Embracing Real Spirituality

We were in Sydney this weekend, and really enjoyed our time here.

Here is just a sneak preview of the material we covered. One interesting point we discussed was that  we can hold onto a Pseudo Spiritual approach to our growth and relationship with God, even when the teachings we follow promote a humble, grounded path.

Real Spirituality vs Pseudo Spirituality

Attributes of Real Spirituality	Attributes of Pseudo Spirituality
Simple, easy to understand	Complex, requires intellectual concentration
Logical, everything makes sense	Illogical, little makes sense
Grounded, relevant in day-to-day life	Mystical & mysterious, flaky & irrelevant
Real, without facade	Fake, promotes & loves facade
Raw, unedited	Embellished, frilly, polished & marketed
Confronts fears & grief	Panders to fear & grief
Meaningful, always causes change	Shallow, no-one has to change
Truly emotional	Intellectual, condemns feeling
Grounded in real feelings	Emotionally histrionic, enjoys fake expression
Powerful, always forces decisions	Weak, light & airy, promotes indecision
Soul condition grows irreversibly	Metaphysical, no soul condition improvement
Unifying, draws all to itself	Exclusive, creates groups & cliques
Appeals to the hearts of all, but few embrace	Appeals to the hearts of few, but many follow
Appeals to truth in all circumstances	Appeals to error, injury & addictions
Humble, requires passion for true self	Arrogant, denies true self & true condition
Down to earth, forces the soul into reality	Self-righteous, inflates the soul into denial
Promotes equality in relationships	Promotes hierarchy in relationships
God-reliant, accepts & trusts God’s Laws	Self-reliant, we become a law unto ourselves
God glorifying, creates awareness of God	Self-glorifying, promotes self interest
Challenges addictions	Promotes addictions
Satisfies the soul	Gratifies the animal
Loving, brings love to all souls	Hurtful, “loves” only a few
We feel good through Love, Truth & Humility	We feel good through spirit attachment
Freely available without monetary demand	Requires payment for all services
Promotes God and God’s Truths	Promotes self & ownership of knowledge
Has substance rather than just words	Uses the words without substance