Soul Shakin' with Alex featuring Amy Hall, edition 59

"Tapas is the spirit of inquiry. It is about having the heart of an explorer. It is the willingness to work hard in practice, the desire to know oneself, the will to be honest. But all these virtues are predicated on a genuine desire for spiritual health. This desire will give us consistency. We will have good days and bad days when the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak and days when the opposite is the case. Years of consistent practice are not built on rigid self-discipline, they are built on the desire to know more."

-RALPH GATES

N THIS MONTH'S SOUL SHAKIN', ALEX INVITES YOU TO EXPLORE THIS IDEA OF SELF-DISCIPLINE. WHAT DISCIPLINE IS NECESSARY FOR EACH OF US TO REACH A HIGHER STATE OF CONSCIOUSNESS, A MORE AWAKENED WAY OF BEING AS WE SEEK TO EXPERIENCE OUR TRUE NATURE?