Spiritual (seeker) junkie
In reply to Re:subtle spiritual judgements by Vimal
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I can see the significance of the amusing story Vimal, which is so eloquently expressing the lighter side and delivers the message so clearly - love it :)
I read somewhere that this is the 'spiritual seeker identity' investing in pendulum-like experiences of spiritual emotional highs and lows, hence seekers becoming spiritual junkies. As the 'seeker' dissolves and one understands that the nature of all experiences is to change (high, low etc), one realises looking closer, that no matter how ordinary or extra-ordinary experiences one has, there is a steady centre, a motionless core not related to emotion or 'me' but where all emotion and the 'me' arises/expresses from. Often these emotional spiritual experiences may be by-products of touching the non-dual, all One - no 'me' - state but the seeker when not fully seen, will make these by-products (happy, blissful, relief etc) the goal. Very interesting and I can certainly relate to this from time to time along my personal 'spiritual' journey. The dissolution of the seeker is key, while at the same time being the soulful expression of the Truth in daily life. Cant be forced or scheduled, just seeing clearly when 'I' roll a big rock up the mountain and then drop it from there...
Thank you for encouraging deeper reflections Vimal.
