One of our most important spiritual lessons is that we need to always continue growing spiritually. If we are not moving forward in our transformation, then we are moving backwards. True self-assessment is one of the most powerful tools to assist in our constant spiritual growth. It is important that we take the time, whether it is once a day, once a week, or once a month to honestly review our spiritual work and progress. We should think of what has worked, what has not, and what more we need to do.
Certainly, this self-assessment needs to be truthful in order to truly work. Therefore, we need to identify one of our biggest barriers to true self-assessment: bribing ourselves. Very often when we take stock of our spiritual self, we minimize what needs to be changed and what needs to be corrected because we take into account all of the positive things that we do and all the good spiritual work we accomplish. Other times we compare ourselves to others saying, " do so much more than that person" or "compared to him, I am in a very good spiritual place."
All these positive acts and comparisons amount to a bribe, blinding ourselves - sometimes even unconsciously - from true spiritual assessment. We need to keep in mind our tremendous potential and judge ourselves not against others but against our own great potential. We should also not focus on all the good - which we certainly do - when our purpose is to identify where we are lacking and where we need to push ourselves more.
If we refrain from bribing ourselves and constantly assess our spiritual self truthfully, we will certainly reach our powerful spiritual potential.
Taken from this month's Kabbalah E-Newsletter
4 comments:
nice.
Nicely put.
very good post man.
That was cool man. Good to see you are coming to and back into blogland. Same with me man so don't feel bad.
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