A spiritual path should make us more human.
When I had a spiritual awakening 11 years ago,
I thought I was special.
And because of that,
I created a separation between me and everyone that wasn't spiritual.
I put myself above other people,
And I developed what is known as a spiritual ego,
Where I thought spirituality was about attaining certain states,
Or I thought if I could just do a full lotus posture in meditation,
Then that would be some symbol of some attainment of spirituality.
This is getting so far away from what the core essence of a spiritual path should be,
Which is the recognition of the inherent wholeness and enoughness in ourselves and then being able to witness that in others.
And so anytime that we're feeling like we're better than other people or anytime that we're feeling We're less than other people.
We are moving away from that center.
We are not seeing in right relationship.
Spirituality is not about how many ceremonies you've done,
How many ecstatic states you've experienced,
How many followers you've amassed.
A spiritual path should make us more human,
More able to relate to everybody,
Every single person,
More in our hearts,
More connected to our shared humanity.
Because guess what?
The only place that we experience spirituality is as humans here on Earth.
