Spiritual Superhighway

Unveiling the Veil

You yourself are under your own veil.

-Hafiz

Q:  I have been traveling the road to higher consciousness for many years and it has been a long hard journey. Fortunately there have been occasional Divine Breezes along the way, but I cannot say I feel any closer to God for my efforts. Also, sometimes traveling gets so lonely and I wish I had someone to talk to about this struggle; can you help me understand, why the difficulty and mystery?

Earth Phase: Physical & Spiritual

The lower self prevents you from remembering God.

-Traditional

In the spiritual journey, each traveler is both question and answer; goal and door which blocks the way. That is the Design, or earth phase, that we have immersed our self in; one of physicality and spirituality. This duality of knowing and not knowing; seeking and finding are one of the universal laws of our earth experience. Yet beyond this duality of knowing and not knowing, is the first universal law: Oneness of Creation.  For you see, knowing and not knowing while at polar opposites are both part of the One; this Oneness may be experienced in spiritual states like the Beloved’s Caress or Oneness of Creation experience.  These are sublime experiences and many seek to repeat these states over and over; yet, when thinking and working this way, they miss the point of the journey

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Criteria for Measuring Outcome

Q:   How do I know when I am following an authentic spiritual path?

You know this by listening to your heart and are not afraid, threatened or coerced by others. In time as spiritual capacities are developed you will receive proofs of another sort.

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Religion: Bridge to the Divine

Q:    For my spiritual health, does this mean I should turn away from organized religion?

A:    For many the great religions are the bridge that leads to the Divine.

If you are Muslim, seek to be a better Muslim.  Similarly if you are a Jew or Catholic seek to be a better Jew or Catholic.

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Religion of Peace of Love?

"Say ye: 'we believe in God and the revelation given to us and to Abraham, Ismail, Isaac, Jacob, and the Tribes, and that given to Moses and Jesus, and that given to (all) Prophets from their Lord. We make no difference between one and another of them, and we bow to God.'”   Koran, Chapter 2, Verse 136*

Often I get forwarded e-mails from fellow travelers who are fearful, reading the headlines about Muslim extremists. These extremists are using their religious beliefs to justify deadly action against others of their own faith; and others who they designate as non-believing or Westerners.

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