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This core part of your being. However, it’s not always possible to directly connect with your deeper Self. Most people first experience a harsh inner critic that arises and serves as a doorkeeper to the deeper psyche.To make it past that harsh doorkeeper, you must learn to disarm it through mindfulness and self-compassion. It’s at this point where inner work practices such as self-love become vital to work through your insecurities and self-resentments.But how do you know that you’re reconnecting with your Soul?I can’t answer that question for everyone. Spiritual Awakening Bundle:Immerse yourself in a world of illuminating insight, soul-centered wisdom, and crystal-clear guidance inside our Spiritual Awakening Bundle.But for me, the presence of my Soul emerges when my face softens, my eyes become warmer and more compassionate, a slight smile enters my face, and a lighter form of energy fills my body. I also tend to feel like I’m being drawn inwards into an embrace.As magical or mystical as that may sound, using mirror work as a portal to your Soul is actually quite natural. There is nothing phantasmagorical about it – it feels like returning home to the truest, most whole, and wisest part of yourself.There are no official methods of doing mirror work – although you can try the 21-day practice developed by Louise Hay in her book.Personally, I prefer to tailor mirror work to myself and my own needs. Here are some of the fundamental principles of mirror work that you might like to keep in mind if you want to create your own practice:Use affirmations that feel authentic to you (I’ll explain this more below)Dedicate at least two minutes every dayDo mirror work in private so that you aren’t disturbed (or feel the need to keep your guard up)It’s okay to feel emotional – let yourself feel whatever comes upKeep a journal where you record any notable experiences (I’ll explain this more below)With that being said, here’s a simple step-by-step guide to mirror work that you can use and adapt to your own needs:1. Commit yourselfMirror work creates the deepest changes when it’s done consistently over a long period of time. I recommend dedicating a minimum of two minutes a day, with ten minutes or more being ideal.2. Think about the best time of dayMirror work is flexible and can work around your schedule. Most people like doing mirror work in the early morning and late at night before going to bed. You can also do mirror work during the day as you pass mirrors. If there are no mirrors in your workplace, you can always use the selfie option on your phone (where you turn the camera towards yourself). You can find a private spot (such as in a bathroom cubicle) to do this exercise while at work.3. Choose or create your own affirmationWhy use affirmations, you might wonder? Affirmations counteract the negative self-talk that runs through our heads – they also help to reprogram our minds. When we use affirmations, we are affirming

Surrendershimself to Javert.Jean is arrested and taken to the city prison, which causes a stir in thecommunity. Despite this, only a few people, such as the old portress who workedfor him, continue to hold him in high esteem. Meanwhile, Sister Simplice andSister Perpétue are watching over Fantine's body at Monsieur Madeleine's home.The old portress goes about her nightly routine, almost as if she expects Jeanto return that night. To her surprise, he does indeed arrive and informs herthat he has escaped by breaking one of the window bars. He asks her to findSister Simplice, and in her absence, he writes a note confessing to stealingthe forty-sous piece from Petit Gervais and the burnt ends of his club, whichhe places on the table along with the note. He tears up an old shirt and takeshis silver candlesticks with him. When Sister Simplice arrives, he hands her anote to deliver to Monsieur the Curé, instructing him to take possession of hisbelongings, use some of the money to pay for his trial, and donate the rest tothe poor.Monsieur Madeleine has nearly completed giving his directions, when theyhear the elderly doorkeeper conversing with someone. It turns out to be Javert,who forcibly enters the mayor's room only to discover Sister Simplice on herknees in prayer. In response to Javert's inquiry about whether she is alone,she falsely claims to be so. And when he further asks if she has had anycontact with Jean Valjean, she lies once more with such skill as if she iswell-practiced in

With the other they strangled children.";That is why I encourage you to become great builders when you can but dauntless destroyers when necessary. The most difficult subjects are our selves. The illusions are more complex for they insulate our sanity and yet, if we don't dispel them, we remain barricaded prisoners of our own minds. Over the years, I've been fortunate to have teachers who urged me to fling open the Gates of Perception and not to wait for Kafka's doorkeeper to declare: "No one else could ever be admitted here, since this gate was meant only for you. I am now going to shut it." Ten thousand barriers stand in our way; we will need ten thousand and one strategies to overcome them, to arrive at our destination transformed by our efforts as Masters of Creative Destruction.THE UNYIELDING JOURNEYToday you are what might be referred to as UAOs, "Unidentified Academic Objects";; tomorrow you will pursue your future and consolidate your reputations. It is like kindergarten d�j� vu where completing one level only puts you in kindergarten of the next. The path is long and the journey unyielding. I spent most of my life being lost, climbing, searching, falling, finding and struggling to arise.I discovered that brains can be awakened no matter our age, and hearts, however closed, can be reinvented; that arms, even if passive, can reach out; and that souls, even if wounded, can soar, unbound, once again. CONCLUSIONNow you, along with Nasr'udin, know what I spoke about

& Brothers, New York, (1954) 1956, and a number of other editions. Also see the excellent web essay at There are times when we must disregard the guardian and look past the barrier as just another obstacle to overcome. Some, when they see a wall, simply turn back. Others will try to pass to the left or explore the right. Some will climb over and others dig beneath or batter their heads, like Aries, against it until they are filled with scars and broken horns (but at least they may have broken through to the other side). Some will transform the opaque barrier into a translucent glow or transparent window but a window, no matter how clear, still suggests a barrier [I Corinthians 13:12], something that may serve as necessary protection [Exodus 33:20]). Then there are those-searching for the path of least resistance or a mediated compromise-may abandon the path before them to examine alternate routes. Some great leaders, it is said, don't even see the wall. What is a barrier to some is an opportunity to others. These are the Masters of Creative Destruction. Kafka expressed it the best in The Trial where the doorkeeper does not permit the traveler to enter, not even the first of many gates. After waiting for too many years, and now upon his deathbed, the pilgrim is informed by the guardian, "No one else could ever be admitted here, since this gate was meant only for you. I am now going to shut

New American Standard Bible►► Parable of the Good Shepherd1“Truly, truly I say to you, the one who does not enter by the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbs up some other way, he is a thief and a robber.2But the one who enters by the door is a shepherd of the sheep.3To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep listen to his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.4When he puts all his own sheep outside, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice.5However, a stranger they simply will not follow, but will flee from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers.”6Jesus told them this figure of speech, but they did not understand what the things which He was saying to them [a]meant.7So Jesus said to them again, “Truly, truly I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.8All those who came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.9I am the door; if anyone enters through Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.10The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came so that they would have life, and [b]have it abundantly.11“I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.12He who is a hired hand, and not a shepherd, who is not the owner of the sheep,