What is matter?
What is Spiritual Life?
From a non duality perspective, there is
no matter at all. It is all consciousness or spirit.
We all want to experience pleasure in
life, but do we look for it in the right places?
We see matter and conclude that it is
reality. Based on our sense experience we validate our assumptions, but do we
look for at the truth behind our perceptions?
Our whole life is spiritual. We cannot
do anything without spirit. Spirit is also that which is eternal. What we
perceive as matter is changeable or non permanent. We can see the proof of this
all around us, nothing material remains the same forever and this includes our
bodies.
We place much value on satisfying our
ego, we go out of our way for the experience of pleasure. Give me this and it
will make me happy and so it can go on. This leads to a very short sighted happiness
and attachment in contrast to enlightened self interest which is sharing and
giving.
Sacrificing one’s life for others is
another level on the spiritual journey. It is an extension of the self. It is
dharmic living, living a moral and just life; it indicates a jump from matter
bound awareness to spirit. However, it will still prevent us from getting a
glimpse into higher realities.
A further stage is the search for
immortality. We ask the question, ‘Who am I, what is the purpose of my life and
my relationship to the cosmos. Here too we need to be careful as we look at
unity and encounter separation. We may just see the projection of our own
ideas. One can see that the closer we come to look at truth the narrower
becomes the way. Perceiver and perceived represents duality not unity.
Yoga teaches us, that filling our lives
with that which is not real, is ignorance and not worth while striving for.
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