October 20, 2012
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Spiritual evolution
Spiritual evolution
Personal reflection
Traces of the past directed our spiritual evolution
it ignited within us a need to define our purpose and meaning.
Purpose and meaning rises to consciousness when we connect with the Divine
When we connect with the Divine it accelerates and gives substance to our spiritual evolution.
We must awaken thought and discover potential to find purpose and meaning.
We must develop balance and harmony and celebrate discipline to connect to the Divine.
We must serve humanity and experience Divine love in order to spiritually evolve.
When we awaken our thought we will develop balance and harmony
When we develop balance and harmony we will discover our potential
When we discover our potential we will experience Divine love
When we experience Divine love we will celebrate discipline
When we celebrate discipline we will serve humanity
Thought, harmony and servitude are the first causes
Potential, discipline and Divine love are the controls
Spiritual evolution, purpose and a divine connection are the outcomes
We must awaken thought in order to discover our potential
We must develop balance and harmony in order to celebrate discipline
We must serve humanity in order to experience Divine love.
This the process of spiritual evolution from light to life to love
The realization of purpose and meaning is the source of inner light,
the connection we have with the Divine is the source of life
the continual spiritual evolution and growth is the source of love.
Comments (8)
Many people select and reselect and reselect being asleep. Sometimes I think waking up isn’t for the faint of heart.
I am not the deep thinker, but I read this interesting post. I am a retired businessman and loved that life. I came to like the Christian’s Be-Attitudes. That was tough enough for me. Lol Love your enemies!! That is quite a novel idea.
I am very well acquainted with a person who actually believes with every fiber of his being that God has directly spoken to him. The interesting thing is that he refuses to exploit this personal contact with divinity – even though he has several (actually a good many) believing followers. He leads and participates in Bible study programs with small groups but absolutely rejects organized religion. He left the religious group he was identified with and refuses any compensation for his religious work. He is quite humble but his presence seems to favorably attract and impress all who know him. He owns a small (one-two man) business which requires hard work and is quite happy with his lot.
celebrating discipline… that phrase captured my imagination! thanks!
@C_L_O_G - Yes, to be awake demands from us to take responsibility for life.
@ANVRSADDAY - It will benefit a person of any religion to contemplate the Christian Be-attitudes. You might consider yourself not a deep thinker but from your reply you seem to be thinking more than the average person.
@tychecat - It is interesting. From what you describe it sounds like the person had a significant experience that had a positive impact on him and the people he touches with his life.
@jerjonji - There is a beautiful Christian author, richard Foster that wrote a book titled: “The celebration of discipline” who made a huge impact on me since the book contained a universal spiritual message. It might be worth looking into it if you think about the celebration of discipline.
See:Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growthby Richard Foster (Oct 5, 1988)
@Zeal4living - I’ve heard of that work. I fight the whole discipline thing all the time so celebrating it is a wonderful idea!
The person I mentioned did not have a gradually evolving realization that he was connected to the divine – it was a blinding overwhelming one-on-one personal experience (I’ve known him for most of his life and have only heard him describe the experience once or twice – he does not vaunt or dwell on it.) His moral and spiritual discipline came as a result – not as a developing process.
I’m sure many religious leaders claim similar experiences – which they very often exploit – he most definitely does not. I don’t think most of his fellow believers even know of his experience or realize how deep it was.I’m not a believer of follower of this person – indeed he does not expect me to be – he’s much younger and says he sees me as a father-figure. That’s quite a responsibility
I make no pretense at being religious even though I have done my time as Religious Education Director of a Unitarian/Universalist Church many years ago.
@jerjonji - It took me a long time to really understand the value of discipline…but it is worthwhile celebrating.
@tychecat - I can understand why this fellow sees you as a father figure. You are very wise in your comments to me. Having been Religious education Director of a Unitarian/Universalist Church means we have more in common than what I realized. I try to keep my writings clear as not to promote a particular religion but rather with the hope to promote spirituality to blossom.