My
SPIRITUAL JOURNEY:
It
would be fortunate to have spiritual connection at a tender age. Spirituality
is a personal journey which may occur at different stages of one’s life. More
than often this begins with a personal crisis – a desire to look beneath the
surface and seek some richer meaning and purpose. That starts the journey. All
your life you would have been asking those inner questions on various
issues and submitting to the inner answers. Now you have new questions and new
experiences. Spiritual knowledge that have rubbed on to you consciously or
otherwise, bring fresh conscious thoughts and begins the journey at a different
stride. Now that you have decided to make that journey, some mystical
experience or new guiding acquaintances can bring you an ever-lasting change.
As your awareness expands, you suddenly realize that there is only one of you; even if you are standing in a crowd. No-one else is going to answer your questions for you. Even if they do, you question their relevance or weight to be given. An outsider cannot be your spiritual spokesperson. New truths appear and these connect to other truths till some day you find your own Truth. Then you have various degrees of truth and truth finding becomes a continuous process. Basically you are learning from experiences of your inner self. Your life boat is not going to be chained to the coast, it is sailing towards the open sea. You are going to be free with this journey as you would soon be coming Home. Where is your Home anyway?
A spiritual path is not lit like a street with signboards. It is subtle and you may simply miss it despite divine signals. It will be your path to higher consciousness where you change your age-old perceptions. You become aware of societal mores, conditioning and traditional thinking. You may also realise that your inner light is clouded by reluctance and ignorance. The clouds are slowly passing away and the Divine light lurks. Still it is a steep climb requiring sacrifice. This is the healing process of a wounded soul. Over time you feel lighter with meaningful questions. Where you are, who you are, what is life’s purpose etc are questions that lead on to other probing questions. Mysteries of life unfold as you explore further into your own depths to realise the Self in you. The Absolute Truth would not be far away. It is lurking from within. Worry not that you did not hit the spiritual path earlier. It is better late than never. ………………
As your awareness expands, you suddenly realize that there is only one of you; even if you are standing in a crowd. No-one else is going to answer your questions for you. Even if they do, you question their relevance or weight to be given. An outsider cannot be your spiritual spokesperson. New truths appear and these connect to other truths till some day you find your own Truth. Then you have various degrees of truth and truth finding becomes a continuous process. Basically you are learning from experiences of your inner self. Your life boat is not going to be chained to the coast, it is sailing towards the open sea. You are going to be free with this journey as you would soon be coming Home. Where is your Home anyway?
A spiritual path is not lit like a street with signboards. It is subtle and you may simply miss it despite divine signals. It will be your path to higher consciousness where you change your age-old perceptions. You become aware of societal mores, conditioning and traditional thinking. You may also realise that your inner light is clouded by reluctance and ignorance. The clouds are slowly passing away and the Divine light lurks. Still it is a steep climb requiring sacrifice. This is the healing process of a wounded soul. Over time you feel lighter with meaningful questions. Where you are, who you are, what is life’s purpose etc are questions that lead on to other probing questions. Mysteries of life unfold as you explore further into your own depths to realise the Self in you. The Absolute Truth would not be far away. It is lurking from within. Worry not that you did not hit the spiritual path earlier. It is better late than never. ………………
Krishnarpanamastu…..
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