
The spiritual path is very personal but here are some rules and conditions that apply to all. It is never organic, so does not follow a straight line and cannot be compartmentalised. That is, it does not follow a logical path and cannot be analytical.
One cannot control the spiritual path because it works with energy which contracts and expands. Energy can only be experienced as it evolves. The spiritual path has periods of intensity as well as periods of stagnation, so it is difficult to understand it or see the logic. We try to judge our spiritual path which cannot be done – this because we are in great need of stability and to judge our progress or lack of it is futile.
With some, the knowing becomes a matter of life and death, but the answer to this will be a deep void of silence pushing us back to the reality of the spiritual path. So the spiritual path is the dynamic relationship between us and the Divine which gives rise to the different motions of the relationship which cannot be controlled. One can create the circumstance whereby the spiritual path can expand and move forward. The process cannot be controlled but we can create environments that allows for the expansion to happen with for example meditation, mantras and keeping our psyche uncluttered in any way that works for us.
The spiritual path can be the path of greatest illusion or greatest reality depending on whether we decide to cultivate a sense of freedom and service, or if we opt to feed our ego. How fast or deep our spiritual life progresses does not depend on us. The spiritual path is a gift of love and it does not matter how fast you move in it. God loves us unconditionally whether we make progress or not.
When creating the right environment, we receive love in as much as we can handle, but if we open ourselves up more, we will receive more. By knowing our gifts and talent s which are unique to us we can hasten the process of experiencing love because through them we open up a channel to a higher vibration.
The peak periods in the Spiritual path come unannounced and are the visualization of the next step – a preview, so to speak. It is a period of intense expansion. In the peak experience, problems or suffering are integrated. We should not throw any experience of our life away because once we integrate it, it will become the building block for the next step. A peak experience makes you free, If the end result is that it makes you proud or egoistical, throw it out. An authentic peak experience becomes a source of strength each time you connect with it.