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Deviled Hen
You can improve the secular self all you want. It does not force open the door to the spiritual realm.
Nice of you to tell me about my own life, xexon. If it weren't for the study I did, I would not not found the door to the spiritual realm.
Really, I acknowledge that many people take a different route to the Divine, and if "inspiration" is yours, then I will hardly discount.
Apparently you are not so gracious as to acknowledge the same, and consider that not everyone takes your personal path to the Divine.
Personally I find that rather small-minded.
If you're willing to look at your material absent preconceived notions, "like a child" there is no brute force in play.The mind can be regarded as the 800 pound gorilla in the doorway blocking your access. You have no chance of moving it through brute force.
Sorry, but I see no reason to believe in reincarnation.You have to have the key, and this key is the product of many lifetimes of effort, not just this one life. Thats what I mean by you either have it or you don't.
This is reminscent of what my husband once called "Chevy Chase Christianity: I'm the Chosen Lamb of God -- and YOU'RE NOT!"Only a true spritual master can change this natural procession of events. He has that ability. Grace is granted to the deserving only.
I see no difference between this extreme fundamentalist attitude and yours.
It is the antithesis of what I'd call spiritually enlightened.
Sorry I can't find a nicer way of saying so.
You assume I thought a degree would get you there. Your mistake. I merely contend that a reliance totally on oneself has its own set of dangers, just as excessive reliance on "knowledge" does.Show up at heaven's gate with one of these degrees, see how far you get.