Kasper Posted 14 hours ago Hello everyone, I'm 34 years old and got really interested in first personal development and later spirituality in my early 20s. However, I still haven't found a path that I have been able to stick with and I would love to get some input on how to find and/or stick with a chosen path. Maybe my expactations to a path are too high and that is the problem, but if possible my whishes for a path is that it will: - Help me get enlightened (beyond oneness) - Support my health either directly og indirectly (I've been ill from house mold in the last couple of years and only recently found out the cause, so if it can support my health the would be great) - Help heal emotions, shadow sides, unconscious biases - Strengthen my relationships to my wife, son, friends etc. - Help my worldly succes (a reasonable amount of money is nice, but what is most important to me is having a job that I love, where things flow somewhat, knowing that nothing is ever perfect of course) - Help me enjoy life (not getting a monk-like aversion to life and people) - Have a community (I feel quite lonely on this path) I believe I have a talent in this area, however I'm also very aware that dedicated and focused practice is needed for talent to be useful. To be clear, I do practice a decent amount - I just switch practice way too often, I think. My concernes with many paths are: - Are they for monks? How many householders have become enlightened on the path? - Will I lose interest in life? - Do I need more time than I have to practice to get where I want to get? - Has the teacher become possessed by confusing divine with astral entities? I have had wonderful teachers, that I believe now are possessed or very ungrounded. These haven't been my teachers but just to give two examples: Look at H.H. Dalai Lama before 2019, in 2016 fx., and now, and Eckhart Tolle in 2008 and now - both have (most likely unknowingly) gotten involved with astral entities in my opinion. And many, many others have too, I believe. As I understand it, there was a shift in 2012 making spiritual development fasten a lot , but also making it much easier for astral entities to goet contact to humans. Some of the options that I consider: - Zen in the Shodo Harada Roshi lineage: I have a teacher in my country who I believe is awakened: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5bNUhqxrUI&t=1182s. His energy and consciousness helps a lot and there is a community although not particularly social people. I also feel, the practice and result can seem a little dry to me and very monk-ish - Kunlun/Yigong: Something I can do on my own and is something that householders can do without sacrificing too much time. No community though, no teachers close and are the promises too good to be true. I realise that it can seem a bit paranoid, but I also wonder if Kan and Max have become involve with some entities, but I'm not sure at all. - Chanting Namo Amituofo: It is easy, youn don't need a teacher and you get protection from the chanting. It is less dry than Zen. - Transcendental meditation: The most effortless and enjoyable practice I've ever tried and not like any other chanting /mantra recitation practice that I have tried. TM is quite unique in it's method even though many says that it is just a concentration practice - it is not and you don't concentrate. It is actually like Kunlun/Yigong in many ways. It helps me enjoy life and is quite effective, however you easily get ungrounded, get less respect from others and less natural human protection from other energies if you get ungrounded. So once a day for 20 minutes is probably maximum and then I wonder - can I get enlightened by doing so little practice? : ) Overall as a person, I love love and bliss, but often feel that I need the grounding, however I'm afraid that it will get too dry, that I will get uninterested in life and that I need to become a monk to really progress. I hope I have made myself somewhat clear, but some things are probably unclear/confusing in what I have written, which may be one of the reasons why I can't choose a path and stick with it. I would love to get some input. All the best, Kasper Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lairg Posted 13 hours ago I started with Transcendental Meditation and after perhaps 4 years started to get interventions during my meditation. One week I was taught a new technique each morning. The first was most important: learning to control my consciousness to specific planes and subplanes. That is the basis for reproducible spiritual science. So my development was directly assisted once my TM practice had progressed. These days I work more with heart light Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kasper Posted 12 hours ago 47 minutes ago, Lairg said: I started with Transcendental Meditation and after perhaps 4 years started to get interventions during my meditation. One week I was taught a new technique each morning. The first was most important: learning to control my consciousness to specific planes and subplanes. That is the basis for reproducible spiritual science. So my development was directly assisted once my TM practice had progressed. These days I work more with heart light Thank your for your input, Lairg. How did you discern whether the source of the new techniques were good and not trying to lure you into a bad relationship? Would you mind explaining the heart light work, you mentioned? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lairg Posted 12 hours ago The initial ideas that appeared in my consciousness seemed entirely natural. In those days I had no sense of any adverse approaches. Later I perceived words and voices in my head. It took me 10 years to identify the primary voice in my head. It turned out that I knew him from several lives - going back a long long way. Heart light: there is a vertical stream of spiritual light that anchors in the heart of the standard format for humans. The light provides life force and spiritual purpose. The anchor in the heart can be seen as a flame as depicted in the post-reformation religious art of the Roman church Some humans have dark layers that interfere with the flow. Pushing light from the heart around the physical body will eventually disperse all interferences https://www.thedaobums.com/search/?&q="heart light"&sortby=newest Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kasper Posted 11 hours ago 9 minutes ago, Lairg said: The initial ideas that appeared in my consciousness seemed entirely natural. In those days I had no sense of any adverse approaches. Later I perceived words and voices in my head. It took me 10 years to identify the primary voice in my head. It turned out that I knew him from several lives - going back a long long way. Heart light: there is a vertical stream of spiritual light that anchors in the heart of the standard format for humans. The light provides life force and spiritual purpose. The anchor in the heart can be seen as a flame as depicted in the post-reformation religious art of the Roman church Some humans have dark layers that interfere with the flow. Pushing light from the heart around the physical body will eventually disperse all interferences https://www.thedaobums.com/search/?&q="heart light"&sortby=newest Do you have a specific practice that cultivates the heart light? Couldn't find a description of it in the link you sent. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
