So what is spirituality?. So what is spirituality?
spirituality is
1 finding a path
2 travelling and
3 reaching the goal
goal is no less than god realization , real, authentic, 100% true, no compromise
ways , approaches, guides , labels, can be any, and any number
on the final question at the end ------did you reach the goal ?
if the answer is yes, ---------------------you did the job
if not , --------------------------------------it is a glorious exercise in futility
''Spirituality is the ability to see the spirit of the Creator in everything around us, be it a flower or a stone. And then to act and behave accordingly.''
i concur , but i do some hairsplitting for my own sake to be very precise on the subject. we need not totally agree, we can never
but still we can exchange even different truths as we perceive .
ultimate is to be one with god/creator --what ever labels
If that target is first achieved, all the abilities to see better , perform better, live better, behave better will sprout as result
Be good , then you will see god ---is not the right statement
see god, then you will become good--is the right statement
.I reiterate
see god, then you will become honest------is the horse before the cart--right
be honest, then you willl see god ------------is the cart before the horse--not right
this point is to be understood once clearly --very very very important
Realized souls only know what is right wrong honest dishonest fair unfair in every situation
others cannot know what these are really, also , others have no ability to overcome the temptations hence can never be really honest etc
since realized souls easily can live honesty and vitrtues, by seeing them others cannot imbibe / copy their behaviour
authenticity in behaviour is possible only with authentic experience of god realization is gained
it is a matter of thrikarana shudhi , alignment of think talk walk.
and it results as the sadhana intensifies, purifying proportionately the body, mind, nervous system, senses and limbs
and never can be possible even with best resolve/commitment
How is possible?
yes it is possible, and this is the crux of understanding in spirituality , which is mostly not understood
since, for seeing god, ie experiencing god, ie to know god what it /he is does not require precondition nor preparation .
it s just a matter of direct approach in as is where is condition
And if simple what for life long sadhana?
oh, here the contradiction
when god is instant coffeee, what for is the planting and watering and tendering its growth , the tree of coffee seeds, ?
Here is the enigma and solution mixed together, rather solution is hidden behind this enigma
i shall bring it out
pause
since this is my monologue, reader is free to skip
And so, the necessity of expert guide/guru--what ever label,
he did all the search research and invented the easiest wheel, presented in the tradition , so that none need to waste time/life in unnecessary explore/ reinvent .
he shows in one sitting , the way directly to experience the absolute, the unmanifest fundamental nature of god, ---no preparation needed .
once this experience is gained , the instant realization , one becomes enlightened to know what it is all about . that's it
Oh, is it the end, the goal?did we accomplish all ?
then, get up and run?
Wait ,
do not run , listen
this is the right start for the fastest run ,
with this one experience, the seed of spirituality , starts sprouting .
here i must say 100 times,
that without this direct first experience of the absolute all spiritual pursuits , dos donts, impositions, self/externals, all trying to be spiritual., trying to imbibe, trying to control tendencies, trying to be good, trying to love all , all trying to see god every where --even if continued life long --will be just waste --without possibility of realization,-- end up in just wasting time in the hopes, beliefs, faiths, surmises , conjunctures, in the name of / under the pretext of spirituality
So for the spiritual tree to come to exist,
1 the seed, the live seed, sprouting of seed is the fiest requirement, without a seed, without the live seed, tree cannot be
2 the sprout now is to be taken care to grow day by day , by regularly watering, that is sadhana, continuing of regular daily experiencing of the absolute,
3 as the sadhana continues , ie, as the experience of absolute continues regularly, here comes the flowering of knowledge, virtues, abilities, powers, love, kindness, skill in action, gradually steadily, not overnight but can be accelerated under guidance
4 with that comes at the end the mukthi, while one is alive in this birth, a state in union with god, with all his great powers and qualities, absolutely as if one is the master of this universe
it's not--i caution--it's not a self deluding, nor illusion but is as real as the reality can be .
here i end , hoping that i conveyed a vital point as fully accurately as is possible