Spiritual paths

 

Somehow, and strangely, there exists an impression among people that spiritual people have it easy, that they don’t really run into problems. Well ! Think again. On the spiritual path, many really tough challenges face us. As we move along the path, harder and harder tests keep coming our way. And we must keep working till the end and after.

It is the same as doing preliminary school and graduating to higher studies which has advanced studies and requires an elevated intellect.

Truly, we humans have a tendency to stay very long within the stage of mere impressions without analysing , introspecting and  then reaching a state of conviction.

Spiritual paths are no cake walk. To cleanse yourself to a point where nothing and no body affects you and the transient nature of the world is revealed , is tougher than tough.

I guess many might leave the path midway rather than stay on it. The result would be an incredible amount of spiritual loss.

Surekha Kothari

www.BodyMindSoulCentre.com

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Percolation of knowledge

 

Being intellectual and  indulging in spiritual pursuits is commendable . But if these lead  to intellectual or spiritual arrogance, we must watch out ! Studying texts like Ramayana and Bhagvad Gita, reciting shlokas and being able to talk about them is wonderful. There is one word of caution though.

Such people often get the impression that knowing these is actually understanding them. Understanding is the percolation of knowledge which inspires relevant behaviour as well.

But, this does not happen. Precisely because even in depth knowledge only makes a scholar , at best. Never a practitioner. There is much ego in many such people whereas , if understanding had set in, humility would be the result, not arrogance. Arrogance gives a person an illusion of being always right and superior to others. Arrogance makes a person constantly talk about how learned they are but practice of all they “know” may be sadly lacking.

In life, we fall a million times, get up a million times and need to go on. Success is relative . But when people think they are perfect, the best, and really infallible, then one needs to look at them again and understand that they have a long way to go. They took the wrong path when they thought they were perfect and found it easy to deride those who were not , in their eyes.

Surekha Kothari

www.BodyMindSoulCentre.com

surekhakothari.wordpress.com

Speakingtree Blog: www.speakingtree.in/public/surekhakothari