What Really Causes Stress?

Stress comes in countless forms, and for many, is a constant, nagging companion that weighs us down, blinding us to the brilliant beauty all around us, sapping our strength and energy, and leaving us feeling tired, frustrated, anxious and dull.  Stress keeps us from fully enjoying the present, from appreciating the past and from looking forward to the future.  Stress wreaks havoc with our emotions, our health and our relationships.  Stress keeps us operating at just a small fraction of our true potential- like a fruit tree whose roots and branches are choked out by weeds and therefore whose harvest is meager and bitter compared to what it has the potential of being.       

Stress truly has a multitude of negative effects on our lives and it manifests itself in a myriad of different symptoms. But I’m about to make a really bold claim. 

While the manifestations of stress are many, the causes of stress are one and therefore its cure is one!  

Sound overly simplistic? I understand why you might think that- especially if you have an advanced degree of some kind from a University.     Yet that is my claim-- arrived at after many years of study, searching and experimenting with life and despite my own University and post graduate degrees. 

What is that cause?   What is that cure?   Here it is- right up front- no teasers, no beating around the bush:

CAUSE:   Being out of alignment with our true divine nature.    

CURE: Becoming aligned with our true divine nature. 

That’s it in a nutshell.   Problem solved?   Not yet- not even close- but at least understanding this one thing puts us on the right path- the path of cause and not effect.   The deeper path of source and not the many dead end surface paths of symptoms.   The true “road less traveled.” This path will not just bring temporary relief of stress, but a fundamental increase in your capacity to see clearly and quickly what is out of alignment within and fix it yourself. 

This entire site is dedicated to the cause of helping you get on this deeper path of inner divine alignment and make the “journey within” that will be a lifetime journey, and really a timeless journey beyond just a brief lifetime.   The relieving of stress is really just one of many bonuses to making this journey.   It is one of the first signs that you are on the right path.   The further you go on this journey down the right path, the more peaceful and less stressful you will feel- because the more peaceful and more aligned with your own divinity you will become.

The goal of this site is to help you discover and connect to your own “divine” nature and then regularly “align” with that nature so that you can more effectively “shine” in your world- by loving, lifting and serving those around you and making the contribution to your world that you were meant to make.  I've created what I call the Divine-Align-Shine  model of spiritual and personal growth which I highly recommend you familiarize yourself with as it is the underlying framework of this site and my writings.  But right now, let's continue to explore stress and how it manifests itself in our lives.

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