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24-02-2019, 01:09 PM
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What really is spiritual development?
How do you define it.
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24-02-2019, 03:58 PM
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Master
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Location: Lowell, Massachusetts
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Hi,
I would define it as Self Discovery.
John
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25-02-2019, 07:22 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by John32241
Hi,
I would define it as Self Discovery.
John
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That's the title of a book I'm reading at the moment
"Self discovery, the spiritual psychology of CJ Jung"
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26-04-2019, 04:56 AM
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Master
Join Date: Jul 2018
Location: Greece
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Quote:
Originally Posted by John32241
Hi,
I would define it as Self Discovery.
John
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A work of many lifetimes,in one line of words.
Well said John
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30-04-2019, 12:35 PM
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Master
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Spritiual development
Broadly world is made of matter (all that can be seen , heard and measured ) and spirit (invisible all that can be felt) . So is an individual made of matter (body , organs and senses , sub-conscious) and spirit (intellect and soul ) .
As all sense are outward facing and spirit is more internal , there is natural tendency for material orientation and lesser spiritual orientation .So the spiritual development is to have an ideal mix of material orientation (in highest ethical form) and spiritual orientation which let one understand , identify ,appreciate , perpetuate , permeates the spirit within himself/herself and within world . The spiritual orientation has to be more than material orientation . That's where we need meditation . But material orientation has not to be eliminated for it will create unfeasible situations and suppressive spirituality which leads to superstitious and dogmatic practices and eventually bring misery to seekers.
Spiritual development enables one to visualize the invisible in the visible and visible in seemingly invisible . It's not about magic . Its not about whimsical or capricious who also do similar things. It's about visionaries who see for example 'capacity for human to fly in flying bird ' and capacity to see 'aeroplane' in principle of floating object or 'the invisible God ' in every worldy object or 'human God' (like Jesus Christ , Mohammad Paigamber , Krishna, Rama, Buddha etc) in seemingly invisible God . In this sense scientists too are spiritualist .
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25-02-2019, 11:44 PM
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Master
Join Date: Sep 2013
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Discovering the Creator/God through your heart, not organized religion.
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26-02-2019, 02:03 AM
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Master
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Continuous contemplative consciousness correction
Leading to
Continuous meditative Oneness connection
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The Self has no attribute
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26-02-2019, 10:04 AM
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Master
Join Date: Oct 2014
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Spiritual development is just ego development. Necessary to an extent. Its just too easy to become fixated on insights and experiences. You come to certain realizations or develop certain insights and without knowing you start clinging to it. Then you want to stop, share, express, teach, preach, etc. The more developed the ego, the more smarter it becomes, and the more subtle the deceptions become.
Unless you've examined yourself to the point where you are left utterly confused and afraid. Where it becomes more like a total meltdown. But that would be more along the lines of spiritual dismantlement instead of spiritual development. As your spiritual identity would likely be the first to be dismantled before many other things.
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26-02-2019, 11:13 AM
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Guide
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A growth in awareness
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Expecting life to treat you well because you are a good person is like expecting an angry bull not to charge because you are a vegetarian. - Shari R Barr
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26-02-2019, 07:30 PM
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Master
Join Date: Feb 2017
Location: Golden Bay, New Zealand
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I consider spiritual development as the journey from identification with personality to identification with Consciousness. We then function through a Soul-infused personality.
The next stage is identification with Being, where the Soul-infused personality becomes an expression of Spirit.
Peace.
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