Preface
Now coming to the discussion about the reality of spirituality.
Many people have misconceptions about spirituality. Many consider traditional religious practices to be 'spirituality'. Many consider practising miracles or communicating with ghosts as spiritual practices. But that is not true spirituality. Freed from blind belief and blind-following, moving consciously and open-mindedly along the path of reasoning for self-knowledge, self-realization and self-development is true spirituality.
Many people have gone astray and ruined their lives by falling into the trap of so-called spiritual gurus through religious beliefs. Some keep trying to awaken the dead person's head in the hope of benefiting from black magic instead of trying to awaken their own head in the right way. However, if someone has a strong desire to practice ghosts and miracles, then I would advise them to go ahead after acquiring pure spiritual knowledge to make themselves mature and qualified. thank you
Just knowing about spirituality is not enough. In order to achieve spiritual development, one must regularly practice certain types of yoga with devotion. The most important yoga among them is Mahamanana self meditation. Later a separate course on self meditation will be started.
Spiritual development is actually the development of mind and consciousness. Spiritual power or strength is the power and strength of the mind. By developing the mind, the power and strength of the mind will develop. In the name of spiritual progress, many fall into deceptive traps and are led astray on the basis of superstition, and suffer greatly instead of development. Therefore, one must first acquire the right knowledge about the mind. Know your mind well. Then, to develop the mind, one has to practise some special yogic methods logically.
If you can study this course thoroughly, you will be surprised to see the amazing changes within you, a well-developed human being is born inside you.
Don't forget. We are not here to stay forever. We are here on an educational trip. The main goal in this human life is to develop the consciousness through the acquisition of knowledge and experience, to become a fully developed human being. ~Maharshi MahaManas
Part-1 Uncovering the underlying truth of spirituality
Welcome to today's lesson on true spirituality and spiritual development.
Also thank you so much for taking this very important lesson and taking steps towards a more enlightened life through this scarce spiritual education. Hope you can quickly move towards becoming a fully developed human being.
The word spiritual means self or mind related. 'Soul' and 'mind' are synonymous. Whether it is the human body based or the incorporeal mind, the human mind or the higher conscious mind, or the God mind, whatever it is, a conscious entity, which is capable of feeling, capable of thinking, is nothing but the mind.
Many consider traditional religious practices to be spirituality. But that is not true spirituality. Freed from blind belief and blind following, with a cautiously aware open mind, moving towards self knowledge, self realization and self-development is true spirituality. In fact true spirituality is reasonable spirituality.
We are basically spiritual beings. We are created from the universe-soul or God-mind, like children created from the world-mind. In higher classes I will unravel the mystery of creation. We originate from mind and are basically spiritual existence. If you realize the truth of creation, you will understand that all our mental activities are spiritual. There is also spirituality behind all our activities. In fact, our mentality and spirituality are almost synonymous. But from a practical point of view, the word spirituality means much more than mentality or mental activity. Spirituality is mainly related to mental activities such as self-enquiry, self-exploration, self-realization, self-development, etc.
Whatever we do, whatever we think, behind everything, knowingly or unknowingly, is the original question, the original purpose. We are running after many things saying 'I want this' and 'I want that'. But we can't be satisfied with anything, we can't be calm. As long as we do not get what we really want, that precious resource 'Self-knowledge', then this desire will continue.
Self-enquiry, self-exploration is the first word of spirituality, the first step to enter the spiritual world. Who am I, why am I, where have I come from, and where is my destination, where is the beginning of this universe, what is the purpose of this creation and what is its ultimate goal? The spiritual world is about these.
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True spirituality and conventional or so-called spirituality are not the same thing. 'Who am I?' This is the first step to enter the real spiritual world. And his ultimate goal is 'Unity'. As you progress along the evolutionary path of consciousness, you will naturally encounter progressively more disembodied beings or souls of high and higher levels of consciousness, god-conscious souls, and eventually universe souls or God souls along the way. Minds of ever-increasing levels of consciousness will continue to evolve before you.
Although the mind or soul is the main center of the spiritual world, the self-conscious mind, that is conscious mind is the master of spirituality. A self-aware, self-conscious mind that thinks, feels, and wills rationally and free from superstition. To understand this better, you will have to know my other articles on 'Mind' and 'Consciousness' later.
The desire to gain knowledge about one's reality, one's true form or existence, is the essence of spirituality. True spirituality is the progressive striving from individual existence to the great existence, then to the pure knowledge of the primordial existence, for the purpose of becoming enlightened.