08-10-2018, 10:41 PM
(08-09-2018, 12:39 PM)Bring4th_Austin Wrote: I tend towards the view that places the bar lower. I think some people put adepthood (or spiritual maturity) upon a pedestal and have a very specific view of what it is, and often that pedestal is quite out of reach of most within the peer group. I view the spectrum of such spiritual progression to be vast, and it can begin quite soon after the opening of the heart (even in a minimal way).
I couldn't find this quote before, but I want to add it now because, for my own dear self, it adds dimensional character to the idea that spiritual maturity begins with the ripened, opened heart. (And I'm not arguing against gradations, nor disparaging anyone--such as myself--who does not live at this address or higher. I just think this is a very instructive perspective.)
http://www.llresearch.org/transcripts/is..._1218.aspx Wrote:Only when one moves into the open heart can one begin to share energy; to exchange energy with another; to give love and to receive love. The great blessing of opening the heart and keeping it open is that, working from the open heart, all of the functions of the lower energy centers are recreated as sacred.
In other words, the maturation process shifts the entire apparatus of perception so that all is experienced as engagement with Divinity, not merely from a cognitive point of view, but with all one's energies. Sounds darned good to moi.