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Personal Growth Through Gay Spiritual Travel

by Howie Holben on December 31, 2009

Gay travelers take vacations for a number of reasons, including the opportunity to meet new people, experience new cultures, see exotic places, take a break from the stresses of everyday life and to spend time with people that are special in their lives. Each vacation has some purpose, even if the purpose might simply be to lounge on a sandy beach and take some time away from the cares and worries back home.

In the realm of purposeful travel, gay spirituality vacations are one option that includes the desire to rejuvenate and relax, but goes beyond that to include specific awareness and intentions. Vacations are most often taken with the intent of getting away from it all; however, travelers who opt for spiritual travel actually plan on truly arriving in their destination and partaking in a mutually beneficial exchange with the people, land and energy in the area.

A gay spiritual vacation can be a solo pilgrimage, a retreat focused on assisting couples in reconnecting and growing, or conscious travel undertaken with a group of travelers with similar intentions organized by a professional travel agency catering to those who wish to partake in a spiritual journey to a variety of locations across the globe, including Thailand, Egypt, India, New Zealand, Peru, Mexico or the American Southwest.

While traveling alone on gay spiritual vacations is certainly an option, choosing to partake in organized conscious travel opportunities with a group can significantly enhance your experience and the spiritual awakening or growth that can occur. Professional tour organizers that specifically arrange spiritual journeys have the experience and know-how to provide a truly meaningful, remarkable trip that will be a once-in-a-lifetime experience that you will never forget.

Conscious travel tours visit sacred sites, provide organized group activities and manage logistical aspects of the trip to allow you to focus on your personal journey and growth. Professional tour groups also have ongoing relationships with locals in each destination, which provides participants with opportunities to see and experience things that are unavailable to solo travelers on conventional vacations.

Participants in gay spiritual travel have the distinct opportunity to connect with like-minded travelers that are also seeking a spiritual awakening, renewal or reconnection. This allows you to participate in shared group activities, learn from each other’s experiences, share your story with people who have a deeper understanding and ability to relate, discuss experiences that you are having while on this specific journey and forge new friendships that will last a lifetime.

If you are in search of a purposeful, meaningful journey that focuses on having a once-in-a-lifetime travel experience that begins with the intention of personal growth and spiritual centering, you may want to consider conscious travel options when planning your next vacation. Going on a spiritual journey is an important part of self care and gives you the opportunity to reorganize your concerns and priorities, refocus your life and return to your everyday life feeling refreshed and centered.

Treat yourself to the opportunity to partake in a personal voyage focused on reflecting on your past experiences, learning to live in the moment and discovering ways to nourish your soul for a centered spiritual life. Participating in intentional travel is a fulfilling experience that can change your life and allows you to return home with the tools and intention of living every day centered, focused and aware.

Information by Howie Holben for gay retreats. Spirit Journeys focuses on your gay spirit.

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Stepping Stones: The Essentials Of Astral Projection

by Allen Sanders on November 12, 2009

In order to learn astral projection, you need to try and harness a tactic that your body already implements on its own. Most importantly, before trying to project, you need to actually believe that it occurs; you cannot travel the astral plane unless you initially believe out-of-body experiences are real. It would be like trying to adhere to a faith that you felt was not real…you’d be going through the motions, but your mind and soul wouldn’t be in it and you would not feel the same kinds of successes your peers feel who do believe in said devotion.

The power of belief can apply to anything spiritual or paranormal – if you believe in aliens, you’ll be more inclined to suspect extraterrestrial activity when something odd is occurring in the sky. If you believe in ghosts, you might be more likely to see an entity or feel the effects of the presence of one than someone who does not believe. If your mind already feels projection is not possible, you will need to put up a fight with your own mind to convince yourself otherwise, and you need all the mental clarity and potency you can muster in order to project.

If believing is not the issue, the next step is to examine the circumstances under which projection occurs. Most astral travel conditions are less than ideal to the typical person…distress, anger, illness, near-death, surgery, extreme pain, accidents or death. However, the one that is the most bearable and least risky is fatigue; after all, you can project any time you are asleep and that won’t hurt you, so unless you are willing to subject yourself to any of the aforesaid provisions, go with fatigue.

The most important parts of the astral projection process are relaxing and entering a semi-conscious state of mind. You cannot project willfully if you are not relaxed (which seems to contradict the previous theory that stress can cause projection) and if you are too alert or not alert enough. If you enter a state of meditation and allow yourself to slip slowly out of total consciousness, you will reach the hypnagogic state.

This is the point of attentiveness between being awake and being asleep, where you are just “out” enough for your body to have a loosened grip on the astral being, but just “there” enough to have a little control over the situation. You need that minor attention in order to block out distractions, should any arise; you will also need the concentration to not allow yourself to get distracted by the sensations you will feel as your soul begins to break free.

Many beginning astral travelers will get frightened by the all-over bodily vibrations they feel when they deeper into the process of projection and this fear can scare them out of their trance and thus ruin the endeavor toward leaving the body. The key here is to pay no heed to these sensations you feel and to only focus on your astral soul’s departure from the earthly body.

So, in conclusion, what you must learn in order to successfully project are belief, relaxation, and concentration. Without these, you will not be able to project.

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