Author’s Note
“You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul”
– Swami Vevekananda
Reflections
Life is equivalent to a maze of doors – an individual must decide which door to enter based on and limited only by the spiritual level attained at that moment in one’s existence. This maze of doors represents decisions that must be made to establish the direction of one’s spiritual development.
Many say each lifetime represents the entering of an individual door and the experiences that result from relationships until the individual ends up where he started from – we enter as a fresh, naïve, fully impressionable human spirit with no preconceptions except for the experiences of previous lifetimes, existing in the unconscious realm…we form opinions and from these tested opinions learn and hopefully progress toward perfection and at the end return back to our original state, unchanged except for the addition of this experience to our unconscious realm.
This continuing cycle is responsible for growth along the spiritual continuum. Only a few accomplish this task, most fail, and therefore enter the same level through a different door. The goal for humanity is to seek the perfection of universal truth. When man realizes this reason for existence, each life is approached with exhilaration…relationships a means by which to reach this goal. The hold rum of daily living is viewed from a fresh, exciting perspective. The difficulties of life, although still intense, are viewed as necessary steps toward the achievement of spiritual growth and freedom, and therefore happily anticipated.
Relationships are how we discover the spiritual level in which we are currently functioning. Each relationship should be a positive factor we use to build towards the next level of spiritual awareness. Individuals who deny or exclude relationships stop spiritual growth. In the resulting stagnation, there spiritual and mental health deteriorate, further limiting their capacity to relate. All human relationships need the stimulation of social contact for further growth. This growth is dependent on relationships with no limitations…you cannot place limits on the discovery that must take place for spiritual awareness.
The ability to relate on all levels with other individuals is the necessary skill most never realize, resulting in failure. One must never allow one relationship to prevent or affect adversely simultaneous relationships with others. The problem with most relationships is superficiality. To have a meaningful relationship with another, the participating individuals must be willing to take risks by revealing true feelings. Feelings are the life blood of the spirit, and as such, are direct reflections of one’s spirit. A spirit communicates universal truths through feelings. When dealing with true feelings, honesty prevails, leading to bonding and further growth along the spiritual continuum.
Silent Prayer
Creator God, help us as we grow spiritually!
Music
Jason Upton - Grow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apOvcjCHmaw
LYRICS
Father make us readyFor all our hands have sownWe can hear it rainingThis garden's gonna grow
Spirit keep us steadySeasons come and goTo never stop believingThis garden's gonna grow
This garden's gonna growThis garden's gonna growI hope that we are all readyThis garden's gonna grow
So, let are love be patientHelp us to be kindTeach us in the waitingOh, Jesus be are guide
This garden's gonna growThis garden's gonna growI hope that we are all readyThis garden's gonna grow
This garden's gonna growThis garden's gonna growI hope that we are all readyThis garden's gonna grow
Let the soil of life be wateredLet our light shine, brighterIt'll take time and time can moveSo slow
This garden's gonna growThis garden's gonna growI hope that we are all readyThis garden's gonna grow
So mother don't you worryWe won't let it dieAll that you have dreamed forWe'll watch it come alive
Mother don't you worryWe won't let it dieAll that you have dreamed forWe'll watch it come alive
This garden's gonna growThis garden's gonna growI hope that we are all readyThis garden's gonna grow
This garden's gonna growThis garden's gonna growI hope that we are all readyThis garden's gonna grow
So let the soil of life be wateredLet our light shine, a little brighterIt'll take timeOh, and time can moveSo slow
But this garden's gonna grow
Barry
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