Kevin Elliott

My greatest interest in life is spiritual growth - maturing mentally and emotionally towards full spiritual enlightenment by confronting and resolving all my inner pain and suffering.

Right now I'm primarily working to reduce the emotion of insecurity within me and transform it into love-based emotions. The love-based emotions I regularly use are FEELING (not merely thinking) protection, care, value, respect and love for myself. I feel these emotions in gradual rotation.

It's a slow process, but it works. When I deal with negative emotions, I still feel them for a while after I finish the inner healing sessions for the day. I liken this to a person undergoing a series of operations in order to fix an ailment and improve their overall health. Sure, the patient may feel a lot worse after the procedures, but recovery time is needed before he or she can start to feel better. Experiencing negative emotions resulting from the inner work exercises is what I liken to the recovery process. Afterwards, I start to feel better.

In the "end" (this stage of the spiritual growth process), the goal is to remove all traces of inner turmoil and illusion from within in order to fully experience the Presence of God that's inside and all around us at all times. It's like cleaning out the inside of a dirty cup. Once the cup has been properly cleaned, it can fulfill its purpose. It's also like cleaning a dirty pair of glasses. When the glasses are dark and dirty, they hinder your ability to see properly out of them. However, when you take the time to clean them, they can then be used as intended.

In the same manner, when we are filled with negative emotions (fear, anger, insecurity, depression, etc.) and their corresponding thoughts and conclusions (e.g. "I'm not good at anything", "She's a slut", "What a bonehead!"), they hinder our ability to "see" (perceive - mental) and experience (feel - emotional) life accurately. But if we can gradually work to resolve our inner conflicts, we can eventually get to the place where our inner experience of life matches Reality and not falsehoods and illusions. Hell on earth can eventually become heaven on earth, one determined and dedicated individual at a time. :-)

I believe our single greatest purpose in life is to fully experience God (Love, Nirvana, etc.) and allow this life changing experience to influence all of our actions in the world. This is what I call consciously experiencing the state of full enlightenment, where we are free from all pain and suffering and only experience Peace, Love and Joy, regardless our external circumstances. Heaven (love-based) and hell (fear-based) are both experienced within, not without. We choose which one we want by the emotions and corresponding thoughts we experience on a regular basis. That alone is something to think about...

If you're interested in more information about how to begin or continue the inner healing process, I invite you to check out David F. Capps' book, The Gospel of Thomas: A Blueprint for Spiritual Growth. It's available as a free e-book download. Although it's based on a Gnostic text, the teachings are universal in scope. It helps the reader to gradually progress towards spiritual enlightenment through the inner healing process.

Our built up mental and emotional pain is what keeps us from experiencing continuous happiness in life. Gradually confronting and resolving that inner pain deals with the root problem. This book shows you how to do that.

All you have to do is go to www.energygrid.com/spirit.html, hover your mouse over David's e-book image link, right-click and select "Save Target As...". For those who prefer his paperback version, you can find it on www.amazon.com and www.gnosticwisdom.org. For those who use Amazon, simply search for "David Capps".

Thanks for taking the time to read this. I hope I have been of help to you. Any feedback on this profile or the book would be greatly appreciated.

Take care.
Kevin :-)