The Deeply Spiritual

We all can observe what is going on in the world. The conflict of religious ideals, the violence of nationalism and political idealism. It can be seen that the world is in a state of constant disintegration and disarray. Also as a result of all this conflict it can be realized that ones self is in a state of conflict to one degree or another. We may observe how that our lives are more or less controlled by the cultural circumstance of birth and that we are trapped in a never ending circle of conflict and fear. The fear of not becoming of not achieving. As an individual we seek out the perceived relief of so-called spiritual personalities or religious organizations or bury ones self in a "cause" or a "New Age Formula". But deep inside there is still the feeling that somehow one has not reached a point where one can be completely at peace. It is possible to have a realization of the superficiality of ones life. But how can a person change, transform? One may have some degree of realization, but falls short of being completely free, of realizing a deep spiritual presence that is not a concept or a formulated ideal.

Do you seek out the "other" as a means to an end? Do you delude yourself into thinking that you are on a path to deeper spirituality. One may practice certain austerities and expose ones self to the mind control of the latest spiritual fad or personality. Can there be the realization that one is only escaping the reality of a conditioned mind. It must start with the self. One must negate all outside influences to realize the truth of ones self. No matter how "enlightened" or "illuminated" another may seem, realize that it is the illusion of a mind that is caught in the self created. One must completely free ones self from the bondage of the self absorbed.

Do not follow another, it will only lead to the disappointment and despair of ones self created image. Why does one feel that one is incapable of realizing the true self without the aid of an outside influence? Why do we seek out that which will instruct and supply a method or a conceptual ideal? One does anything that will allow one not to face the self, the reality of what it means to be the self in the absolute moment. So if one realizes all this, that seeking and accumulation is the problem, then what will you do, what will be the outcome of this realization? If you have a deep realization of the self as the illusion of time, then there may be an "experiencing"of a dissipation of the desire to add to ones already conflicted mind. "Experiencing" means the action of the moment. It may then be seen that all this accumulation is the illusion of the self. The self that is seeking continuity in that which it accumulates.

A person who is deeply spiritual lives in the freedom of "not knowing". The outcome of this freedom is the dissipation of the controlling influence of the accumulated. "Not knowing", means that one is not caught in the projection of self that is concluding from the known. "Not knowing" is the fusion of the knower and the known. The realization of the non-dual as the oneness of reality. It is the absolute moment that is absent the conceptual intellective self. It is a state of non-being that reveals the interpretive essence of ones existence. Deep spirituality is not connected to any secret doctrine or to the manipulations of a self proclaimed spiritual authority. One has all that is necessary to realize illumination. The realization of that which is not artificially induced.