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The Engel scale was developed by James F. Engel, as a way of representing the journey from no knowledge of God, through to spiritual maturity as a Christian believer. [1] The model is used by some Christians to emphasise the process of conversion and the various decision-making steps that a person goes through in becoming a Christian.
The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity is a 1992 self-help book by American author Julia Cameron. The book was written to help people with artistic creative recovery , which teaches techniques and exercises to assist people in gaining self-confidence in harnessing their creative talents and skills.
The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success – A Practical Guide to the Fulfillment of Your Dreams is a 1994 self-help, pocket-sized book by Deepak Chopra, published originally by New World Library, freely inspired in Hinduist and spiritualistic concepts, which preaches the idea that personal success is not the outcome of hard work, precise plans or a driving ambition, but rather of understanding our ...
The infant Buddha taking the Seven Steps. Greco-Buddhist art of Gandhara. It is said that immediately after Gautama's birth, he stood up, took seven steps north, and uttered: "I am chief of the world, Eldest in the world. This is the last birth. There will be [henceforth for me] no more re-becoming." [6]
The seven stages are grouped into two phases: The first four stages form the first phase where the Yogi is liberated from the 'products of mindfulness (mental) processes',(i.e.) results of his thoughts. The last three stages form the second phase in which the Yogi is liberated from the mind itself. Stage 1: "That which is to be known is known ...
In Buddhism, the Seven Factors of Awakening (Pali: satta bojjha ṅ gā or satta sambojjha ṅ gā; Skt.: sapta bodhyanga) are: Mindfulness ( sati , Sanskrit smṛti ). To maintain awareness of reality, in particular the teachings ( Dhamma ).
'seven circumambulations'), is regarded to be the most important rite (Sanskrit: rītī) of a Hindu wedding ceremony. In this rite, the bride and the groom tie a knot and take seven steps together, or complete seven rounds around a sacred fire, accompanied by one vow for each step. After the seventh, the marriage is considered complete. [1] [2]
In the Pali Canon's Bhāvanānuyutta sutta ("Mental Development Discourse," [note 1] AN 7.67), the Buddha is recorded as saying: . Monks, although a monk who does not apply himself to the meditative development of his mind [bhavana [note 1]] may wish, "Oh, that my mind might be free from the taints by non-clinging!", yet his mind will not be freed.