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When we start looking at our own inner

Posted by Sacred Light ღ on May 9, 2015 at 12:27pm in General Spirituality
If humanity were at a later stage of our evolution, perhaps there would be fewer obstacles on the path of spirituality. No doubt there would still be many challenges, but obstacles? Challenges we need to strengthen our will. Obstacles can slow and even block our progress, derailing us from the path. ~ Even a person who conscientiously adheres to a moral way of life will face many obstacles preventing him or her from entering the deeper realms of the spirit. So in this approach to dealing with obstacles, we are not referring to moral codes, laws, or the Ten Commandments. We take straightforward morality as a given, as a prerequisite for the spiritual path. Lack of morality raises an insurmountable barrier to the path. Because temptations never stop coming our way, moral self-vigilance remains necessary throughout our lives — necessary, though not sufficient. ~ That insufficiency of morality leads us to the many other kinds of obstacles that confront us all. The great traditions offer various formulations, for example, the seven deadly sins from Christianity and the five hindrances and the ten fetters from Buddhism. ~ When we start looking at our own inner and outer behaviors with a more objective view, we might see such obstacles everywhere and be tempted to despair of ever making significant progress. Fortunately, very fortunately, our spiritual development does not depend on eradicating all, and perhaps not even any, of those obstacles. What is required is that we raise the level of our being, that we raise the level of our modes of perception and action. Climbing to live in higher worlds cuts our attachment to the impediments that plagued us in our ordinary way of living. Spiritual practice is all about that climb. Such a change of station frees us all at once, even from obstacles that we had not particularly addressed. So we are not embarking on a program of self-reform, which might never end, but rather on a path of transformation, integrating those very obstacles into our wholeness, so that our unbecoming impulses reframe themselves to serve rather than to take.
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