Souls choose to incarnate into the dense reality of Earth to overcome struggle and adversity, which accelerates their evolution before returning to the divine source.

“This is my belief, which again makes the most sense after as much research and stuff I've done over the years, is that we as a soul on the other side choose to come down to learn certain lessons and to evolve by going through these lessons, by going through this very dense very dense school”

Difficult experiences should be viewed as opportunities ordained for growth rather than setbacks.

“I believe that God in his sovereign wisdom ordained before the foundation of the world that I would go through all of these experiences so my body would slow down, so my mind could speed up.”

Jermaine believes that spiritual awakening comes as a result of suffering and readiness to change.

“Actually I think when you are done suffering when you experienced enough pain you'll wake up when you ready to wake up.”

Earth functions as a "gym" for the soul where individuals choose or encounter challenges to grow, learn, and develop the capacity to love and serve others.

“Everything that we learn and every way we grow, we can make a difference with another person. I am a big believer in paying it forward.”

The challenges and chaos currently happening in the world are designed to push individuals toward their higher selves, connection to source, and the awakening of their natural abilities.

“I feel like the heaviness in the world is pushing us back to that. Pushing us back to that, pushing us back to uh connecting with nature, right? We get so wrapped up in um everything that's going on in the world, and it it you you're forced to um step out of that and calm calm the nervous system, ri”

True security is only found by abandoning the need for security.

“Only that person who's lost the need for security is truly secure.”

Riz Mirza maintains that individuals must surrender to the process of existing and their own sensitivity to achieve meaningful spiritual growth.

“Your sensitivity is your strength. Your sensitivity is your strength. Every great artist, every great singer, the reason you like them and the reason why they made work that impacted you was because they were dropped into their sensitivity 100 times deep. Not a little, all the way.”

A genuine faith is defined by a personal relationship with God based on surrender, not by following religious rules or traditions.

“I actually grew up Catholic I grew up in religion but one thing is I stepped out a religion and into relationship because religion is rules regulations tradition but I'm here to break tradition”

Achieving spiritual balance is a practice of grounding oneself, embracing the present, and moving from a state of forcing to one of flowing.

“So, wu wei is non-forcing. Like if you think about a sunflower, then it it has this big heavy head and it's not floppy, it's not rolled up on the ground. That stem holding it up has some rigidity, has some strength. But, it doesn't hold any more force than it needs to.”

True spiritual growth comes from within the heart and requires surrendering to the mystery of being rather than relying on intellectual formulas.

“everything that you need is residing within within your own heart and you cannot quantify this I can't prove it to you I can't you know clock the metrics on a device and say I was this close but I can tell you it was maybe the most powerful experience I've had in my life”

Spiritual growth is defined by accessing the 'Self', a state of inner connection that is naturally present behind protection mechanisms and trauma.

“Self is like the sun behind the clouds and when the clouds dissipate the sun begins to emerge naturally.”

The practice of love, forgiveness, and compassion serves as the foundational answer to the most significant challenges in life.

“the answer always being found in more love more forgiveness more compassion uh reminds me of our our our travels to darh Shala to spend two days with the dolly llama who who's answer to basically every question that was posed to him was some version of Love More”

Forgiveness of others and of oneself is essential for spiritual growth and living a life well-lived.

“I've given myself the gift and it is a gift of forgiveness. It certainly allows me to move forward”

Forgiveness is essential for healing, as it involves accepting the past and choosing to no longer use old memories as emotional poison against oneself.

“Forgiveness is the moment you no longer wish the past was any different. It is the moment you accept it and you let it go.”