• Welcome to Religious Forums, a friendly forum to discuss all religions in a friendly surrounding.

    Your voice is missing! You will need to register to get access to the following site features:
    • Reply to discussions and create your own threads.
    • Our modern chat room. No add-ons or extensions required, just login and start chatting!
    • Access to private conversations with other members.

    We hope to see you as a part of our community soon!

Facing loneliness on the spiritual path

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
Greetings fellow earthlings.

Another thread for your enjoyment. I hope you are enjoying you time here on the forum today!

If you feel you are on a spiritual path - the following may be of interest/assistance ...

One of the things that independent seekers face on the spiritual path is loneliness.It’s inevitable if we are committed to avoid taking on other’s belief systems and yearn to experience what is true for ourselves.

In fact, succumbing to loneliness and trying to relieve it is sometimes the reason people become blind followers. They would rather trade in the comfort of being in the crowd of religious homogeneity than the insecurity of the solitary quest. There is a certain value of joining a sanga or community but when we give up our own discernment of what is true and not true to avoid loneliness we can become a perpetual student of dogma rather than the source of our own realization. Its often a requirement of the committed spiritual seeker to leave the pack for awhile to achieve this.

Read the full article here -

Facing Loneliness on the Spiritual Path | blog

It looks an excellent site - yet to check-out all the various menus etc!

Includes a free e-book as well - can't ask for more than that!

Enjoy the rest of your browsing!
 
Top