Living Enlightened

Elizabeth Cantey

Description

It’s moving day and just the thought of packing, loading, unloading, unpacking, and starting a new life seems daunting, except this time the move is not to a new house or location. This time, the move is within–a spiritual shift–and you can’t hire or ask anyone else to do it for you. LIVING ENLIGHTENED--THE JOY OF INTEGRATING SPIRIT, MIND AND BODY presents an integrative path to transcending the ego, releasing preconceived ideas, letting go of fears and resentment, and allowing ourselves to become fully immersed in the present moment. As you shift to the joy, peace, wealth and prosperity, overwhelming love and divine intuition, you’ll know you have moved to a new home – only now you’ll be in alignment with the All There Is. Author Elizabeth Cantey had been living a life that seemed happy and prosperous on the outside but one day that life collapsed, leaving her unsure of what true happiness is and where it can be found. Seeking a new life, she looked everywhere yet came up empty time after time. That’s when she realized her “moving day” had arrived. It was now time to move from her familiar life to an enlightened life.
Here in this powerful new book you will follow Cantey’s journey as she learned to embrace love, joy, and peace from within, regardless of her outer circumstances. All this from a woman who has walked the path.

Sujets

• Santé et bien-être
• Bien-être émotionnel
• Bien-être émotionnel
• Développement personnel
• Bien-être
• Bien-être
• Bien-être
• Bien-être
• Personal Growth
• Espiritual
• Prosperity
• Body (disambiguation)
• Resentment
• New Thought
• Spiritual
• Peace
• Fear
• Consciousness
• Journey
• Happiness
• Ego
• Love
• Intuition
• Paix
• Spiritualité
• développement personnel

Informations

• Publié par: DeVorss & Company
• Date de parution: 02 mai 2023
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780875169347
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 3 Mo

Extrait

One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious. CARL JUNG

LIVING ENLIGHTENED
Copyright © 2023
by Elizabeth Cantey
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored, or transmitted in any form without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote brief passages for review purposes.
Print ISBN: 9780875169330
ebook ISBN: 9780875169347
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2022046439
First Printing, 2023
DeVorss & Company, Publisher
P.O. Box 1389
Camarillo CA 93011-1389
www.devorss.com
Printed in the United States of America
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Cantey, Elizabeth, author.
Title: Living Enlightened : the joy of integrating spirit, mind and body / by Elizabeth Cantey.
Description: First DeVorss Publications Edition. | Camarillo, California: DeVorss Publications, 2023. | Summary: Learn how to find personal wholeness from within, an integration of spirit, mind and body. You’ll discover that the enlightened live in the world, but are not affected by the world. Instead, they affect the world around them. The enlightened create the changes they wish to see rather than being subjected to the changes of others. -- Provided by publisher.
Identifiers: LCCN 2022046439 (print) | LCCN 2022046440 (ebook) | ISBN 9780875169330 (trade paperback) | ISBN 9780875169347 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Mind and body. | Spirituality.
Classification: LCC BF161 .C146 2023 (print) | LCC BF161 (ebook) | DDC 128/.2--dc23/eng/20221212
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022046439
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022046440
Table of Contents
Introduction
Section 1 What is Enlightenment?
Chapter 1 - Waking Up Whole
Chapter 2 - Awake, Aware, and Alive
Chapter 3 - Be Here Now
Chapter 4 - The Ego and Enlightenment
Chapter 5 - An Integrated Life
Section 2 Letting Go Deconstructing Old Beliefs
Chapter 6 - Letting Go, and Resting in Truth
Chapter 7 - Creation, Creating, the Created
Chapter 8 - As Above, So Below
Chapter 9 - It’s an Inside Job
Chapter 10 - Don’t Believe Everything You Think
Chapter 11 - The Good, the Bad, and the Enlightened
Chapter 12 - What’s Your Story?
Chapter 13 - Who Are You Really?
Chapter 14 - Be the Archeologist Uncover Hidden Beliefs, Trash, and Treasure
Chapter 15 - Be the Change
Chapter 16 - Choose Love
Chapter 17 - Be the Tree
Chapter 18 - The Ultimate Law of Attraction
Epilogue - Realizing All is Well


For Max, My greatest inspiration, most magnificent teacher, and the light of my life...
Introduction
H ave you ever wondered what life would look like if you woke up happy every day, satisfied, feeling fulfilled and energized, no matter your age, your bank account or life situation? With the stresses of a global pandemic, the political divide and racial tensions running high, do you stop and wonder what life would feel like free from anger, fear, or judgments? Chances are, like most of us, you have wondered. With everything going on in the world, there has never been a better time to find the solutions to regain health, happiness, and vitality; to let go of stress and release the things that have held you back in the past.
Mystics and masters throughout the ages have told us about that feeling in enlightenment: the feeling of wholeness, of being complete and at peace. What does it mean to live enlightened every day? To live an enlightened life? What is enlightenment anyway? It seems that every spiritual discipline and teacher has their own interpretation. Is it a movement, a state of mind or consciousness, nirvana, samadhi, peace, bliss? Is it religious, spiritual, mystical? Otherworldly, woo-woo, out there somewhere? Is it a place we get to? Come from? One thing I do know about enlightenment is that it is very hard to define.
I have always been drawn to the word and its elusive meaning. There was a time I was obsessed with "becoming" enlightened, as if I could graduate with a degree in enlightenment and I would have the title "The Highly Enlightened" on my resume and after my name. I read books, took classes, went on retreats, and participated in workshops, and yet this thing called enlightenment still felt evasive. I felt myself squarely and soundly in my body, in this time and space, ensconced in the conditions of my life, and not feeling particularly connected to a greater purpose, to Life, to Source, or to "the peace that passes all understanding." I enjoyed the journey, for sure, and the many teachers and fellow sojourners along the way; what a unique and entertaining bunch! My life continued with many revelations and insights, many awakening moments, until one day I became aware that I was experiencing a deep and abiding sense of connection and wholeness almost all the time. It snuck up on me! I felt connected to love, to life; I felt at one with, and completely at peace with, the way things were at any given moment. I knew that no matter what was happening in my body, in my relationships, or in my bank account, all was good with me, and with my world.
You’d think that kind of awakening would come with some sort of fanfare; the heavens open up, the answers to life flow freely, the winning lottery ticket appears, angels sing, or something! But no. My life didn’t change much in the external world of my affairs. Most would say my life is somewhat ordinary. But my inner life, wow! There was some major fanfare going on in there! Peace, joy, compassion, unconditional love. Did I mention joy? It was like the dam burst and the entire range of exquisite human emotion was there for me to swim in and enjoy. Living enlightened makes for such a wonderful life, without life needing to change much.
Those who have experienced enlightenment sense and feel a wholeness, an integration of spirit, mind, and body. The enlightened live in the world, but they are not affected by the world. Instead, they affect the world around them. The enlightened create the changes they wish to see rather than being subjected to the changes of others. What a powerful place to stand in and live from.
How would your life change if you had the feeling of being completely alive in the present moment? What in your body would change if you stopped resisting the events of life and instead flowed easily with the circumstances? How would your mental state be if you stopped judging things as good and bad, right and wrong? If you stopped waiting for something or someone and trusted in the unfolding of life all around you? Sounds peaceful and energizing, right? Feeling and sensing yourself as whole and integrated with Life. There is just what is, and it is all peaceful. When we can sense and feel that we are one with All of Life, we are at peace and all is well with our world.
Waking Up to "All is Well"

"You know, all mystics Catholic, Christian, non-Christian, no matter what their theology, no matter what their religion are unanimous on one thing: that all is well, all is well. Though everything is a mess, all is well. Strange paradox, to be sure. But, tragically, most people never get to see that all is well because they are asleep and they are having a nightmare."
ANTHONY DE MELLO
Why does de Mello say "everything’s a mess"? Well, life is messy. Love is messy. Relationships are messy. Children, work, career, and living are all messy sometimes. In 2020, pretty much everything got messy. It’s a fact of nature that things get messy… And why does he say that people are asleep and having a nightmare? Because when we are asleep and not aware of our true nature of love, we can only see and experience the human activity, the mess! But when we integrate spirit, mind, and body, we realize that even in the mess, we can experience profound peace, love, and joy. Everything’s a mess, and yet all is well? Yes, I think we could all use some of that! The teacher, J. Krishnamurti said, "I don’t mind what happens. That is the essence of inner freedom. It is a timeless spiritual truth: Release attachments to outcomes, and deep inside of yourself you’ll feel good no matter what." Can you imagine that "not minding what happens" is the secret to living in peace and joy, the secret to living enlightened?
Throughout the ages, Masters from every discipline have offered different pathways of enlightenment. One is not necessarily better than another because ultimately they all lead to the same resolution: a felt sense of oneness with life, an experience of wholeness, and an integration of spirit, mind, and body.
I wrote this book as a condensed commentary of some of the experiences and practices that led to my standing in the light of Oneness. I now know that enlightenment is not a destination, but a journey of awareness and wholeness; a journey with no end. It is a deep sense of knowing Oneness with ALL of Life, which can only happen in the present moment. This awareness is our natural state, but we might not say it is our normal waking state. It seems to come and go, but in fact, it is always present and always available to us. It is who and what we are. At this point in my life, there is a continual feeling of living connected, integrated, and fully alive. And if it can happen to me, and if it can happen during the wild events of these past few years, it can happen to you. Isn’t that what we all want on some level? That sense of being fully alive and connected to even the most simple everyday task, connected to each other, and perhaps even connected to something greater than ourselves? To see the beauty in the chaos, in the laundry, in the discord? That is the thought that pushed me, or pulled me, into living enlightened every day.

"As you awaken to your divine nature, you’ll begin to appreciate beauty in everything you see, touch, and experience."
WAYNE DYER
Integrating Spirit, Mind, and Body
An aspect of enlightenment is the sense of ful