How does it feel?

Spirituality is very simple.

We don’t need to know a lot of jargon.
We don’t need to be scholars.
We don’t need to be rich.
We don’t need to act differently.

 Merely be aware of awareness.
In that awareness of awareness
is a stillness and simplicity.
That is purity itself.
Emptiness.

It’s a good heart, beyond cleverness.

 However, saying this, we can still feel crappy about life! Stuff will still happen in a relative sense, and we will feel a reaction to it. This is merely the result of a residue of subtle traumas in our upbringing, and beyond. These individualistic subtle traumas will arise throughout our life, causing insecurities and emotions from time to time. It certainly does for me!

 These are merely products of our past reactions, and there will be a reaction in the subtle body – winds, channels and energies – and we will feel uptight! We needn’t feel guilty about this: it’s our path and no one else’s.

 There are scholars and teachers who have been brought up in a rarified system. They have little knowledge of how ordinary people who are trying to find their way in life feel. They have never had life’s worries of a poor education, family flare-ups, how to earn a living, and the subtle fears of not fitting in.

 However, those of us who have had a poor education, little money, family problems and a feeling of not fitting into society can still know our true nature! In fact, having a good education, plenty of money, and knowing all the right things to say and do can become an obstacle when it comes to awareness of awareness and – especially – empathy and compassion!

 I’m amazed how oddly ‘spiritual’ people act, as if they feel they have to acquire a ‘spiritual’ persona.

 Once we can recognise emptiness (dropping everything) – even a glimpse of it – and acknowledge our relative side, warts-and-all, we can find contentment, confidence and compassion in being ourselves.

It does matter how clever you are,
a Good Heart is the destination.

Accept the way you are.