How do you start each day upon waking? I’m sure all of us probably have a morning routine that begins from the very moment we open our eyes. Personally, I have a spiritual routine that I rarely alter because I tend to feel so off kilter any time I do. Unfortunately, not everyone understands that, like a friend of mine didn’t when he attempted to Facetime me one morning just as I was starting it.
The simple fact for me is that I don’t like to carry on any conversation with someone before I complete my morning spiritual practices because I often will say things that come more from my ego than my spirit when I do. And while I may check my phone for any voicemails, text messages, or Facebook messages before I begin those practices, just in case any emergencies arose during the night (given that I turn all sound notifications off while I sleep), I generally won’t communicate with anyone beyond a quick digital response such as “LOL” or “I’ll call you later.”
Sadly, my friend took one of those quick responses that morning as an invitation that I was open for a call and attempted to Facetime me several times. I didn’t answer and instead did everything I could to explain in a nice way through several text messages why I needed to do my morning spiritual routine first before I talked to him or anyone for that matter. He didn’t understand that though and proceeded to get quite angry with me, saying I was full of crap and just lying to myself. Eventually, I had to stop responding, because I knew there was no way I was going to convince him of the importance of completing my spiritual routine first and any further conversation was only going to become more ego-driven. Shortly after that, I started my spiritual routine which includes the following:
- Bless the two 1-liter bottles of water I’m going to drink for the day with God’s love. (Yes, I really do this every day.)
- Ground myself outside with my bare feet in my backyard and say a quick prayer while I touch Mother Earth with both palms.
- Spend about 25 minutes in prayer on my knees in my bedroom, while listening to a song that raises my spiritual vibration.
- Read six different daily devotionals, while listening to a second song that’s also geared to raise my spiritual vibration.
- Listen and repeat along to an audio attunement that my spiritual teacher personally recorded that helps to align my entire mind, body, and soul to my Higher Calling for the day.
All of this takes approximately an hour and a half to two hours of time and I’ve been doing this spiritual routine now for over five years, just like I did that morning after my brief exchange of messages with my friend.
Occasionally, when I’ve put any of this aside to make a phone call or do an errand or even complete a chore on my list for the day, I’ve had the tendency to cause more drama for myself. That’s why I didn’t speak to my friend on Facetime that morning because I didn’t want to jeopardize our friendship by saying something that arose from my ego, given how I didn’t feel connected enough to my spirit by that point. I’m not sure if he’ll ever understand that though and many often don’t. But I know I’m a far more grounded spiritual person when I keep to my spiritual routine, as compared to when I don’t. The fact is, I vividly remember what life was like when I used to wake up and hit the ground running. It was, for the most part, an ego-driven one, and something I don’t wish to ever return to.
So, if you have a spiritual routine that you do upon waking each day, I encourage you to never put it off for anyone or anything no matter what, unless there’s an emergency of course! Because isn’t connecting first to your Higher Self, your Higher Power, your God, or whatever you look to that’s Greater than you, far more important than anything that might come out of your mouth when you choose to let your ego be first instead?
Peace, love, light, and joy,
Andrew Arthur Dawson
