The New Vision...
FLOWERING HEART
International Holistic Spiritual Center
"Flowering Heart" is the DBA of our
41
year-old 501(c)3 tax-exempt non-profit
organization. Our
ultimate purpose is to assist the global
shift in human consciousness which is
already taking place, by awakening one
heart at a time. When enough of us
experience our hearts flowering with
compassion and unconditional love, we
will finally let go of a world rooted
in separation, competition, conflict
and violence and usher in a new
civilization built on the foundation of
unity, cooperation, harmony and peace.
Question:
We notice that you and Flowering Heart
have recently gone through a shift. What happened
to bring about your change in direction?
What is "Integral Spiritual Growth", and
what is your new vision for Flowering
Heart Center?
Dear Friends,
We asked
the Divine
“Is there something we could add to what
we are already doing to facilitate our own growth and the growth
of those we serve?”
The
answers began to pour in… some easy to
accept, some more challenging.
The
challenging part
is that to receive new insights, we have
to let go of the familiar, of our
current roles and identities, of all
that is safe and certain. Empty your cup
and put on “beginner’s mind”. Take a
step off the cliff, in pure faith,
without a net. Whoosh! Dive naked into
the hands of God. We did. It worked.
Answers came, and in the months ahead, we will begin to share
some of our discoveries with you.
Integral
Spiritual Growth:
We began to see that in the pursuit
of spiritual growth, it is possible to
become so focused on awakening and
higher states of consciousness, that we
ignore the development of other
important aspects of our humanity.
This can lead to a lack of full
participation in life and a false idea
about our actual level of consciousness.
We came
to understand that Integral spiritual
growth and practice must include body
work (such as yoga, Ch'i Kung,
exercise, nutrition and various healing
modalities, mind work (fostering
cognitive development, learning, study,
clear thinking, discrimination, taking
responsibility for decision making and
psychological wellness, spiritual
work (including meditation and
contemplation, prayer, devotional
practices, energy transfers, cultivating
higher states of consciousness, etc.),
and shadow work (to discover and
reintegrate our disowned selves and
suppressed unconscious material).
Re-owning our shadows takes the practice
of simply experiencing and transcending
our charges to a profoundly deeper level
of insight and breakthrough.
Truly
holistic practice could also include
working on other areas of our humanity, such as ethics,
relationships, sexuality, work,
prosperity, community outreach and
service, and more.
People and
Places of Power:
This is a time when many people are
making pilgrimages to powerful energy
vortexes and great spiritual teachers in
search of awakening. We see the need to
balance this with the realization that,
without going anywhere, you
are already sitting in the center of the most
powerful energy vortex you will ever
find, your True Self. Your Heart is the
actual temple of transformation, and your own
inner Divine, your Higher Self, is the
master you must discover to gain
enlightenment and realization. There
is simply nothing “out there” with more
power and wisdom to do it for you than
what is already inside of you, right
now, right where you are, exactly as you
are.
Yes, we
need each other. No one can make the
spiritual journey without the help of
others. We may benefit greatly from
teachers and transmissions to help
awaken us to our own Divinity. That
being said, true freedom is to follow
our inner Divine and to be free from
dependence on outer forms, structures,
teachers, hierarchies, paths, practices,
beliefs and rules.
About the
Witness:
We have also come to see that our
awakening consciousness must grow to
embrace and integrate all aspects of our
human experience. Although it is
certainly a positive step on our journey
to experience ourselves as pure
awareness, it is not the goal to simply
witness our human life from a detached
perspective, saying, “I am not this
body. I am not this mind. I am not these
pesky thoughts and charges. I am not
those things I am experiencing. I am not
the outer world. I am only the
consciousness witnessing it all.” No!
Don’t stop there. That is still
separation and duality.
Unity
consciousness says “I am that. I am
everything. It’s all me. I own it. I
embrace it.”
The awakened state is not just some
transcendent detached blissful nirvana.
It is the union of formless open silent
awareness with all the raw down and
dirty chaos of our embodied human
experience, with all of its messy
conflicts, emotions, thoughts, feelings
and struggles, all of it happening
simultaneously with inner peace,
openness and silence undisturbed at the
core! That’s oneness with it all, not
just identification with the stuff that
feels good, or the stuff we can see,
while bypassing parts of our humanity
that don’t feel so nice, or parts that
we are blind to, areas that may still
need work.
Inasmuch as this center is not tied
to the support or agenda of any single
teacher, organization, religion, faith
tradition or belief system, it can
remain open to teachers, teachings and
practices from all disciplines and paths
that contribute to holistic and balanced
spiritual growth.
For those
who do not live near us, we offer
weekly LIVE online meetings, courses and
events.
The center
is set up so that we can webcast
many of our meetings, courses and events
worldwide. For details
click here.
Join a
thriving virtual community uniting
kindred spirits around the world.
Come, be a
part of this new adventure!
A good
place to begin, if you live nearby, is
by coming to our Mediation, Blessing and
Satsang, every Wednesday, 7:30-9:00 PM,
at Flowering Heart Center, 300 Feather
Tree Drive, Clearwater, FL 33765. For
details see
http://floweringheart.org/Satsang.htm
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We have a NEW form of Blessing,
Flowering Heart Blessing.
This transfer of spiritual energy and
consciousness for the Flowering of the
Heart & Awakening the Divine within is
amazing!
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don’t live near us, you can still
participate. Join our weekly
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please keep visiting:
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Love, Light and Blessings,
Michael & Suzanne
Rev. Dr. Michael Milner & Rev. Suzanne
Champlin
Spiritual Teachers & Counselors,
Interfaith Ministers
Co-Directors of Flowering Heart Center
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