A practical guide to simple daily techniques for rapid spiritual progress
• Explores 11 time-tested methods for spiritual advancement and how you only need to include 7 each day for spiritual growth and personal enlightenment
• Includes wisdom from spiritual masters from nearly every religion, including Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism, and more
• Offers routines, tips, and tricks to keep you on track, mantras for success and sacred connection, and exercises to apply these spiritual lessons in your everyday life
Enlightenment means becoming a light unto yourself. But how does one get on the path to enlightenment? In this practical spiritual guide, Simon Chokoisky shares 11 time-tested yet simple daily techniques to help you find your spiritual path, or "dharma," no matter what your spiritual background--be it Christian, Hindu, Buddhist, or Agnostic. He explains how everyone has a unique learning style as well as a spiritual style--your "Dharma type"--and how the Dharma method allows you to pick any seven of the 11 methods described in the book to practice. You can even change them daily, all based on your unique needs. And by holding to the 7/11 "rule" daily, you'll soon find yourself on the road to rapid spiritual progress and personal enlightenment.
In this book, the author explains how he distilled these 11 spiritual techniques from centuries of methods used by spiritual masters from around the world. He details the 5 different Dharma types and provides personality tests to determine your type. He provides routines, tips, and tricks to keep you on track as well as thoughtful exercises to help you apply spiritual principles in your everyday life. He explores how to apply the commandments of the Judeo-Christian tradition, the Yoga Yamas and Niyamas, and the Buddhist 8-fold path based on your Dharma type. He discusses the power of sound and how to use mantras for success and sacred connection. He also explains the best ways to purify your body and mind as well as how to create a "standing wave" of spiritual power to recharge yourself anytime during the day.
Showing how spirituality is inherent in each of us and is abundant, free, and easy to cultivate, the author reveals how you can best cultivate your spiritual light and share it with the world. Simon Chokoisky is a pioneer in using Vedic Astrology and Dharma Typing to help people discover their soul's purpose. He runs a private consulting business based on his trainings in Vedic life mapping and Vedic Astrology. The author of The Five Dharma Types, Gambler's Dharma, and Sex, Love, and Dharma as well as the creator of the Decoding Your Life Map with Vedic Astrology DVD series, he travels widely conducting seminars. He lives in Phoenix, Arizona. Chapter 8
Inside Out
In this chapter I reference a number of studies demonstrating what common sense and our ancestors have known for ages--that being in nature is good for you. . . . In spiritual parlance, Nature is inherently sattvic, it brings clarity and light to your life, and spending time in Nature lets some of that sattva rub off on you.
In the Vedic worldview, Nature is made of five great Elements. By separating ourselves from the elements outside us, we isolate ourselves from our own nature inside, leading to disorders in the body and the mind. To bring sattva into our daily life, we can reconnect to at least four out of these five elements on a daily basis.
The 5 Elements of Dharma
The 5 dharma types are perhaps the most important key to cultivating sattva in your life. Each type is associated with an Element in this order:
Earth--Laborer
Water--Merchant
Fire--Warrior
Air--Educator
Space--Outsider
While it's important to integrate all 5 elements to truly connect with nature, you get extra benefit by focusing on the element corresponding to your dharma type. When Laborers integrate the Earth element, they become rock solid, stable, and anchored t
