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As I sit in the presence of this sacred space I wonder which of the elders that I have known over the years has indeed manifested what they’ve traveled in body, mind and soul for. How many have learned through trial and error, through doctrines found true and some false, or many without substance of meaning…
As I look through the timelines of what man has accomplished in material wealth or deeds of general progress of science even, I look hard to find an equated source of how spirituality has evolved.
Today there is much of a division of who is right, and what is classified as wrong. You don’t believe me? Look: She or he is Baptist, Buddhist, a Wiccan, A Psychic, a witch, one is Jewish, there goes a Vodun Priestess, it’s about Scientology, come join the Hare Krishna’s, steer away from her hark there goes a Muslim, oh look here comes another Christian, better look out for those Kabalic followers and so on…
If one is to take out all the bull out of religion and stick to the facts, there is little to no room for spirituality. No room for finding the spiritual source of what one needs to find because my dear…it ain’t in neither man nor woman….
I am not suggesting that you hand up your beads, your tarot cards, nor your crosses, but just to remember spirituality is about growth of the God within and not the bureaucratic fellowship of what ever it is that you have chosen to follow. It is true that we as humans feel the need that a system is not worth working with unless it’s got some sort of order. If the order be true and proper in it’s sense of worth, then all your predecessors will reach nirvana before each of his or her death through the teaching they rather only you follow.
I must say that there are too many cooks in the kitchen of spirituality at the moment as through time over the many centuries we as humans tend to just reincarnate from the beginning each time, hence the lack of growth and absence of evolution.
So what is the best approach to spiritual evolution?
- 1. Start with self. If there is a reason that you have chosen your religion and or spiritual direction. Ask yourself why and what your initial goals where and why…
- Just a diet. Set goals for yourself. Be disciplined and very dedicated to all that you want to work towards.
- From the top down. Take a good look at your leader, your teacher… it’s not to say if he or she isn’t at the spiritual level you think they should be at, they may still be able to help direct you into the correct path until your journey begets you a proper teacher. However, set a limit on your journey with your present teacher so that you don’t waste either of your time.
So is there really absence of spiritual evolution or am I just too blind to see it? Well to pose an answer to my question and to justly provide the statement. “Yes” at the moment, humanity has directed spirituality into a bureaucratic submission rather than working through it to guide us to where we should collectively be. Spirituality truly isn’t about control, (now that would be politics) spirituality is about becoming ONE. From what I stand corrected, we’ve indeed evolved spiritually to become diverse, very divided. Hummmm, what is the saying…”united we stand….” You know the rest. I guess to evolved doesn’t necessarily mean to progress into a certain direction other than to progress, to grow. Do you see your path evolving where you think it should?
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