Do you have a mindful practice? Would you consider a daily practice of prayer, meditation or a focus that allows you to go inside? Along with it being spiritually fulfilling, it can also make a huge difference in your life.

A mindful practice will encourage you to keep focused on the here and now. Staying focused on each moment will support positive thoughts and feelings—just a few of its many gifts.

The most valuable gift of a mindful practice is the connection between you and the Divine or Source energy, whatever the Divine/Source means to you. As you build that connection, it becomes easier to feel its guidance in difficult times. And as you delve deeper into your practice and into your inner awareness, you will begin to recognize its guidance and answers.

It is also important to look at your own thought and behavior patterns in your everyday life experiences that may be keeping you from receiving. And to recognize that we are not talking about the ego—meaning that this is not ego work—it is egoless.

If you are interested in a deeper, more fulfilling connection to the Divine/Source energy, here are some questions that you may begin to ask yourself.

Are you practicing thought and behavior patterns that are destructive—even if subtle—to yourself or those around you?
Have those behaviors become a part of your daily life, not recognizing that those behaviors can be destructive?

Do you practice behaviors that are unkind or abusive?

Do you pollute your thoughts with various addictions?

These are just a few examples of how we have developed barriers that keep us from receiving. Begin to look at your own inventory of patterns of thoughts and behaviors.

Often we are focused on others’ shortcomings. Remember, when we are focused on another, we are neglecting our own patterns of thoughts and behaviors and our inner connection to the Divine/Source.

As you become more patient and loving to yourself, you will soon discover and uncover the barriers that stop you from receiving. In this discovery you will begin to recognize the shifts that bring you closer to your own Divine/Source energy.

Energy work can support you to uncover the barriers that stop you from reaching your inner connection to the Divine/Source energy.