January Celebrity Artist ~ Michael Beckwith on Spirit Media Network
January 10, 2011 Leave a comment
Dr. Michael Bernard Beckwith is the founder and Spiritual Director of the Agape International Spiritual Center in Los Angeles, author of the award-winning book, Spiritual Liberation, and featured contributor to the book and film, “The Secret.”
The core of his knowing is that, “Oneness is the foundation piece of every authentic spiritual path. Spiritual practice provides the right conditions for people to wake up to the awareness that we are not separate from each other, from nature, and from God and that we are all intricately connected in a field of unity. This awareness liberates us from the thought forms that create fear and doubt and we see that life is conspiring for our good.
He tell us that, “Balance is moving forward and relationships are nurtured when the people are moving forward with a vision of their life that is based on something bigger than themselves. When we are in relationships with a desire to grow in our capacity to give, share, be honest and to love, we grow our soul.”
In talking about this time when everything is being accelerated he calls on us to, “Touch in our spiritual practice that which is eternal and timeless so that they become more real to us than the changes we’re going through. When things are going well we tend to get lazy. When things are in flux, rather than bemoaning what is happening we need to use it to activate our inner genius and remember that there is a capacity, a power and talents within us that we haven’t tapped into.
“We’re always in a place of evolution and there are challenges all along the way. We don’t pray for a challenge free life. We pray for the strength to allow our gifts that are stronger than the challenges to keep emerging. That which we are facing is not bigger than what it faces because it is facing the infinite within us.
Michael never loses his humanness. Even though he is one of our most revered spiritual leaders, he does not present a false image of having ascended to a place above us all. He says, “I wake up everyday in celebration and thanksgiving knowing that it is going to be a day of challenge. I don’t fool myself into thinking that I’m just going to sail through everyday flying away on the wings of heaven. I define bliss as the activation of my potential. Whenever I overcome a challenge, bliss is released.”
Michael Beckwith is the host of “Wake Up: The sound of transformation” on radio station KPFK in Los Angeles. The show is focused on the awakening process and how to integrate it into everyday life particularly during times of change and transformation. For more information log on to KPFK.org. For more information about Michael’s many activities and projects go to Agapelive.com
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