What IS . . . Spirituality?

[BlueElephant]

Zorkchop - I hope we can continue this thread. Yes?

[zorkchop]

Learning most anything truly viable comes slowly and usually at great personal effort and risk. Sadly . . . most with to stay with the traditional teachings. Many find that staying with such teachings as part of a group brings a soft sense of security and comfort. This is in NO way meant to slight anyone on the Path . . . no matter where they are. It is all one great adventure and each is where they are at the moment.

To learn the greater Truth about what is most anything . . . is not met favorably. Discernment often seems to be life-threatening. It’s best to let most continue at their own pace. Most fight to stay where they are rather than take the risk to learn anew . . . beyond where their own personal levels of acceptance keep them safe.

Opportunities are passed over daily. LIFE cannot and does not present each life-changing event via a Burning Bush. Most come from those around us . . . but few recognize this . . . and possible blessings and opportunity pass them by.

An old principle that puts this somewhat in perspective . . . One does not have to know in order to act . . . but one has to act in order to know.

Risk and effort is often the name of the game . . . beyond the traditional guidance of the day.

[BlueElephant]

Traditional Teachings of many Vedantic Paths and Buddhist Paths lead to Inconceivable Reality - Luminous clarity. From there it evolves in ways I have not heard written about, but only vaguely. There is no vagueness in inter-action with the Prinstine Dual Reality that is a part of and within Non-duality. One might say beyond Non-duality - because that is where some Traditions stop.

Although it is enough to Realize the intrinsic True Nature, there is a world of Transcendent inter-action beyond this... there is Spirituality that is beyond what is intrinsic to us as Spirit.

[BlueElephant]

I think that this hard-earned (so to speak) living Realization is know to very few and is not talked about nor much written about.

[BlueElephant]

And yes, slowly and great personal effort and total risk. We are giving up our own selfish world of identity, let alone Identity comforts, etc.

Well said, BlueElephant, this is my understanding too of the spiritual paths..

[BlueElephant]

Since it is so - we can glady and almost heroically go into it. There is something we find though - after going through the looking glass, after taking what is it? the blue pill.....

I don't know which pill it is, BlueElephant, but I do know you can't erase the memories.

[BlueElephant]

Hi JL. Which memories? Earthly memories erase on their own, as one evolves - yes? I think you are talking about other memories.....

[ZainMd]

What is spirituality?
When seekers realized,
They are not a body.