Advanced Spirituality Certification: Fort Myers, Aug.

Would you like to create a deeper, more profound relationship with God, your Higher Power? Would you also love to have the tools needed to help others reach the same divine union in life right now?

Now is the time to join our "Advanced Spiritual Studies Certification Workshop" to be held again in Fort Myers, Florida on Saturday and Sunday , August 27 and 28 from noon to 6pm both days.

Watch this short video to get an idea of what this life changing workshop is all about.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2m4ho6rIwH8

Learn about the power of prayer and meditation, as well as a variety of additional tools needed to access God on a deeper level daily and so much more.

We looking forward to being a part of your spiritual path. For parents, ministers, doctors, nurses, counselors, life coaches, teachers and you!

For more information, please visit http://www.lifecoachuniverse.com or call 941 266 7676.

Love, David

Essel to offer sermon and workshop Sunday July 31

The Center For Spiritual Living in Naples will host, Hay House author and All Faiths Minister David Essel, on Sunday, July 31st. Essel will present “Spiritual Freedom, creating a deeper connection with the Divine, that works for you!”

Through his spiritual journey, professional coaching practice and lecture tours, Essel has helped many people around the country and abroad find their personal path toward spiritual enlightenment. He advocates being open to different teachings in order to allow one’s experiential learning and understanding to expand. In fact, it may just one to lead to inner peace and profound wisdom.

As an All Faiths Minister, Essel has presided at different spiritual communities including Catholic Churches, Unity and Religious Science Churches, Centers for Spiritual Living, as well as All Faith Churches and other independent spiritual centers.

Essel said, “I’ve come to know, that all of our paths starts from a call within. Each of us starts to have a feeling or perhaps some type of knowing that there is something larger than one’s self. I refer to this as The Call. It may begin as a whisper, or perhaps a life experience, which causes us to focus our attention to the voice within. We start there and when we are quiet receptive, more will unfold. The Call may lead us to seek something we know or are familiar with, like a church, synagogue or spiritual center community. Or it may lead us to seek something unfamiliar such as the practice of yoga, meditation, an ancient teaching or an experiential connection with nature. Our job is to be open. Because it may not make sense at first, but the sages have agreed, that this Call from within beats stronger until it is satisfied. And our gift, once we choose to accept and follow, is more than we may have ever considered possible.”

Essel advocates the use of Spiritual Freedom in order to fulfill the call from within to affect our everyday lives. He said, “A spiritual life goes beyond being still. It asks us to be present to every moments, experiences and interactions. It is a raise in self-awareness, then community awareness. The more we expand, the greater the responsibility and the greater the rewards, because ultimately we seek greater and deeper connection with every being on the planet, raising our awareness to the Oneness of all Life. There is a purpose for the Journey. I won’t give away the surprise, and it’s easier than many make it out to be.”

To learn more about spiritual freedom, join the community at the Center for Spiritual Living in Naples, located in the Journey Arts Building, at 2950 Immokalee Road, Unit #4, just east of Airport-Pulling Road on July 31st. A quiet meditation begins at 10AM, followed by the 10:30 AM Sunday Celebration.

Following the Sunday Celebration, Essel will present “The One Thing - How to achieve more freedom, love and success than you ever imagined possible!” This 2-hour workshop offers strategies to achieve the lifestyle many people desire. David is known for his inspirational, motivational and action-oriented presentations. Participants are guaranteed to walk away with the information and knowledge to make positive lifestyle changes quickly and easily. Reservations are recommended. The workshop registration is $25 per person.

To register call, (239) 263-8720 or visit www.cslnaples.org.

Essel is the author of “Slow Down: The Fastest Way To Get Everything You Want” (Hay House) and “Heaven On Earth: God Speaks Through The Heart of A Young Monk (Living Now)”. His Holistic Addition Recovery work is featured in the Natural Awakening Magazine, Southwest Florida Edition this month. He is a Master Life, Business and Addiction Recovery Coach and All Faiths Minister. His professional coach programs reach clients across the country and abroad. He offers Life Coach Certification programs and life skills education seminars at www.LifeCoachUniverse.com. For more information about David Essel, please visit www.DavidEssel.com or call 941-266-7676.

How does one find a mentor?

Mentors are an amazingly important tool for growth in our lives, and finding one should be a fairly effortless task.

Mentors can be found for our career, relationships, health, finances and spiritual paths. They can help dramatically to decrease our "learning curve" in life, so that we don't have to keep repeating the same errors over and over again.

Here's some tips that you can use right now, in order to find a mentor that is right for you. Watch, share.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHYR-6a9bWI

Slow down, and reap the benefits of a strong mentor relationship today.

Love, david http://www.davidessel.com

Connecting One on One with God: The Eyes Have It

Did you know that there is an amazingly simple technique that you can use right now to begin to form an even deeper connection with God?

Many believe that this connection is only for the sages, monks and priests, when in actuality, it is available for all of us.

Watch this video, and see exactly what I mean.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpZLrbHVI9U

Slow down, practice this daily, and in just minutes you will find yourself immersed in a deeper relationship with God.

Then, please pass this on so other scan benefit too.

Love, peace, david www.davidessel.com

We are Human beings having a Spiritual experience

A number of years ago as I was speaking to a group of seekers about our reason for existence, the thought came to me that we truly are human beings having a spiritual experience, rather than spiritual beings having a human one.

I do agree with the fact that we begin as spiritual beings, a gift from God at birth, but as I reflect upon what happens from that point on, I see us all as human, growing and evolving along a spiritual path until we reach the end result of becoming fully spiritual, as we ascend from this plane into the light. At this point we leave our human bodies, and become pure light.

As I was discussing this just last year during a class I teach at Edison State College, a student reminded me that most spiritual teachers believe the opposite, that we are spiritual beings having a human experience. I do see the value for that belief system, and as I explore more and more about existence, I see for myself a slightly different path.

In our younger years, our main focus is survival. we learn to be fed, kept warm, given love and external stimulus in order to learn the basics such as walking and talking. As we look at the various stages of development from then on, if we are on a path of life purpose, not just survival, we begin to explore the concepts of our individual innate gifts, and how to use them to help others in this world.

As we evolve further, we see such concepts as unconditional love and compassion as the foundation of life, the two realities that Christ and Buddha brought into great awareness for all of us. We begin to see that as we take these traits on and actually practice them on a daily basis, that our purpose in life totally changes! We are here as servants of God, to create unconditional love in all of our relationships, to be the light that attracts others to us.

We start to see even more clearly as we bring these spiritual principles into our daily life that our only purpose here truly is to touch others, to be touched by others, and to rise above the small egos desire to be right, to be noticed. We find that the gift of surrender is the path to enlightenment.

We surrender to our partner, and offer them love. We walk the path of understanding versus judgement. We begin to look into the eyes of those who push our buttons, or the homeless, or the crippled with unconditional love.

In many religions the full focus as we age is devotion to the spiritual walk, not just talking about it but practicing it daily. Communion with God, through prayer happens constantly throughout the day. We surrender to God every hour on the hour. We devote our life to complete service to the Light, to God, to unconditional love. What a beautiful undertaking! The ascension process goes into high gear as we practice the wisdom handed down to us, as we offer our gifts out of love to help others who are struggling behind us.

We awaken in the morning with the prayer, "Please let me be of full unconditional service to my partner, my children, today and everyday. " As we ascend even further on our path this then changes to include prayers to assist those in war, poverty, hospitals, those with addictions, those who abuse others. Yes, we pray directly for those who abuse others! And for those who are abused.

Slow down, and see that as we evolve we truly recognize that we are fully human beings, glorious human beings, awesome human beings, having a spiritual experience. We are in the ascension process, looking for ways to be the light that we already are right now, before we leave this plane.

Love, peace, David www.davidessel.com

Surprises Along the Spiritual Path

Several years ago while attending a personal growth weekend intensive, I was confronted with one of my many surprises along my own spiritual path.

One of the quests we were put on that weekend was to try and discover the one area of life that we would like to see a radical shift occur in. After deliberation, I decided to stick with the goal I had selected a few days before and that the financial arena is where my greatest growth could come from in order that I might more powerfully affect this world. I created my intention and shared it with the group.

Almost instantly, a woman who had been on the sideline watching my reading of my goal almost jumped out of her skin and said "David you've got it all wrong, it's your spiritual path that you need to focus on. That's where your greatest gifts are, THAT'S WHERE YOUR ATTENTION SHOULD BE. GETTING CLOSER TO GOD, SPREADING HIS WORD IS THE INTENTION YOU SHOULD FOCUS ON."

As I capitalize these words for effect, you get the picture of the enthusiasm she had in sharing her beliefs with me. I was just stunned, not only by what she said but in the manner she said it. I looked around the room, thinking that maybe someone else might speak up, but it was just her and I.

After talking to her for a few minutes in front of the group, I once again looked for help from someone else who might see things differently, so that I had the support I needed to keep my initial intention intact. None came.

It was evident that I needed to think about her statements, as many times God uses people as messengers, and often these messengers have messages we may not initially agree with. I went home that night and prayed, trying to see if her words would ring true, and when I awoken the next morning I did in fact see how powerful her message was to me.

Yes, she was right. Yes in fact her words made me go directly to God who gave me the same answer. Approximately a year or so later, I was the co-founder of a brand new church in Fort Myers Florida, something that I am so thrilled to be a part of, but definitely a surprise along my own spiritual path. It reminds me of a conversation I had with Deepak Chopra during an interview several years ago regarding the topic "How to know God." The way to know God is to talk with him, to daily create the space and time to be in communion.

I had gone into a workshop to learn how to manifest money, and had come out with the drive to become closer to God.

Slow down and be open today to the surprises in store for you, if you are open, along your own spiritual path.

Love, peace, David www.davidessel.com

Heaven On Earth Book Reading

Sept 16th, Wed 6-7pm

Join Rev. David Essel, Master Life Coach, Motivational Speaker and author of 5 books for a free reading of his latest book, Heaven on Earth: God Speaks through the Heart of a Young Monk.

David will be discussing the concepts of experiencing heaven on earth and revealing his process of discovery in the writing of this magical book. He will be exploring his mysterious channelings of the life experiences of this young monk and how those stories relate to current times and remain as relevant now as in past eras.

For more info or to purchase the book Click here.

There is no need to RSVP for the Book Reading. Please come to the Church of Spiritual Light, 1939 Park Meadows Dr. Unit 1, Ft. Myers, FL 33907 or visit www.ChurchOfSpiritualLight.org

How to Deepen Your Spiritual or Religious Path During Blessed And Challenging Times

Sunday, March 22st, 1PM to 6PM
David Essel, Co-Founder and Minister for The Church of Spiritual Light in Ft. Myers, Florida, presents a new interactive session to help individuals deepen their spiritual or religious path, through all phases of life. All faiths are welcome. For this session, please bring a journal.

Topics to be covered include, but not limited to:

1) How to create a deeper spiritual or religious path

2) Why what we encounter, abundance or challenges, are crucial as stepping stones to a deep and rich life

3) The power of daily rituals, what they are, and how to incorporate them into the busiest of schedules.

4) Understanding the concept of a "Higher Power"

5) A look at creating the ultimate on earth...Divine Union from a spiritual perspective

6)Using meditation as a tool to connect with The Divine, that resides within "the gap " of life

7) Finding God, or your spiritual connection, in various forms of music

8) Creating depth, love, acceptance and forgiveness in your life now...

This experiential workshop will be filled with joy, laughter, introspection and spiritual abundance in a format never seen before.

Each participant will have the opportunity to experience the concept of "Divine Union" during this very workshop!

Included in your admission, at no extra charge, will be a copy of David's newest book "Heaven on Earth", his cd, "Slow Down to Deepen Your Own Spiritual Path", as well as a diksha blessing or "Blessing of Grace." (Total value of these products $57)

The class will be held at Center To Self Reliance, 1939 Park Meadows Drive, Fort Myers, Fl 33908.

Call (941) 266-7676 or visit www.ChurchOfSpiritualLight.org

Cost: $99 - Early registration is suggested as seating is limited.

Introduction to Deepening Your Spiritual Path

Sunday, March 15th, 1PM to 3PM

David Essel, Co-Founder and Minister for The Church of Spiritual Light in Ft. Myers, Florida, is offering a new series to help individuals deepen their spiritual or religious path. All faiths are welcome. Join David for this introductory session and learn how deepening your spiritual path can enhance all areas of your life.

Topics to be covered include, but not limited to :

1) The difference between Spirituality and Religion

2) The difference between meditation and contemplation

3) How deepening our spiritual path enhances our health, finances, relationships and attitude in life

4) How everyone, from seasoned spiritual seekers to those just beginning on this path, can effortlessly move to a deeper connection to all that they are...and all that is around them.



The class will be held at Center To Self Reliance, 1939 Park Meadows Drive, Fort Myers, Fl 33908.

Call (941) 266-7676 or visit www.ChurchOfSpiritualLight.org

Cost: $25 - Early registration is suggested as seating is limited.