Every living moment is spiritual

 Anyone who has been blessed with Awakening knows how it feels to have the self melt into “no-thing-ness”. The problem only seems to be that we cannot keep it up. We oscillate between our perception of self and this blessed state of “no self”.

 

The spiritual teachings of the east sees our self perception as illusionary. “Don’t stay on this level, merge with the higher self”, they say. I often describe this higher state as S(erenity) E (nergy) L (ove) F (low); a blissful state of being.

 

The scientific community of the west has no place for a higher self, they work with what can be commonly experienced. The distinction is between the sane or authentic self, and the immature or harmful self, the shadow or the persona.

 

I feel we can work with both. Let’s be honest here, it is Grace that connects us with the higher state of being. Sometimes we can connect with it, even consciously, like when we are with people we love or in high energy places, while sometimes we can’t.

 

Every moment is spiritual, even when we are supposedly unconscious. There is an opportunity to connect with the higher energies or learn something when we cannot. Every moment is an invite to be Awareness, or an opportunity to be self-aware.

 

Fact is that life is designed to get us to this state of self awareness and no self. Spiritual practices, our mission and our soul tribe are part of this dissolution of self and accumulation of wisdom. No need to long for some enlightened state in the future. We have the here now to work with.