Hermit Philosopher
Selflessly here for you
I think tired and confused is the honest and real state of mind for the truly spiritual human. Once you believe you have found a final truth, the instability and ego kicks in to sabotage any authentic living.
My 8000th message.
8000 messages. That’s quite something!
Dear F1fan,
I would say that if one’s (new) spiritual understandings have led one to instability and resulted in one’s ego “kicking off”, one ought perhaps to keep on looking.
For, though spiritual “seeking” can be both tiresome and confusing, one’s quest should not “end” in anything less but the comforting sense of serenity and selflessness (freedom from self) that allows for a life, willingly devoted to peace and serenity of others.
It is true, that one at some point, is likely to find oneself in what is sometimes referred to as “dark night of the soul”. Often, this is experienced as spiritual despair, but sometimes it expresses itself in form of “restlessness” or spiritual apathy too.
“Dark night of the soul” is normally to do with the realising of how one’s worldly “obligations” conflict with one’s (new) spiritual understanding or calling, but I wonder whether it can’t also be about not quite knowing what to do with one’s newfound “truths”.
Humbly
Hermit