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Jon Martin Anastasio is a Reiki master/teacher in the
Usui Shiki Ryoho tradition. He is a high priest of the
SELF-HELP / SPIRITUALITY
DIVINATION
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Reclaiming Your Sacred Path
Copyright © 2015
by Jon Martin Anastasio
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Part One
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There is no path that goes all the way.
—Han-Shan
won’t stick. You may have figured out that trading spouses,
changing jobs, chasing every new metaphysical answer that
arises do not solve the problem.
If life’s changes are causing you to seek a path back to
feeling engaged, powerful, productive, if you are ready for a
new beginning, you will need a way to define your vision for
what’s next, and empower yourself to pursue it, through the
methods of divination and manifestation.
There are five key steps to resuming your journey back
to purpose: building a vision, defining your values, building
your capabilities, building resilience/reducing resistance, and,
finally, creating a plan.
By following these five steps, you can prepare yourself to
start on that next “first” step on your journey to purpose.
1. Building a Vision
The Fool card in the Major Arcanum in the Tarot deck is usu-
ally depicted as about to step off the cliff. In Looney Tunes
fashion, though, the Fool will be safe, as long as he does not
look down and trusts completely that he is safe. To successfully
resume your journey to your purpose, you must become the
Fool—innocent, trusting, ready to take that step off the cliff,
believing that no harm will befall you if you don’t look down.
When we find ourselves at the edge of the cliff, rucksack
in hand, we are focused on what we do not want, what we
are leaving behind. Anyone familiar with the Law of Attrac-
tion will happily explain that if you focus on what you do
not want, you will have a clear vision of exactly that in your
mind, which will attract more of it to you. Doing what you
have always done will get you more of the same. If you don’t
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want this, you have to define that to exactly the same level of
clarity and focus on it to attract it to you.
Your vision affirms what is most important to you and
calls you to see it in your life, including seeing the positive
actions you will take in the direction of that intention. It is
the picture of what you will be doing, the way it will feel, the
impact you will have, how you will be of service, how you will
worship and connect to the Divine. When you connect to
the Divine, you can learn to divine with it in order to receive
guidance and counseling along your path. You will find exer-
cises and tools to create the vision for your path in chapter 11.
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5. Creating a Plan
Your vision is just the beginning. If you create a clear and
compelling vision that describes the spiritual life you want,
you can develop a plan to get there by manifesting your
desires into the world. That plan involves choosing behaviors
that affirm and manifest what you do want and continuously
build your skills and capabilities to get more of it. Since, as
John Lennon said, “Life is what happens when you’re mak-
ing other plans,” you can then prepare to be surprised and
delighted at what emerges and continue learning from experi-
ence. Following each of these five steps will help you to reaf-
firm or rediscover your purpose, prepare you to take positive
action, and set your feet firmly back onto the path of your
choosing.
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Before you can get to where you’re going, though, you must
first assess where you are. This is where spiritual autonomy
comes in, because that assessment can only be done by you.
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Chapter Two
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Nothing outside yourself can save you; nothing
outside yourself can bring you peace.
—A Course in Miracles
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Your Spiritual Autonomy
• Where am I going?
• What do I do next?
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Core Values
Autonomy and freedom are two core values shared by most
true spiritual paths. Autonomy means you are in control—
you decide how, or even whether, to follow a spiritual path
and in what way you will do so. Freedom means you can
make those choices without fear of Divine judgment or the
judgment and control of other people. The very thoughts,
feelings, and actions that will lead to fulfillment on a spiritual
path violate the behavioral and social requirements of earthly
institutions that tell us we are flawed, and we must continu-
ally beseech God for forgiveness and to hold back his wrath.
But the Divine is interested in only one thing—that we
grow toward reunion with our Source and have experiences
that broaden our perspective and increase the wisdom of our
Souls. I believe there is one rule, which is ascribed to Wicca
but appears in many other philosophies and teachings:
Harm none, including yourself. Beyond that, do what
you will.
I consider this rule essential, because the two things that
can derail you completely from your path and purpose are
guilt and fear. If you appear to harm another, you will experi-
ence guilt whether you acknowledge it or bury it, where it
will resurface as anger, projected outward. You may also fear
retribution. Neither is conducive to the peace, joy, and fulfill-
ment we seek from a spiritual path.
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