Life-long spiritual path (machine translation)
Is it possible to achieve significant spiritual progress in a short time? Many are convinced that it is possible. One of the troubles of modern society is that it is accustomed to satisfy their needs surrogates — because it’s easier and faster. People are becoming increasingly impatient and superficial. When a man is hungry, he goes to the school fast food or buy some instant noodles (pour hot water and eat); when he wants to read a good book, he buys a stripped-down three times and adapted to maloukou version (as in the case of “War and peace”), or watching the film version, the maximum primitivized and do not have the original nothing except the names of some characters. And that is sad, then he thinks really familiar with the book. Exactly the same approach is formed in relation to the spiritual side of life. The disease of the consumer society spread to this area.
Many of those who are in spiritual quest, in fact am in search of another serving of spiritual junk food. This is usually find some practices or courses, allowing in record time — for six months, and sometimes for 2-3 months to achieve great spiritual success or even enlightenment and reveal the ability of clairvoyance, healing, etc. Savvy mentors sometimes even give otuchivshis appropriate diploma or certificate. The result of such “spiritual unfoldment” is, as a rule, complacency, conceit rise up to heaven (because the main thing that develops such methods, it is egotism) and the tendency to look down on the unenlightened various riffraff, underfoot newfound spiritual giant. Many who jump from one spiritual teaching to another, always trying to skim the cream and never linger long. After reading a couple of books or a little peterses among the followers of a doctrine or religion, so important to say, “I have already deeply suffered this way, and he gave me everything he could give” and, like a spiritual leech, goes to look for something else to suck on. Often it combines simultaneous “following” several incompatible doctrines, guided by the philosophy that a good calf sucks two Queens. However, the psychology of cows in spiritual quest helper is not better than psychology leeches. And all this would be very funny if it were not so sad.
In fact, it is impossible for us to achieve significant spiritual progress. This requires long and hard work. And this work must occur within the same spiritual path. After all, it is necessary for the Foundation. You have to understand the picture of the world that offers this way to understand as possible, acting in her laws, understanding of man’s place in it, its possibilities and objectives, to understand the methods of achieving these goals, learn to apply them to yourself, even learn to live in this context and to be part of it. All of this is not months, not even years, but decades. People often himself is the cannot really understand; and to understand this vast complex of notions, psychologically integrated into the society and to achieve real success in changing yourself is a task, daunting in every sense. Then you need a strong desire, hard work, attention, will, perseverance, self-criticism and patience. That is all that modern spiritual seekers in big trouble.
Throughout human history, it was understandable and even obvious to the searching. They searched for the path that could be building their life in accordance with it, and gradually moving forward. Spiritual success is not conceived in isolation from such a path. People taking a certain religion, suggesting not only to live a life in accordance with it, but also to take appropriate afterlife. Acting as a disciple for the spiritual Master, the people followed his teachings all my life; the transition from teacher to Teacher, as a rule, under the same doctrine. Of course, it could be the transition from the teachings of the teachings, but it was a serious decision, with the intention to follow the newly chosen path in life, not just something to grab him and run. As to practices, they were part of a particular doctrine, demanding deep understanding of and is used exclusively in its context. Their purpose was not some abstract spiritual improvement, it is unclear where taken, and the decision is quite specific spiritual problems posed by this doctrine and decide the methods of this doctrine, derived from its picture of the world. In our time, understanding all this is almost lost. Therefore, spiritual seekers and spiritual practices and spirituality in society less. All the steam goes into the whistle.
The teachings of a Single Church in this sense, traditionally. Or should I say — straight. Here is not promise spiritual growth in sprint pace and do not guarantee enlightenment for four months plus a week for a further course of clairvoyance, because it does not happen. They provide knowledge, which will need to work both mentally and emotionally, responsibility — because she’s the more knowledge — and the need to work for the good of the world and people, because to understand this need are knowledge and a sense of responsibility. They offer a way of life, because such a big deal, as changing yourself for the better requires great efforts and long time. And this is only what concerns themselves. And in order to do something for people, you need to try much more.
Follower of the Teachings is the person who understands this and is ready to be so far away. He studied the Teachings first in a more or less General terms, then more, as much as he wants and maybe — working on a and, again, whenever possible, tries to bring good to the world and people. Practices like meditation, manipulation of the chakras, energy storage, etc., in the Doctrine not used. What is the point to artificially stimulate its energy, if you’re not spiritually ready to work with her? Many people think that working with energy, opening the energy potential leads to spiritual growth. But it is the same as to think that the car engine is running because the spinning wheels. In fact, just the opposite. The spirit is primary and energy is secondary; therefore, the spiritual development gives the opportunity to open up the energy potential. Practice in Teaching is learning and doing the right thing. You know the world and man, learn to understand where good and evil, learn to want good and to act in accordance with it. The knowledge that leads to understanding and awareness, and willpower, helping to make the right moral choice, and that is what improves the Spirit. And the cleaner he is, the more opportunities for realizing energy potential or some extraordinary qualities and abilities. Although 100% there is no guarantee. It’s not just because it’s not important. The pursuit of knowledge and practices only for the sake of it — a sign of immaturity or morbid vanity. So a child who reads comics, thinks “But it would be cool to have superpowers!”, and so loving to show off dude dreams of prestigious cars. The goal of spiritual development is not to discover extra abilities, their possible opening is just a side effect — but to become what man should be to the Universe: a living vessel in which improved precious part of the soul of the Creator. For this, every follower of the Teachings and embarks on a path of a lifetime.
Although life in this case is not the maximum unit of time. The path can continue after life and in the next life, and in all future lives. The truth is the truth; and the path passing through the chain of lives as the thread in a necklace strung through her pearls, is in the spirit world. But about it somehow another time.
© Atarkhat, 2016