Most of us rarely listen to our own spirit or follow our heart. If we do, guilt interferes with the experience. We usually put our passions aside for the
sake of other responsibilities, and tell ourselves “Maybe next time. Dr.Michael Bernard Beckwith, a teacher in the movie The Secret, says “Spiritual
awakening is a journey of the heart.”
He writes in his book Spiritual Liberation: Fulfilling Your Soul's Potential that what seems so
hard to obtain is really easy. Our
willingness to let our Source guide us on our journey is all we need. The truth is that our patterns and daily routine tends to separate us from this truth.
While at college studying psycho biology in the 1970s, Dr. Beckwith was not so spiritually enlightened. He
was an agnostic, rooted in the University of Southern California’s drug
scene. He became a seller and distributor in several
cities.
Something profound was calling him, however. In his book, Beckwith describes a
“dream-death,” in which he was chased, killed and re-born. From that night on, Beckwith knew that his
old self was gone. His “dream-death” brought him spiritual
liberation. He writes that he “dove into spiritual inquiry” through
meditation, retreats, science, Eastern and Western mysticism, and every
resource he could find.
