When A Spiritual Retreat Is The Best Way Forward

Someone once said that the greatest source of suffering on Earth is the human mind, and it must be true. For the vast majority of humans physical pain comes and goes fairly quickly in their lives, but the mental anguish that comes from being locked in the prison of your own mind continues relentlessly 24 hrs a day.

It should be noted that a certain amount of "external" stress is unavoidable in life, and when we are balanced the human organism is able to handle even extraordinary stress and move on with our lives. The good thing about normal external stress is that it tends to make us stronger.

What we are talking about here is altogether different. This is a type of "internal" stress generated by our own dialog with ourselves. Internal stress that never ends wears us down and makes us emotionally and physically unbalanced, so that we are less able to handle those inevitable external stresses of life.

To change our internal dialog we need to become spiritually balanced, and it is the spiritual aspect of self which gets little attention in the day-to-day routine of Western culture. A daily spiritual practice that puts you in touch with the mystery of life and allows time for inward reflection, can radically shift your perspective from doom and gloom to abundance and joy.

If you have any of these five symptoms, a group of skilled teachers, people who teach you the tools to unlock the door again each time you get trapped in your head, can transform your life with amazing speed, and a spiritual retreat is recommended:

•You feel trapped or condemned to a life of misery and frustration.
•You have trouble sleeping, with nightmares, anxiety or panic attacks.
•You suffer from long-term depression or constantly feed yourself negative messages.
•You feel isolated and alone, and worry excessively about what others think.
•You show a tendancey to make bad choices or exhibit repetitive patterns of negative behavior.

If you can't be alone in a room by yourself, have you considered the possibility that you might be your own worst enemy? If you are so stressed that you can't think straight, have you imagined what life might be like if you were able SpiritQuest was founded to help people just like you rediscover their joy and inner peace. Since 2007, we have guided over 1,500 people on their individual quest to transform their lives. Our hardest tasks are getting people who have shut down to feel again, people who have isolated themselves to trust again, and people who dislike themselves to forgive.