AN ADVANCED CLASS

Ever hear someone say they were “getting back to fundamentals”? In sports or cooking this may be applicable but spiritually this is nonsense. You are either on the path or not. Additionally, to believe that since ones been on the path for a time that conditions or requirements for continued spiritual growth change leads inexorably to spiritual pride, a sense of entitlement and destructive righteousness in demonstration, guaranteeing suffering for anyone who falls into this trap. In God’s eyes all are equal, regardless of their earthly crimes or demonstrations. God does not play favorites or met out punishment. The demonstration is ours. We reap as we sow. The man or woman who chooses to live a life bereft of spiritual principles is loved by God in equal measure as those who have dedicated their lives to the path. The difference is the individuals connection to the source, not the sources connection to the individual. The person who has embraced Living on the Spiritual Basis has done the footwork, put the time in “working out”, exercising their spiritual muscles so when (not if) trouble or a difficulty arises they are prepared. There are no atheists in a foxhole. When faced with death , theirs or a loved ones, or any of the life changing moments that are part of living those who have eschewed the path are faced with the question they can no longer evade: God is either everything or else He is nothing. When an individual reaches this turning point they will either start up the mountain of enlightenment or bury their head in the sand (drugs, alcohol, blame, etc) trying to blot out the truth. We become mountain climbers as soon as we place our feet on the mountain, this doesn’t mean we are experienced or prepared to attempt greater heights. It requires time and consistent dedication to become an experienced mountain climber and just as in mountain climbing, spiritually if you get away from fundamentals, thinking you are beyond them, great is the fall.

This existence is a moment in parentheses. ETERNITY(birth-life-death)ETERNITY. Having embraced Living on the Spiritual Basis we know the truth: we are not this body, the eye blink of time spent in this flesh placed in its proper perspective. The only advanced class is our willingness to share, to teach the fundamentals we practice daily with those starting up the mountain in earnest.