Tuesday 6 February 2018

Spiritual evolution

Our spiritual evolution takes place slowly, often unobtrusively only because we don't recognize it at first. Like birth pangs, it comes in periodic convulsions, leaving us empty and exhausted. But regular bouts over a period of time start to withdraw us bit by bit from the world, through what we often call disillusionment, a subtle corrosion of our involvement in it. I have come to the conclusion that this has to ultimately happen to every soul, a kind of saturation point reached, if you will. The tipping point comes after which the real evolution starts, with a gradual detachment, a good way to live out karma.
Like a friend said recently, you don't have to let the fire that purifies you, singe or burn you, because that is not wisdom. You have to start closing chapters that you write sooner or later. But close you must.
And before you close the final chapter of your life, you owe yourself peace and an eye towards your real home.

Surekha Kothari

surekhakothari.wordpress.com


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