Best Practices

What is the best practice for healing? Serve unconditionally. What is the best practice for preventing sickness? Serve unconditionally. What is the best practice for rejuvenation? Serve unconditionally. What is the best practice for self-clearing bad karma? Serve unconditionally. What is the best practice for purifying soul, heart, mind and body? Serve unconditionally. What is the best practice for opening spiritual channels? Serve unconditionally. What is the best practice for transforming your relationships? Serve unconditionally. What is the best practice for transforming your finances? Serve unconditionally. What is the best practice for enlightening soul, heart, mind and body? Serve unconditionally. What is the best practice for Xiu Lian, the totality of your spiritual journey? Serve unconditionally. What is the best practice to accomplish wan ling rong he? Serve unconditionally. What is one of my favorite mantras? _________ Right!

My 'religion?'

Master Sha has always taught that he is not teaching religion. However, as his student and one of his certified master teachers, I realize that we share a deep and abiding belief in a highest spiritual entity. Call it the Divine, God, the universe, Emptiness, Nothingness, the Tao, Allah, the Source, Supreme Consciousness - whatever. In my view, these are simply different names for the same entity. "Religion" has become a somewhat loaded word. Too often, it has signified throughout history and to this day sectarianism, factionalism, rigid sets of organized structures, tightly held creeds, persecution and war. For this reason, many people identify themselves as "spiritual" but not "religious." I would like to rehabilitate and reclaim the word "religion." Its Latin origin is rooted in "moral rightness, obligation and worship." A religion is simply a belief system that addresses the soul or spirit and a higher entity. In these neutral terms, I realize that I do have a religion. My religion is unconditional love, unconditional forgiveness, unconditional universal service (the title of this blog) and total GOLD (gratitude, obedience, loyalty and devotion) to the Divine. My spiritual practice is my religious practice. My life is my spiritual practice.