When I first began meditating at the Ashram, there was a covert norm that becoming ‘enlightened’ is a really difficult thing to do; it was only for the masters and you wouldn’t be able to achieve it in this lifetime. However, I have come to learn that awakening is for everyone. Anyone can become lighter. Each moment of ‘enlightenment’ brings you closer to who you really are, helps you heal and allows you to experience more joy in your moments.

What if, instead of a deep-seated psychological trauma related to perfectionism holding you back, you are simply gathering momentum, putting together ideas, collating data and determining the best way to approach the task? What if you are meditating on the best way to proceed? What if you are waiting for that wave of energy that will carry you to shore?

I was stunned to see a man who has been the greatest influence on my spiritual awakening for the past twenty years suddenly standing before me.

‘Hello!’ I blurted, as I waved awkwardly; all the while curiously aware that my heart was racing and my palms were sweaty. Eckhart looked at me with his soft, sparkling eyes. He smiled warmly, revealing the dimple on his right cheek and nodded in acknowledgement…

While manifestation techniques may not overtly express their scientific methods, there are actually powerful psychological reasons that manifestation techniques are effective in creating the life of your dreams… As you practice reframing you begin to see and look for things that are working out for you. Reframing can remedy psychological phenomenon such as deletions and distortions whereby you view your world through your past psychological conditioning and only see that which affirms your beliefs.

You are appreciated, revered and adored more than you could ever know. When you glimpse this divine and unconditional love of the creative intelligence that imbues all that is, you will know unequivocally, that you are worthy of all the good in the Universe. You are love and you are loved; deeply and truly.

It is rare to be told that the measure of success is the level of joy that you feel. It is even rarer still, to be told that you are worthy of the feeling of joy irrespective of your life situation. In fact, you are worthy of all that is good, no matter how you feel and irrespective of whether you are aware of the joy that is ever-present (although not always noticed) within you.