do so much better at dealing with the serious problems that come with the highly advance technological age we now exist in!

In our Universe that which works survives and that which does not does not survive! As a result our universe works extremely well! The spiritual underlies everything and works hand in hand with the physical universe we live in! As we evolve spiritually, we will be better able to interpret what is happen to us in this physical world as to what it means on the spiritual level! Things that happen to us all happen for some spiritual reason and we need to develop our spiritual sensitivity/intuition to the point that we can figure out what types of spiritual forces are at work underlying what is happening to us.

Often people send spiritual energy to each other through theirs words and actions and have a strong impact on them. These spiritual exchanges happen in so many different ways and one has to make an effort to makes these interactions beneficial rather than detrimental to us and the world we live in! Life is full of actions and consequence and the lessons that come from them! When the consequences are unhealthy or not desirable, we need to learn from them and make the corrections needed to bring about better results. We get better spiritually as we learn from our lessons and find or develop what we need spiritually to be more capable in the future. Challenges and tests come with life and as we become more capable we are able to take on even bigger challenges and then reach an even higher level of expertise!

We need to have spiritual beliefs/theories and training techniques that actually help us to perform a lot better than those of the past. It is true that our spiritual beliefs/theories can get really strongly rooted and it takes really hard work to alter or change them! But, nothing that is worthwhile comes easy! Things that are hard to change require the most spiritual strength to change them! Our individual spirits can get a lot stronger and more aware than they have been in the past on this planet, and they will need to, because the challenges we face here are way more than those of the past! Our hard work spiritually applied in this life will serve us well in our next life! Cycles are a vital part of our existence within this life and within future lives, and we are able to express different aspects of ourselves within each of these cycles and Then learn, adjust, heal and progress in a way to function even better and become less toxic or abusive to yourself, others and the environment! Individual spirits need to feel more empowered and understand the vital role they play in how well the part of the universe they exist in functions! As the knowledge and technology of the world we live in evolves we must also evolve and take more spiritual responsibility for improving the physical and spiritual state this world we live in is in!

GOD

God is the universal spirit that enables the universe(reality) to serve us well provided we do the work required to understand how it works so that we can make the most of the opportunities and challenges it offers! God serves us and only exists so that we can exist and serve our very important role as front line spirits contributing what we have to offer to make the part of the universe we are able to impact function better/healthier! How we envision God evolves as we evolve spiritually! We exist because we have what we need to exist! Our spirits ensure we have all we need to continue our existence and purpose! We can do a lot to improve our spiritual programming/theories and training techniques so that we can gain a better connection with the universe/God and function even better in a world that has so many problems and challenges.

Irrational addiction to beliefs, mythologies and the delusions they support can greatly limits one spiritual progress and how well one can understand and connect spiritually to our universe/God and thus function really well within it! Addictive stuff of all kinds can enable us to “feel good” while dulling our ability to understand and effectively serve our spiritual purpose in this world! It is not healthy to go into a blissful spiritual state and tune out the all important physical reality we exist in that challenges us and can bring out the most in us spiritually

Past Traumas left unhealed are holding us back spiritually on this planet

Delusions and unhealed past traumas go together. Drugs and medications can help one live with these unhealed traumas, but often become addictive or dependent on! Traditional religions tend to act like drugs being based more on mythology and the delusions that support them, than by connecting people with hard reality! Our food industry creates refined adulterated foods that taste good, but do not focus on health creating impact. People then no longer can enjoy basic foods that are actually healthy! They are so use to indulging themselves that they are not hungry enough to appreciate real healthy foods! People are more interested in “feeling good” than facing more of reality spiritually and getting real positive results on this planet and the great sense of well being achieving something of great merit produces within oneself.
A lot of people think they can escape their unhealed traumas and the abuse associated with them after death, and have delusionary beliefs(after life theories) that support this! They actually think they can escape the “cycle of abuse” rather than having to do the hard work to heal/change it. I am all about training people in a way to heal them spiritually while helping them improve their spiritual theories/programming so that they can face the heavier dose of reality required in order to face and heal the strong emotional traumas that are holding them back spiritually!
The spiritual is powered by emotions, and we need to become a lot better at handling the whole spectrum of emotions in a positive way, rather than demonizing certain emotions that are not easy to handle. Life is meant to be challenging, and to inspire great achievements. We need to stop intoxicating ourselves with drugs and delusions and develop the spiritual maturity to actually transform the reality around us into something to be proud of!

Why is this world (the Earth)so messed up!

Getting the most out of our potential individually is not at all easy especially if one is not very well programmed spiritually and am  addicted to various things that dulls or harms their ability to tune into  reality especially the most challenging parts of it.  Everyone who is not constantly working at improving the spiritual state they are in and the  spiritual theories they are guided by will automatically fall into the prevailing mindsets that dominate this world and are supported by traditional religions or the mass media that are very locked in in their beliefs.  Science also can fall victim to a lock in mindset.  Human being are conscious spiritual beings capable of a lot more spiritually than being harmfully controlled or limited by instinct and biological urges.  We can do so much better on this Earth spiritually and not be so abusive to ourselves and others and to the planet Earth we play such an important spiritual role on.  But we need to become a lot more mature spiritually, which is not easy to do since growing up requires a lot of growing pains and lessons that we make a really intense effort to learn.

People with polarizing overly simplistic mindsets(which is especially present in politics) who are off in perspective in opposite directions that enjoy a sort of arrogant self-righteous condemnation toward each other tend to dominate in this World, and often gain access to money to push their antiquated ideas.  The truth is never that simple and can be very challenging to figure out to a reasonable degree.  One has to work hard to be able to see and weigh all sides of an issue.  and do the hard work to figure out what will actually work in a world that now has very sophisticated technology,  that can be extremely complicated to figure out as to how to best take advantage of their positive value,  and not be harmed due to not knowing how to avoid the the problems that also can come with them.

We are all delusional to some degree, since no one has a perfect grasp of what is true.  Perfection does not exist in this world spiritually, but is not required, since we only need to have a good enough grasp of the truth to function at a reasonable level to meet the needs for the demands of the times we live in.  Now, anyone that thinks that the we are doing that well at this time when it comes to our individual and collective health and as well as the health of our planet really is deluding themselves to quite a degree,  I have found that people with delusional type mind-sets will tend to see those who have a very different but more rational mindset as the ones who are delusional, since otherwise they would have to question their beliefs and get out of their comfort zone and do the hard work to improve them.  One has to have a certain amount of humility to be able to see ones inadequacies, so that one will be able to improve.  One has to see ones inadequacies before one can improve on them.  When one gets a poor grade in school, one can then figure our what areas one need to put hard work into in order to improve.  As one progresses in any field one wants to develop more expertise in, one must be able to handle the complexities that come with it.  We can not advance very far in any field if we can not get beyond the simplistic.  As we advance in education in any field of study we eventually will face the most complexity required when it comes to the subject we choose to specialize in.  The spiritual field is no different than any other field when it come to the level of complexity required in order to become very good at it.

When we are not individually and collectively adequate enough in our spiritual programming to adequately handle really complex issue/problems of our times a lot of serious problems will result in this world.  Homelessness, for example, will result for those who do not have the capabilities to adjust to a society that demands too much of them and is not designed well enough to meet their needs.    Often those that are “differently abled” end up as homeless or with tragic lives.  Many of the great personalities in the history of our Planet have been “differently abled”.   We need to make more of an effort to utilize the special unique abilities that these people often have rather than just condemn them for not fitting in to a society that is not designed well enough to meet their needs.  We all need to get more out of ourselves even if we are lucky enough not to be homeless.  We can all do a lot more to direct our desires to live a healthier life style.  So many people are not very healthy in this World, with a food industry that markets food that acts more often act like drugs, than contributing to health.  It is not easy to get the most out of our abilities without having the spiritual programming that is good enough to help us to do the hard work to get the most out of ourselves when it comes to our own health and abilities even if we are in a more comfortable position in our society.  We will need to work really hard to get the most out of every member of our society in order to successfully get through the crises that lay ahead of us in a world that badly needs us to advance enough spiritually to enable this to happen.

I am one of the “differently abled” people who has a lot to contribute to this world that has really struggled to survive in a spiritually backward world.  My beliefs(spiritual theories) are unique since I developed them to be an improvement over those that currently dominate in this World.  New ideas, no matter how good, often have to really fight to be heard in a World that is backward spiritually.  One thing so many people do not understand is that when beliefs become popular due to how many people believe in them they gain psychic support for them.  That means they are easily attainable without a lot of work.  Inspiration that comes easily will tend just to be drawn psychically from the energy of beliefs that are already well represented in this world.  New spiritual theories(having little psychic support in this world) will always have to struggle to gain acceptance especially in a World that tends to cling to the beliefs of the past and tends to have a lot of addictive qualities in the life styles of its inhabitants.  It takes work to explore or try out new spiritual ideas as to how well they will actually work in ones life or can positively impact this world.   One has to be willing to make the effort to understand the value of something before you can experiment and find if it useful.   Rational/useful ideas will have an intuitive ring of truth to them that will reach those who have experienced enough life to appreciate their value.

Over 4 decades I developed a new spiritually focused Astrology System.  This is because I believe the physical-spiritual connection is so important in this world and provides a structure to the spiritual. The physical is what challenges and grounds our spiritual beliefs and tests how well they actually work when really tested by the resistance on the physical can provide.  This physical-spiritual connection is what connects us to our Earth and the natural world we are part of.  Native tribes often see our Earth as sacred and will have special connections to the land they are part of.  The physical-spiritual connection is what Astrology is based on, but the ancients that developed the traditional Astrology System that a lot of our public is drawn to, did not understand much about the Planets and Stars that they used to create it.  But, people tend to cling to the ideas of the past, even if they are not that good.  Something is better than nothing when a spiritual vacuum exists.  In ancient times they did not need to be as sophisticated spiritually as we need to be today, since we now have become so advanced in our technology and the scientific knowledge that come with it.  But, we  need a stronger connection spiritually with the physical world we now understand so much more about than in ancient times.  Cycles play a strong role in the spiritual and the movements of the very huge objects that are close to us  have to have a strong impact on the subtle and sensitive spiritual level of our being and the vital intuition that exists there and guides us.  Being well connected spiritually to the greater physical universe we are part of is what makes an effective Astrology system developed in a rational way so important.  The spiritual is not irrational.  We can not be guided by anything that is irrational spiritually and then behave in a sane and rational way in a physical world that demands it.

It takes work to become stronger and more sensitive spiritually.   Often people who claim to be really advance spiritually do not actually do the hard work to train their body to better connect to the spiritual.  The body, mind, and spirit needs to be developed through hard work.  One has to do the spiritual work to get healthier and more tuned in physically in order to get the most out of your unique potential.  It takes a lot of spiritual strength to get the most out of your unique abilities.  The spiritual is powered by our emotions, and these all need to be directed in a constructive/positive/healthy direction in order for us to get the most out of ourselves and contribute the most of what we have to this world.  So, I have developed really challenging meditative/spiritual techniques to develop the spiritual strength and sensitivity I needed to develop a new spiritual theory based Astrology System and to help others to also gain spiritually in a way to get the most out of the abilities they have.  I am very much a doer spiritually and demand results in the real world.  So everything I have developed has been done with and eye on positive results and the trial and error required to make this happen.

Here are my links to most of my spiritual stuff I have on the internet including my astrology system and meditative exercises.  Some of it is easier to understand.  My astrology system is a formula and will not be easy to understand.  I need people with interest in astrology that want to move to a more advanced system to explore it:

https://astrogoodwin.wordpress.com/2017/10/09/links-to-my-spiritual-stuff-on-internet/

 

 

Spiritual value not hurt by shoulder dislocation&associated injuries from my fall the night before Easter

This is an update, have written about this previously. For those who have not kept up on my progression toward recovery from this accident, here is a link to the first in a series of blog posts I have on this subject: https://astrogoodwin.wordpress.com/2018/04/07/how-am-i-feeling-6-days-after-my-shoulder-was-dislocated-and-put-back-early-easter-sunday/

Here is my daily evolving morning exercise/rehab program as of today, 5/28/18: Started with some stretching! Then, did various movements to rehab my right arm/shoulder’s range of motion with and without the 5 lb dumbbell! Did left handed weightlifting with 20 lb dumbbell and also did some 2 handed 20 lb dumbbell bicep curls combined with squats! Then did a little more stretching! Then did warm up quarter mile meditative walk before doing exhausting quarter mile run, and exhausting 3/4 mile meditative walk! I do everything with the great intensity that decades of extreme and creative spiritual physical training has enabled me to do!:

Range of motion for my arm with elbows straight is only 16 inches from side to side and 29 inches front to back! That means I am really limited in what I can do! At the elbow I am not limited, have full range of motion and getting my strength back! I do not have the time or money to find out what type of operation/surgery might work to improve this situation! My ability to function in the area I have of value(the spiritual) to the world is not harmed by this limitation and dealing with this situation has made me have to become even stronger spiritually using my very advance meditative techniques to enable me to heal a lot of the damage done and to handle the pain that helps the body really focus on healing!

I understand that there is a lot of determination in this world to not deal with the pain and hard work and change required to advance further spiritually and shed the intoxicating addiction to the spiritual beliefs and techniques(rituals) of the past! So getting people to value my expertise is not easy here! But, anyone without spiritual blinders on should be able to see how messed up this world is spiritually and how important it is for every individual on this planet to do their part spiritually to improve these problematic conditions! Spiritual competence in the world starts with individual spiritual competence and as long as people arrogantly cling to the beliefs of the past this world will continue on a path that will not serve it well spiritually!

For those who are not familiar with my spiritual theories and techniques this link that follows has a list of links to an awful lot of my stuff of immense value I have on the internet that has not yet got much attention drawn to it by a public that tends to just like to have their present spiritual ideology reinforced rather than challenge themselves to advance further in this very important area related to creating a better future on this planet both individually and collectively:

https://astrogoodwin.wordpress.com/2017/10/09/links-to-my-spiritual-stuff-on-internet/

How am I feeling 6 days after my shoulder was dislocated and put back early Easter Sunday?

At times not good at all: fever and nausea with intense pain in arm, at other times a lot better! Use ice on forehead and arm. Getting a little better over time. Must sleep sitting up using pillow on table or arm will hurt too much, Appointment Tuesday! Do not want to use the VA hospital too much! once cleared to rehab my injury I can do so myself using really good videos on youtube. I just did a lot of damage! I do not want a huge bill and do not trust the medical profession that much when it comes to understanding my unique body! I do feel that as soon as my tissues heals enough, I will start making really fast progress! I just have a very sensitive body that has been really pushed to the edge. But I am use to living on the edge and really trust my intuition will guide me well in the healing process! I do not take pain killers now, did take Ibuprofen at the beginning, but did not like the acid reflux and other side affects. So a lot of the pain is the result of this. But. I feel that I will heal faster if I feel the pain and am not knocked with pain killers. I am optimistic that I will come back stronger than ever! Tuesday will give me information on how the healing process is going! All so complicated. My body is use to being pushed hard by me, so I will continue to challenge it in any way I think will speed up its progress even if at times quite painful!

When I fell while doing a meditative walk in the dark last Saturday around 10 PM and dislocated my shoulder and with the strong yanking done to get it back in place, muscle/tissue damage was done! I do not normally do well with the medical profession and my neurologically different body! I am good at doing my own research and self treating my own body! I am not concerned with it dislocating again since my body tends to be tight rather than loose which is what makes recurring dislocation more frequent and happen more often with younger people. My accident happened in a way that was like an instant complete stop upon forward moving impact with the ground and the impact was very violent and quite a shock! The dislocation did not happen easily!
My world has not fallen apart because of the shoulder dislocation that occurred as a result of a fall! I will make a fast recovery and still be more advanced in my meditative exercise techniques than anyone else afterwards, since I will not lose most of my head start I have as a result of all my past effort and training! I did have to make one more adjustment to my astrology system that only an accident like this one would force me to! I immediately was doing daily quarter mile painful meditative walks, and after practicing my running in short bursts inside my house for a while started doing daily runs of a quarter of a mile also! I will be ready! I will be doing some strengthening of my left arm soon so that it can help my other arm to be able to handle the type of 2 handed dumbbell swings I do sooner!
I have become a lot better at using my left arm and hand due to not being able to use my dominant right! Eating can be messy, but I am getting better at it. I do have finer motor skill limitations that affect my left arm/hand more tan my right. This was typed with one hand and mostly using two fingers on it!

The physical-spiritual connection and delusions

It is so important that one develops a strong spiritual connection to the challenging physical reality one exists in right now on this Earth! Spiritual strength comes from this connection with this resistant substance that challenges us and brings out more of what we are capable spiritually. We need to be focused on the hard reality that this physical substance provides. Spiritually what we put our energy into becomes real to some degree. The problem is that if what we put our energy into spiritually does not align well with the physical reality we are all spiritually connected to, then it takes a lot of extra energy into it to support it! The more delusional a belief, the more energy is wasted supporting that belief and the less one is able to maintain a strong grip on the hard reality we are part of. People who are quite delusional in what they believe spiritually can be quite confident in their beliefs especially if they are part of a group or organization that helps support that delusional belief.

In times of crisis is when beliefs(spiritual theories) get really challenged as to how well they actually work. Those who train their body hard doing exercises that improve the physical-spiritual connection require spiritual theories that really enhance their connection to reality in order to do them and do them safely! Doing spiritual crisis style training helps one to get a stronger spiritual connection to reality so that one will be drawn to spiritual theories that really work well in our reality. Actions and results count a lot in this challenging reality we are part of. Those who actually do the hard work required to become strong and aware spiritually can become really confident spiritually as a result of how well their training works and how well they know they can perform in a crisis situation. People who are delusional can project a lot of confidence and be quite arrogant, but are not very reliable when really challenged and the bubble they created to protect their delusion is threatened.

This paragraph added 13 Oct 22: The human body is what helps us connect the spirit to the physical  world around it. My astrology system helps me to better program my body spiritually so I can get more tuned into it  spiritually  and get more out of it….  I  made another improvement in my spiritual astrology system yesterday evening.  I am staying on my special diet despite feeling very hungry.  The body gets a lot of spiritual energy directed at it from others that want it to maintain the status quo.  When you change your body  you change yourself spiritually.  Other people  will  want you to stay the same.  The body is what gives the spirit that inhabits it a protective and supportive structure to maintain  its spiritual strength and attunement.   It tends to support  the status quo. My hard physically spiritual meditative training  and diet force the body to transform in a way to become  more helpful  in backing up my spiritual mission  and  handling the stress that comes with it.  This physical spiritual  connection is extremely important.

This world is heading toward a crisis, since we are not facing reality well enough in a technological age that demand so much more out of us spiritually than any previous period in our history on this Earth! We need to advance a lot more spiritually so that we develop the spiritual maturity(grip on reality)required to effectively deal with the serious problems that exist in this world. When scientific advancement gets ahead of our spiritual maturity to handle it, we must advance further spiritually or we will be in deep trouble. We really need to develop more rational, reality based spiritual theories that help us to better cope with the intense challenges that now exist on this Earth. We really need to become a lot less delusional spiritually.

Just “being” is not enough spiritually!

We live in a world that has so many serious problems, we do not need people completely lacking in empathy for the plight of others..  We need people who see the importance of contributing to improving the conditions of the world, not people just content to just exist here.  One can not truly have empathy for others with problems  in this world and not feel compelled to contribute in what ever way one can to improve the conditions that exist in this world.  We can not help everyone, but we should do our part to improve the conditions in this world so that less people are being adversely affected by them.   Those who are satisfied with just “being” and being in a disconnected blissful state, and that are not into doing anything to contribute to making this world a better place, are the ones that devalue the importance of the physical reality we  exist in along with those that are really struggling to deal with the serious problems that exist here.

Emotions power the spiritual, and really spiritually developed people can handle the toughest and most challenging emotions that this world and its problems create.  People who tune out this reality, so that they can just “be”, are the ones that need to have or create a strong spiritual bubble to protect them from the challenging reality that exists outside themselves in a world that to most so obviously has so many serious problems that really need to be addressed!  The more capable one becomes spiritually the more aware one becomes to the problems of this world and those adversely affected by them.  Those who are the best trained spiritually have the least need to have or create a protected bubble to any degree shielding them from reality and those that are so strongly affected by this reality.  A blissful cut-off state tends to strengthen  delusional tendencies and weakens ones ability to handle or relate to the intense pain that comes with the serious problems that  exists in this world, and therefore to see no spiritual need to act in some way to improve the really unhealthy conditions that exist here.  The more one can handle pain, the more of the truth one can handle spiritually.  Solving serious problems requires an ability to tune into the truth spiritually really really  hard.

People who are fighting spiritually to maintain a protective “bubble” to some degree will find the need to cut off any conversation with others that threaten that bubble.  People who are really capable spiritually can handle strong emotions  of all kinds really well and do not cut off conversations with others because they can not handle these intense emotions and the problems often associated with them.  People that have these protective “bubbles” will tend to be controlling and authoritarian in order not to deal with that which challenges their escapist(cut-off) state of being they desire to stay in.  Those who defend the value of those who have protective bubbles will only do so if they have one themselves.  Otherwise they would see how unhealthy it is spiritually for themselves and the others they impact in this world.

Those spiritual people that tend to break the bubbles that make people less effective at improving the conditions that exist in this world will really collide strongly with those who are protective of these bubbles.  But we can not advance further spiritually in this world if we keep feeling a need to protect those spiritually who have these protective bubbles inside themselves which prevent them from seeing more of reality and the need to grow further spiritually in order to handle it better.

The need for balance in ones spiritual training

One can do a really high energy aerobic exercise with the focus on breathing more than required so that an intense meditative/spiritual state becomes part of the exercise. An aerobic exercise with an upper body emphasis works best, in which one breaths extra rapidly, and does neck/head movements that massage the neck enabling the brain to get extra blood flow so that one can push harder than one normally can do. My barbarian dumbbell swing exercise in which I swing the 20 lb dumbbell with two hands from between my legs to over and behind my head does a good job at that. I do bend my arms a little using my arms a lot to lift the dumbbell. I find one can put oneself into an extremely intense and difficult spiritual/physical doing this. I breath in and out 6 to 8 times with each swing and do this for 8 minutes very intensely.I move my head down when lifting the dumbbell (over head) and move my head down when bringing the dumbbell down, massaging my neck and bringing more blood to the brain! I also open and close my mouth intensely while breathing without closing on the teeth which helps to release tension in that area of the head and the head in general.I use to do it longer with less intensity, but as I got more fit, the intensity went up and the duration went down. Quieting the mind during a good portion of this exercise will help one to better increase its intensity while being careful to read your body so you do not do anything to hurt/injure yourself. The more intense you exercise the more careful one needs to be!! One can search for the right exercise for you that fits the same requirements as the dumbbell swing exercise does for me. Studies are showing that really intense cardiovascular exercise of more intensity and shorter duration can be very effective provided one is fit enough to do them. So one has to start with less intensity, more duration and a lighter dumbbell, and gradually increase the the intensity as you get more fit, while shortening the duration and finding the best dumbbell weight for your needs. This high energy exercise will build up your individual spiritual energy strength. In my astrology system the individually focused connections to the top of the birth chart get stronger when you do this type of exercise.
One needs a balance between a really high energy meditative exercise like the one mentioned above along with a slow meditative exercise that slows down ones energy so as to develop more sensitivity and awareness of the universal spiritual energy that exists beyond ones individual self. I developed the meditative walk for that reason. One walks with the legs spread a little farther apart than normal with short steps while breathing in with one step and out with the next. You look upward to a degree while massaging your neck by raising your shoulders higher than one would do in a normal walk. As mentioned in above paragraph the massaging of the neck by ones shoulders brings more blood flow to the head helping one to push oneself harder than one could normally do. One can increase the intensity of this exercise by shortening ones steps even more and by breathing in and out with each step, but this is a really advanced technique when done well and one must work up to it. It can takes years to get really good at this. When doing this exercise one should try to quiet the mind a good portion of the time, since one can focus harder and reach a stronger spiritual state when doing this. One can also focus on the side to side motion and how carefully one moves ones feet when doing this exercise. In my astrology system the universally(beyond ones individual self) connections to the bottom of the birth chart are strengthened by this exercise.
The physical/spiritual health gotten from doing both exercises is needed in order to create the degree of spiritual/physical oneness that is required in order to gain a stronger connection to reality/God so one will be better able to contribute positively spiritually and physically to this physical world one now exists in. One does best to have this balance between handling high and low energy states. Being overly hyper active or overly complacent or quiet/subdued and sensitive will limits ones effectiveness and ability to be in control of oneself spiritually. Being out of control or ineffective spiritually can lead to a lot of serious problems in ones life. This world has a lot of problems rooted in the spiritual that are the result of people being out of control or ineffective spiritually. Being effective spiritually involves handling ones emotions and desires well, so that one can better control and direct ones actions and communications toward positive results in this world.
In order to handle really intense and challenging exercise one has to have spiritual beliefs that enable one to handle the very difficult(can feel quite torturous) spiritual/physical states these exercises create. One needs to develop the ability to put all of ones spiritual focus into the present and not have escapist type spiritual beliefs sabotaging this effort. I have blogs on spiritual beliefs I designed to help one deal with the challenging type spiritual exercises and the spiritual state and the heavy dose of reality they connect one with. The truth often is painful, and ones ability to be able to handle more of the challenging/painful side of life helps one to better connect with more of what is true spiritually, and also to those who are dealing with the serious problems of the world that only can be properly dealt with by have a closer connect to reality and the often painful truths that come with it!! Having a good diet with nutritional supplements also helps one to handle a really challenging spiritual/physical training program!

Meditation is important to keeping positive emotionally

Meditation requires one focus on on ones breathing, and feelings. One tries to slow down the body so that it will move to a more stable spiritual state more comfortable and grounded in reality. One becomes more connected and one with the physical world one exists in. One needs to calm all the crazy energy that one absorbs from the world around you and become more one with that which is solid and reliable in this reality we exist in. This reality is challenging and will overpower us at times. We can not allow that to happen. We need to fight to remain calm and strong. Connecting more with the hard/solid part of our reality helps us do that. But to do this we need to slow down and connect with this solid stillness. It is not easy to do this
I focus on my breathing and do certain body movements that relieve the tension that prevents one from relaxing and connecting more strongly with the solid reality that provides us with spiritual strength. It takes a lot of work to meditate, just like it does for a physical exercise program. I combine meditation with the physical exercises I do, and get in a very low energy state as a result afterwards that really connects me with reality in a really solid way. Strong people develop the ability to perform in the low energy states that others can not handle! It is all in conditioning oneself to handle a lot and to be able to handle low energy states really well.
Emotional strength is developed when one can handle the challenging emotions that one must face and get use to when one is in a lower energy state than one is comfortable with. One trains oneself through meditative techniques to get use to lower energy states and the challenging emotions and the reality that comes with them. I confront challenging emotions while meditating and overcome their power over me, so I can use them to my benefit!!
1/25/16: Now doing my intense meditative walk in a way I tire out sooner and move from doing one breathing in and out with each step to one breathing in with 2 steps and out with 2 steps when the first one fatigues me. I move my shoulders up and down in a way to massage my neck so as to get more blood flow to the brain when I do both of these. I raise my head a little to make massaging my neck with my shoulders easier to do.
I have other more detailed blog posts I have done in the past that can be reached by clicking on meditation  under this blog post.  Here is a link to my very valuable meditative walking blog post:   https://astrogoodwin.wordpress.com/2016/10/04/meditative-walking-developing-a-stronger-spiritual-connection-with-the-physical/
  • Thomas Goodwin "astrogoodwin"