Spirituality As A Road Block

Spirituality is the act of seeking a higher consciousness through all facets of life: business, family, art, religion, even sleeping. It embraces the whole of human experience but does not confine it to a single belief system. It is the connection within to the Divine that gets strengthened, not the connection to the belief structures of man. How can this all-encompassing and embracing philosophy become a belief system? As some people gain spirituality, often they lose their connection with the mass mind and begin to think of themselves as special. They set themselves apart from "ordinary" humanity that hasn't been enlightened or that hasn't had direct revelations of God. In this delusional state, many people begin to fantasize that their mission in life is greater than everyone else's mission. That other people were put on this earth to support their spiritual unfoldment and in return, the select Servant of God will bestow God's revelations to others and save them from "separation from God." Some may even possess psychic abilities that confirm to their believers that they are, in fact, set apart from others and worthy to be supported monetarily, emotionally, and physically. Thus, the person who is claiming spiritual superiority is actually serving themselves by obtaining glory and power for their own ego and not for the purpose of uplifting mankind.

As humanity progresses, this type of hero worship will decline, in my opinion. It is the result of a misunderstanding of God's infinite capacity to bestow his gifts on everyone, not just the select few. Any spiritual authority that attests to their own Divinity while denying others theirs is not a doing a service to mankind. We all may not have access to all of the dimensions of ourselves in the same timespace coordinate as others, but we all have that capability. The true hero is the one that helps those to find the hero within themselves.

Another delusion that occurs due to spiritual belief systems is the belief in Personal Universal Laws. There are Universal Laws such as karma and attraction, but they are not belief systems until we are assured that we know exactly how they are supposed to work for everyone instead of how they work for humanity. We can not possibly know what another person's path is until we've walked a few of their past lives in our moccasins. I have heard it said that there is a Law of Prosperity that if one is only to focus on wealth, instead of lack, one will obtain wealth. This assumes that those that are not attracting wealth, or health, or a mate or any other quantity defined in a "Universal Law" has done something wrong in their thinking or creating. This is a belief system, plain and simple. There is no right or wrong from the point of view of the higher self. There is only experience and that experience is concerned with creating light, truth and love in the world. If that means that someone chooses to experience sickness in order to help others cure themselves, then this is what occurs. If a higher self wishes to identify with disempowerment and failure to help others succeed, then this is what occurs. The goal is not personal and the effect is not personal either. There are no personal universal laws. It's an oxymoron, in my opinion.

The goal in any form of spirituality should not be about self-service, but service to others. In this way, we transcend our personal limitations and open the doors to the dimensions of our larger selves, a Universal Brotherhood/Sisterhood of Man.