#Spiritual Progress

[ivemanifest]

"It is of course being in alignment, but it goes further than just being in alignment. It's actually having a connection based off of True authenticity, True emotions, True feelings and TRUE perspectives that align so deeply with what is truly meant for you..."

-Understand your authentic connection with your desires

[freyatarotreadings8]

DAY 3 - Child of God

Principle

There is a small particle of God in every one of us. You are a child of God and your life is God’s dream. By shaping your own reality with the power of intention, you fulfil God’s will. Your intention is God’s intention. As this is the case, how can you doubt that your intention will be realised? All it takes is to claim the right. When you ask God for something, it is just the same as if God had asked something of himself. Can God really ask something of his or her self? Is there any one person alive from whom God would ask for something for himself or herself? God just takes what he/she wants. Do not ask, demand or strive. Shape your own reality by way of conscious intention.

Interpretation

The world is a theatre of dreams in which God is simultaneously a member of the audience, an actor, a scriptwriter, and a producer. As a member of the audience, God observes the play that is unfolding on the stage of the world. As an actor, God feels and experiences everything in the same way as the character whose role he (she) is playing. God creates and controls reality through the intention of all living things. God placed a part of his will together with the soul in every living being and then sent them out into the dream, into life. God gave every living soul the freedom and power to create their own reality by the measure of their awareness. Practically all living beings omit to use the power of intention consciously and with clear purpose. In a state of non-lucid dreaming, it is as if they are vaguely aware of wanting something without really knowing what exactly. Their intentions are therefore blurred, vague and mostly unconscious. In this respect, man has developed little more than animals. The pendulums have not only succeeded in taking away people’s awareness of their own abilities, they have perverted the very meaning of life, replacing the notion of being used of God, with worship, whereas in fact, the true goal of life and the idea of service of God consists in co-creation, creation together with God.

[pathofregeneration]

Spiritual Progress — part III

“Many persons seem to think that adeptship is not so much the results of radical development as of additional construction; they seem to imagine that an Adept is a man, who, by going through a certain plainly defined course of training, consisting of minute attention to a set of arbitrary rules, acquires first one power and then another; and when he has attained a certain number of these powers is forthwith dubbed an adept. Acting on this mistaken idea they fancy that the first thing to be done towards attaining adeptship is to acquire ‘powers’—clairvoyance and the power of leaving the physical body and travelling to a distance, are among those which fascinate the most.

To those who wish to acquire such powers for their own private advantage, we have nothing to say; they fall under the condemnation of all who act for purely selfish ends. But there are others, who, mistaking effect for cause, honestly think that the acquirement of abnormal powers is the only road to spiritual advancement. These look upon our [Theosophical] Society as merely the readiest means to enable them to gain knowledge in this direction, considering it as a sort of occult academy, an institution established to afford facilities for the instruction of would-be miracle-workers. In spite of repeated protests and warnings, there are some minds in whom this notion seems ineradicably fixed, and they are loud in their expressions of disappointment when they find that what had been previously told them is perfectly true; that the Society was founded to teach no new and easy paths to the acquisition of ‘powers’; and that its only mission is to re-kindle the torch of truth, so long extinguished for all but the very few, and to keep that truth alive by the formation of a fraternal union of mankind, the only soil in which the good seed can grow. The Theosophical Society does indeed desire to promote the spiritual growth of every individual who comes within its influence, but its methods are those of the ancient Rishis, its tenets those of the oldest Esotericism; it is no dispenser of patent nostrums composed of violent remedies which no honest healer would dare to use.

In this connection we would warn all our members, and others who are seeking spiritual knowledge, to beware of persons offering to teach them easy methods of acquiring psychic gifts; such gifts (laukika) are indeed comparatively easy of acquirement by artificial means, but fade out as soon as the nerve-stimulus exhausts itself. The real seership and adeptship which is accompanied by true psychic development (lokothra), once reached, is never lost.

It appears that various societies have sprung into existence since the foundation of the Theosophical Society, profiting by the interest the latter has awakened in matters of psychic research, and endeavouring to gain members by promising them easy acquirement of psychic powers. In India we have long been familiar with the existence of hosts of sham ascetics of all descriptions, and we fear that there is fresh danger in this direction, here [in India], as well as in Europe and America. We only hope that none of our members, dazzled by brilliant promises, will allow themselves to be taken in by self-deluded dreamers, or, it may be, wilful deceivers.”

— H.P. Blavatsky, Collected Writings

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Shiva Ascetic in Levitation (c. 1820) — from the series Ascetics Performing Tapas, Collection of the British Museum

[santmat]

"We have so many scriptures, and since these scriptures describe the experiences of the soul which are beyond the human intellect, it is all the more necessary to seek the guidance of somebody who has undergone those experiments and experiences himself, and who can explain to us the true import of these scriptures. As these scriptures describe the realms and experiences which are beyond our intellect, our saints, seers, and prophets have often explained them in allegories, parables, and symbols. What often happens is that whatever is meant to be allegorical and symbolic we take to be literal; and whatever is to be taken as literal, we take to be symbolic. And it is in this respect that we cannot understand the true import of our scriptures. It is absolutely essential that for understanding our scriptures in their true import, we must go to the lotus feet of one who has traveled into the spiritual realms beyond, who has crossed the astral, the causal, and the supracausal plane, and who has achieved communion of the soul with the Creator. Only such a personality can explain to us the true import of these books. Spirituality is not a matter of mere knowledge; it is a matter of experience." - Darshan

[compassionmattersmost]

Title: Discovering the Path of Sadhana Pancha Kama: A Journey of Spiritual Progress

In our quest for spiritual growth, we often seek teachings that provide both wisdom and practical guidance. The Sadhana Pancha Kama, a profound set of instructions for spiritual progress, offers just that—a roadmap for those who are earnest in their pursuit of higher realization. These teachings, as shared by Pravrajika Divyananda Prana, outline essential practices that can help us align our…

[debthelibrarian]

"Summer Break Encore: Higher Ground; Heaven's Tableland."

[dadabhagwan]

Do You Know that The definition of ahimsa is: to maintain the awareness not to hurt any living being, even in the slightest degree, through your mind, speech and actions. You will make spiritual progress when this principle remains firm in your conviction and awareness.

To Know more visit: https://www.dadabhagwan.org/path-to-happiness/spiritual-science/non-violence-and-spiritual-awareness/religious-progress-and-nonviolence/

[captainjonnitkessler]

"Obviously Americans don't have a real culture, so in order to heal yourself spiritually you have to find another more exotic culture to become a part of. But ONLY!!! if you have a genetic connection to that culture!!!! Whether you are being respectful or appropriative depends not on your actions but only on whether you have the mystical Blood Connection or not. Again, you HAVE to heal yourself spiritually, because I know for a fact that you are spiritually damaged by not caring about your heritage as much as I do, and specifically you have to return to your ancestor's traditions and reject any culture other than your own. This is progressive."

Bestie this is starting to sound a lot like blood and soil nationalism with extra steps

[chelledoggo]

it just really occurred to me:

"loving your enemies" and "praying for those who persecute you" are things that take IMMENSE spiritual discipline. especially in this day and age. it's a discipline i haven't even mastered. i don't think i'm even close, and it's probably going to take a long time for me to get there.

it's so easy to just hate bigots and wish death on them, and that's kind of the trendy thing to do. and it really does seem like a lot of people deserve it. like, they're not sorry for being bigots, so our natural reaction is not to forgive them. they do and say horrible shit, so an eye for an eye just seems like the natural mindset to have, right?

being compassionate even when you don't condone the person's action exerts a LOT more emotional and spiritual energy. it's understandable why a lot of people would prefer not to do that. they're tired from all the abuse and oppression.

but it's said that one of the biggest reasons to forgive is for your own inner peace. if you're holding onto anger, you're not at peace.

the same can be said for bigots. regardless of how smug and satisfied and "not mad" they seem, they're absolutely not at peace. if they were, they wouldn't be bigots. they wouldn't give a shit about the fact that people exist who aren't like them. they'd be able to just go on with their own life.

that's why we're called to "pray for those who persecute us." we're not just praying for them to change, we're praying for them to find peace. real peace. not the fake "peace" they claim to have with themselves while spouting hateful tirades.

and obviously "loving your enemies" DOESN'T mean you excuse their actions. hell no. if someone is a bigot, the right thing to do is to call them on it while defending the oppressed.

it means you have to make an effort to keep your anger, rightful as it may be, in check. it's something you do just as much for yourself as you do for the other.

[layzeal]

one of my favorite headcanons with little to no canon support is that xue yang and mo xuanyu were guidao jin disciples at the same time, and mxy mentioned a few times wanting to ressurect the yiling laozu to kill his mom's evil family, so when xy saw him (or rather his body) entering yi city AS the yllz, he was like "son of a bitch he actually did it"

[the-healing-mindset]

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[ivemanifest]

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[freyatarotreadings8]

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I must say I love love that message. It felt so peaceful and sweet. I will try to take your advice, it's beautiful. I should really work on the things you mentioned. ⚘️

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[pathofregeneration]

The pivotal doctrine of the Esoteric philosophy admits no privileges or special gifts in man, save those won by his own Ego through personal effort and merit throughout a long series of metempsychoses and reincarnations.

H.P. Blavatsky, The Secret Doctrine

[santmat]

I remember laughing so hard when I heard a stand-up comic once doing a bit saying, “I play the guitar better than Jimi Hendrix cuz he’s dead.” Funny yes, but you know, they do make a good point, which I remember pondering at the time, applying that to the subject of spirituality, spiritual seeking, growth and change.

[txacyb]

Breaking out of toxic cycles is difficult, because when things get boring, you want to start doing things your old self would've went and did. And you gotta stop and remind yourself that that's not you anymore, and you've made too much progress to go back to those kinda things.