Some people think rituals are old fashioned.

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That they do not have any relevance in today's world.

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So they ignore any form of ritual in their life.

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Yet when they do they are missing out on something big.

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For there is great power in ritual.

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And there are many different kinds of rituals that we can use in our lives.

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In fact, there are rituals all around us that we are not even aware of.

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The act of ritualizing something is merely the act of repeating it over and over in a specific way.

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Is that not how most people live their lives?

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The trick is be conscious of the rituals in our lives.

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Then we can start to use them to empower and uplift ourselves.

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Rituals come in many different forms and sizes.

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There are the rituals we use when we engage with others.

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And there are rituals we do when we are all alone.

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The reason there is so much power in ritual is because of the energy that gets formed around it by the mere repetition of the it.

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When you add on top of that the energy of others when it is a shared ritual and the intention, then we are engaging in something is very powerful indeed.

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Ancient people understood this about ritual.

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They were very careful to follow the rules of a given ritual very closely.

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For when that much concentration and energy is put behind a ritual, it gains even more power.

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Over time and with so many people all engaging in the same ritual, the power of it surpasses the physical act.

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It becomes something more.

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Something that lives beyond the immediate moment.

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We can all create rituals for ourselves that having meaning to us.

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If we share them with others, and share the meaning behind them, we begin to build something bigger and stronger.

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For it is not about blindly following something that has been handed down over the centuries.

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It is about understanding the reasons it was handed down and the intent that it was handed down with.

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If that intent is in alignment with where we are in our lives, then the ritual can serve us tremendously.

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Or it might not be in alignment with where we are in our lives and therefore it does not serve us in this moment.

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Even if it does not serve us now, it might serve us in the future.

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Keeping these rituals alive inside of us is how we continue to feed the energy of the rituals.

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And when the time comes when we are in need of aid in our lives, those rituals we once shunned or ignored are still there to help us.

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That is the beauty of ritual.

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So what rituals do you have in your life?

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How can you use ritual to serve you where you are at right now?

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~ Sam Liebowitz, The Conscious Consultant

Host of The Conscious Consultant Hour