12 Symptoms of a Spiritual Awakening

I can't even put into words how insightful these insights are. I'm learning to live there reality more and more. Maybe it's just my age, or phase of life I'm in that sparked the change. Or maybe, just maybe I'm beginning to grow up to some new experience in life. Loss of interest, seems to characterize my life these days. Loss of interest in managing all the old institutions, paradigms, attitudes, narrow perspectives, judgements, and opinions.  Loving Christ, his church, and the world... And people are dumbfounded how I could possibly still have the spiritual life that enables us to live in a 100% Muslim community in West Africa, and start Jesus communities there. People assume a loss of interest in all this "Churchy" stuff must mean no interest in kingdom purposes or a weakening of spiritual resolve.... As if it's impossible to get there, to any meaningful active place, without it. But that is what each local church is trying to sell you. You need this, like this... or you can't make it... You need the body, not necessarily in that location, not necessarily there group, or of that kind, in that way...  Ya, I have a lack of interest in that guilt game....

AJ

12 Symptoms of a Spiritual Awakening.

1. An increased tendency to let things happen rather than make them happen.

2. Frequent attacks of smiling.

3. Feelings of being connected with others and nature.

4. Frequent overwhelming episodes of appreciation.

5. A tendency to think and act spontaneously rather than from fears based on past experience.

6. An unmistakable ability to enjoy each moment.

7. A loss of ability to worry.

8. A loss of interest in conflict.

9. A loss of interest in interpreting the actions of others.

10. A loss of interest in judging others.

11. A loss of interest in judging self.

12. Gaining the ability to love without expecting anything in return.

This is an excerpt from the new book We Codependent Men-We Mute Coyotes, copyright 2011, Recovery Trade Publications.

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