THE INTERIOR CASTLE…Finding Spirituality In Your Everyday Life

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 
   
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 3
PREFACE 4
OPENING PRAYER 5
TABLE OF CONTENTS 6
   
INTRODUCTION 10
Our Search For Meaning 10
Spirituality and Religion 14
Jesus The Christ 16
What is God? 17
Where is God? 18
What is Spirituality? 21
Time to Wake Up 23
Who Are You – Really? 24
Many Paths One Destination 26
Welcome Home 27
Exercises 28
   
THE FOUNDATIONS 30
The 7 Spiritual Pillars Of The Castle 30
There Is One Power, One Presence, One God 31
We Are All Emanations Of The One God 31
There Is Unity Of All Life 34
We Co-Create Our Lives With God 36
We Are All Here For A Reason 37
The Universe Is Abundant 38
God Is Good And God Is Love 39
Preparation For The Journey 40
Exercises 41
   
THE MOAT AND THE DRAGON 44
The Moat 44
The Dragon 49
Fear Of Pain 51
Fear Of The Unknown 53
Fear Of Rejection 55
Fear Of Failure 56
You Cannot Fail 56
Exercises 58
   
PRAYER 60
Desperately Seeking God 60
The Lion, The Sheep And The Castle 62
The Power Of Prayer 63
The 3 Secrets Of Powerful Prayer 66
The Consciousness From Which We Pray 66
Conviction 67
Letting Go And Letting God 68
Uncovering The Truth 71
It’s All In Your Mind 73
Our Secret Gardens 78
The Power of Intention 78
Living In Answered Prayer 80
I Believe You 81
Are You Awake? 83
It’s Just Emotion 84
Backwards Prayer 85
Rerun Hell 86
What Did You Say? 87
A Spiritual Approach To Affirmations – Mini Prayers 88
Visualization As Prayer 92
Receiving Your Answered Prayer 94
When Our Prayers Seem To Go Unanswered 96
Ready, Sit, Action 98
Knock And It Shall Be Opened 99
All You Need Is Within You 101
Exercises 103
   
MEDITATION 108
What Is Meditation? 108
What’s In It For Me? 109
How To Meditate 111
The Mind Is Busy Right Now…Please Hold 112
Persist Through The Resistance 113
Give Yourself The Gift Of Meditation 117
Exercises 119
   
FORGIVENESS 123
Oh God, Please Forgive Me! 123
It Hurts 124
It’s All About You 126
The Healing Power Of Forgiveness 127
Judgement Day 128
Clearing Out The Poison 130
Letting It Out And Letting It Go 133
Excuse Me 136
It’s Over 137
The Precious Present 138
Drop Your Bags And Travel Light 142
A Mystic’s Journey With Forgiveness 144
Exercises 148
   
LOVE 151
Love – The Greatest Power On Earth 151
Where-er-er-er-er Is Love? 153
Love And The Dragon 155
How It All Begins 157
Ways We Don’t Love Ourselves 161
Loving Yourself 163
Searching For Love 166
Love Is The Answer 169
Choose Love 171
Exercises 174
   
GRATITUDE 177
The Magic Wand 177
The Power Of Appreciation 180
The Magical Magnet 183
Exercises 186
   
SERVICE 189
How Can I Get Good Service Around Here? 189
The Magic Of Service 191
You Can Make A Difference 192
Exercises 196
   
CONCLUSION 198
Coming Home 198
You Are The Light 199
Learning To Soar 201
Moving In 202
31 Day Plan 204
   
CLOSING PRAYER 208