To Someone At the Beginning of A Spiritual Quest

by Robert Wilkinson

Someone I know just kicked open some doors of perception and understanding, and has consciously decided to begin his spiritual quest. He doesn’t really know where he’s going or what he expects to find. I told him that’s a good thing, since an empty glass can be filled.

I reminded him that it’s really a journey out of mindlessness into mindfulness. And that any quest for “the real” involves exploring new ways of living while being mindful of the process and not automatically identifying with the rest of the outer directed world.

As I wrote him, “You're really entering into radical self-awareness, and whether you are aware of it or not, have already begun your inner preparations for the quest. It's an inevitability of your intention. Everything in our lives conspires to bring us out of ignorance and unconscious patterns into awareness of what moves us and why, and what presents itself and what we should do or not do related to that object of perception.”

Whether we know it or not, with every breath we take we are preparing to move into a deeper understanding of our Mystery, the purpose of our worldly existence. I have found that there is a curious type of detachment the longer we journey into our Mystery. That’s because the deeper we go, we stop looking to outer things to tell us what to do, or confirm our worth. Instead, we learn to view the outer world as the manifestation of signs and signals showing us the way into even deeper woods than we’ve already explored.

Here I reminded him that we are Eternals having human experiences. And part of being human is to learn what we have to learn, whether through pleasure or pain. While life can occasionally be painful, we do not have to suffer. That’s the key to transmuting unhelpful feelings into positive intention.

Mostly in this life we are unlearning unhelpful habits in action, thought, and feeling, and consciously choosing a way of Self-realization that doesn't generate habits that lead to suffering in self or others. Once we unlearn bad habits by replacing them with positive habits, down the road we begin to see real results.

Of course that takes us away from the known and familiar, but opens the door to higher awareness. And we must say goodbye to the clenched fist of things we clutch at and begin to remember that as we open to the greater, the lesser must slip down the timestream. The pleasures of a mature adult are not those of our childhood.

We have the choice to come out of attachments, aversions, illusions, and the tendency of our minds to suffer over suffering. We do this by practicing detachment, dispassion that yields radical compassion, divine discernment about what is real and what is unreal (and why), and our power to generate positivity regardless of outer circumstances. We may not have as much power as we’d like over what presents itself as a result of little k karmas or Big K Karmas set into motion in the past, but we certainly have the power to choose our response in the moment.

Regardless of where we are on our Path to Self-realization, there will always be another river to cross, another mountain to climb, another skill to master, and more love to give and receive. In entering into our Mystery, we lose our separateness and enter into the heart of the Divine process that is present in every true quest in every truth seeker. In that sense, we climb the mountain with many others, but each finds their own revelation when they make it to the top.

Just a few ideas to ponder as we sail some very mysterious seas….

© Copyright 2014 Robert Wilkinson

Comments

[Radha Kunke]

Is there an end to this endless cycle..? The whole universe is in an endless cycle of creation and destruction... so where does all this end? And what is the meaning of this endless cycle?

[Robert]

Hi Radha - For devas and angels, yes. There is a "Pattern of Perfection" that once attained, is that forever. But for those of us on the "human" way, there is no end. It just keeps getting better and better, experiencing ever-greater awareness and Oneness within Love-Bliss-Consciousness.

To the degree we are not totally identified with our Light Being (Atma-Buddhi-Manas) that is forever Loving, Wise, and Actively Intelligent, we experience a sense of separateness and wonder what it's all about and where we're going in the midst of all of it. As we train the lower triad to be the perfect expression of our Higher Triad, we come out of perceiving time as a killer, and see time as the means through which we measure movement in experience.

I suppose we can only accept the wisdom of the Vedas regarding when it ends. This is addressed by the concept of the Manvantara and Pralaya of God. When "God opens the eye" all of manifest creation springs forth (the "Big Bang?") When "God closes the eye" all of manifest creation ceases to exist and everyone takes a break. Unless our consciousness has moved on to another evolutionary scheme on another frequency of existence, in which case while one universe sleeps, countless others rock on.

The meaning? Growth in the awareness of the infinite glory and perfection of creation! What other meaning could there be? Might as well settle in, learn what we have to learn, have as much joy as we can while doing our Being, and BE the miracle of creation we are, always have been, and always will be. Stop identifying with that which is created and destroyed, and remember we are sparks of God in the body and mind of God grooving on an infinite growth pattern with a lot to love along the way.

Since it's the only game in town, we might as well learn the rules and have some fun playing. Once we master this game, there are other games we will learn to master in other solar systems in other galaxies in other universes.

Never a dull moment in the Creation!

[Dimitra]

Hi Robert! Such an inspiring article, as always! I would like to share that when the circumstances almost forced me to slow down and still the body and mind, I suddenly "saw" my old patterns, attachments, aversions and habits being played by others around me! That was a moment of revelation and self awareness, where detachment was the only way. I experience time like swimming in the ocean, totally exposed and totally protected by the flow!

[chickie]

Your Highness,

Speaking of "new doors of perception"......as of May 22 to January 2016 I have a Uranus trine chiron (sagitarius) transit...it's labeled as "riding the wave." So far I'm unable to locate the definition of this transit....can u fill in here?

[Robert]

Hi Dimitra - I also am composing a more elaborate explanation of my comment above to be published later. And yes, as we still the body, emotions, and mind, we see that they move within a different being than who we really ARE. Then we see the projections within the hologram we have "created" (or allowed) and can choose different patterns.

Hi Chickie - The problem is that any given aspect can have ten thousand ways of taking shape, depending on its function in our lives. Generally, it means the ongoing creative revolutionizing synthesizing circumstances indicated by transiting Uranus are going to help your Chiron stabilize and/or understand how to relate to that revolutionizing pulse. Since life is a set of waves of various frequency waves we're all "riding" at all times, that phrase "riding the wave" ultimately has no meaning.

Chiron is how we "heal into our Higher Self." In your case, via Sagittarius and all that sign means. For some, physical restlessness or mental restlessness. For others, the grand quest in the outer world of doing and the inner world of Being. So the revolutionizer will be in waxing harmony with your Healer. It will open resonant points in Leo. I would think that late September and early October will be an inspired blast for you, given the Grand Fire Trine on your Chiron!

[chickie]

Many thanks, Your Highness and I do know for me to "take shape" I need to upgrade my communications in techy...for sure! And I do know healing time is moving in a new direction. Time to come out of the dark and into the light!

[Linda]

Robert, You have completed me thru all these crazy energies.
The timing could not be more perfect. I am grateful
you are out there <3