The Ten Elements of a Spiritual Life

Senior Teacher Jeffrey Carr.  

1.Concentration (Tratak; Mindfulness)

2. Ethical Conduct (Yamas and Niyamas)

3. Meditation (Mantra; Visualisation; Formless Meditation)

4. Contemplation (repeated contemplation of Spiritual truths)

5. Vairagya (Renunciation; Dispassion; Non-Attachment)

6. Devotion (Bhakti or love of God) 

7. Karuna (Loving-Kindness and Compassion)

8. Discrimination (Viveka; discrimination between the Real and the Unreal)

9. Prajna (Vichara; Spiritual Insight)

10. Self-Realisation (Moksha or Liberation from Delusion)

I am other than name, form and action.

My nature is ever free!

I am Self, the supreme unconditioned Brahman.

I am pure Awareness, always non-dual.

— Adi Shankara, Upadesasahasri