tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2168216495280428429.post3764380141738986371..comments2023-05-13T01:06:46.364-07:00Comments on Reflections: You have a choice, but not reallyChristian Wiese, Author and Spiritual Coach, contact me at christianmwiese@yahoo.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16177324626922240094noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2168216495280428429.post-11547950466629983522009-08-07T12:14:40.488-07:002009-08-07T12:14:40.488-07:00Hello, my purpose here is to continue a dialogue i...Hello, my purpose here is to continue a dialogue instead of agree with the inherently positive intent your blog has.<br /><br />"You can delay the process but not ignore it"<br /><br />Sure you can. Never say never. We hear and read about those who made it, who crossed over, who attained focus and balance and liberation to use your words. What of all those who try and try but don't get there. They represent the majority among those who do try. Should they stop trying? Obviously not, the path of their choosing is what will feel the most true to them, but it does not guarantee the success you discuss in your comment.<br /><br />I am positively biased about the following comment you make:<br /><br />"All you need is common sense and sensitivity about yourself and others." <br /><br />Yet many are still trying to develop their common sense and to many sensitivity toward themselves and others might not mean much, yet, or possibly ever.<br /><br />"Could spiritual progress become exponential?" yes. <br /><br />Still I wonder about the "entire system being at our disposal" -- it seems to suggest an undercurrent of power over things, people etc. and that in itself is a tautological maze out of which few escape.<br /><br />Even if we were to assume that this new and ever evolving power we achieve via spiritual growth is used toward doing good, what are we really talking about here? becoming a world leader? ending war and poverty and natural disasters? are we talking about being mindful of those around us on a daily basis with no dreams of making BIG good happen?<br />I bet you'd vote for both and perhaps be delighted if you could be doing good in small ways every day.<br /><br />I have known many on a spiritual path who alienated themselves from their loved ones not on the same path (and perhaps could not be or never would be or did not want to be). How noble of a path is that?<br /><br />My belief system with all its quirks tells me that any success I achieve on the back of someone else is really not a success and certainly not my success. I have learned one lesson that works for me. How's that for a balancing act that is hard if not impossible to reach?<br /><br /><br />Thank you for reading!sdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18191340359393359805noreply@blogger.com