The Path of Spiritual Development: Learning to mutually Align ourselves with the Force of Creation
The journey of spiritual development is a profound path where individuals strive to become aligned with the singular creating and governing force of reality. This force is defined by qualities of pure, absolute, and selfless love, as well as the service of others. Through conscious practice and learning, we aim to emulate this force, fostering these qualities within ourselves through mutual connections between us.
In this spiritual pursuit, students who want to achieve the above goal form a unique environment — an interconnected community guided by a teacher who has previously navigated this transformative path. The teacher serves as a model and guide, embodying the qualities that the students aspire to achieve. Moreover, students learn from source materials — teachings composed by earlier teachers who also attained a similarity with this creative force. These sources provide valuable insights and are essential tools for anyone committed to following this path.
However, this journey raises several important questions.
Do students truly learn directly from their teacher, or is there a deeper system at play?
What happens when a teacher can no longer guide them or when he passes from this world?
Must the students depend on a physical teacher, or can they continue studying independently once they have access to a community that embodies certain spiritual qualities?
Learning from a System, Not Just a Teacher
In this process, the source of learning goes beyond the teacher as an individual. While the teacher plays a crucial role, the ultimate guide is the system itself — a structure of spiritual wisdom accessible through dedicated study and alignment with universal principles. This means that as students grow, they gradually shift from relying on external instruction to drawing knowledge from within, aligned with their own connection to the system through the unique mutual connections they build between them.
As we delve deeper into our spiritual practice, the concept of “Our soul will teach us” becomes increasingly relevant.
This phrase implies that the more we align ourselves with the qualities of the governing force — selfless love and the willingness to serve — the more our inner self becomes our guide.
It is our next, higher, more loving, and bestowing form that guides and invites us from above.
By accepting this invitation and using the purposeful method to fine-tune ourselves towards that higher spiritual form, we learn to advance toward higher spiritual states, marked by a greater capacity to love and serve others, while we confront and rise above the contrasting force of selfish egoism we increasingly reveal between us.
Beyond Intellectual Learning: Attaining Emotional Transformation
This study is not merely intellectual. Instead, it is deeply emotional, rooted in the transformation of our inner emotional qualities. The aim is to reach a state where we can genuinely love, give to, and guide others, all while confronting and resisting the pull of egoism, which seeks to draw us away from this selfless path. This is a process of refining our inner nature, where each step forward reveals deeper levels of both selflessness and ego against each other, creating an ongoing journey of growth and self-awareness.
The Power of Community and Mutual Support
Progress in this unique spiritual study requires active, conscious participation alongside others who are equally committed to the path. Together, we create a community of mutual commitment and complementary support. In this environment, individuals help each other resist the ego’s temptation and encourage one another toward love, service, and selflessness. This shared commitment is essential for each participant, as it strengthens and reinforces the qualities needed to advance along the spiritual path.
In conclusion, the journey toward alignment with the single creating and governing force is one of continuous growth, guided by teachers, source materials, and, ultimately, the soul’s own inner guidance. It requires a deep commitment to community, mutual support, and the transformative process of becoming vessels for love, wisdom, and service.
This soul is not something individual.
The soul means our developing similarity to reality’s single, loving, and bestowing force. Such qualities cannot be revealed in a single person; instead, they can be learned, practiced, and revealed only in the relationship between people.
Thus, the soul is something we build between us.
Through this path, we not only transform ourselves but also contribute to the unfolding of a more loving and unified world as we connect more and more people to the developing network of the Human soul.