63 Unchanging For Spiritual Question

[AnitaS]

Having been told that I am hanging on to my spiritual path because of 'fear', I asked the Yi how to overcome this fear and got 63 unchanging. Could someone help me with this? Thank you!

 

[Tohpol]

I guess two questions come to mind:

1) Someone told you that you are hanging on to your spiritual path out of fear. Do you think that's true?
2) If so, what is the nature of that fear?

I asked the Yi how to overcome this fear

63uc

Overcoming fear sounds like it will be a natural process. And it could be that you are half way there to jettisoning that fear (assuming that's what it is) or you are in pole position to do so. Any genuine spiritual path requires time and persistence to achieve some measure of success in the face of all kinds of programs and conditioning which have to be tackled.

 

[AnitaS]

Thank you Topal. Well, I guess it's the usual fear - fear of God as they say and perhaps about surviving my solitude - as I have chosen chastity. But I think financially I'm far more secure and I don't think it's an issue. I can only guess at their meaning. Perhaps it's regarding the coming cataclysms. If I am not enlightened and aligned with the Cosmos and True Self, I will not survive. Well, that's the belief anyway. If I am halfway to overcoming this fear, then great. If not, I don't think I will continue to receive spiritual guidance. The ideal is to follow the Path because you want enlightenment. It is not a crutch or savior.

 

[1eleven]

You're preparing for the worst with thought. Fear is not something you have, it's something you think you have.

 

[Tohpol]

Thank you Topal. Well, I guess it's the usual fear - fear of God as they say and perhaps about surviving my solitude - as I have chosen chastity. But I think financially I'm far more secure and I don't think it's an issue. I can only guess at their meaning. Perhaps it's regarding the coming cataclysms. If I am not enlightened and aligned with the Cosmos and True Self, I will not survive. Well, that's the belief anyway. If I am halfway to overcoming this fear, then great. If not, I don't think I will continue to receive spiritual guidance. The ideal is to follow the Path because you want enlightenment. It is not a crutch or savior.

It's not for me to judge what is the correct path for another - that's a given. So, the following is just some throwaway thoughts and impressions from what you wrote in relation to 63. Feel free to cast it aside if it doesn't resonate.

63uc appears to go counter to the fears you write about in the above. You state: "Well, that's the belief anyway". Indeed, it seems there is something in you that perhaps picks up on the possibility that such beliefs may perpetuate those fears rather than sublimate them. Spiritual guidance is not a prescriptive, retributive signal that will shut off if we slip. It is always there. Suffering is part of the growth process but not all suffering is necessary. We simply have to learn focus our efforts in a way that truly moves us forward. And there lies the rub...

There are these beliefs of not being worthy enough for "enlightenment", losing your connection to spiritual guidance and being lost to the coming cataclysms. How can you overcome these fears if they are part and parcel of this particular path you follow? That is not to say that these beliefs are without merit, only that to identify with them can only reinforce the fear. After all, anticipation and identification are some of our biggest "crutches." In other words, to "want enlightenment" is precisely the crutch and saviour you write about. Is it not a possibility that it is the desire for enlightenment enveloped in fear of failure that keeps you bound in a vicious circle? To let go of fear means letting go of belief which is different to faith and self knowledge.

I think true self knowledge and the road to enlightenment is an incremental one - perhaps over many lives if we can view in linear terms. Maybe letting go of fear may simply mean stepping down your expectations and bolstering your essential self worth.

63.5 mentions that it is the sincerity of the offering that is important, not the show.

Perhaps the greatest gift you can offer the Universe is to be willing to work on yourself in a way that doesn't short circuit your consciousness to go too far too soon. In that way, you are true to yourself and thereby true to the Universe. I've found that Spirit requires a loving pragmatism. Overcoming fear in the nuts and bolts of daily life is the prerequisite before any notions of Enlightenment. At least that's been my experience.

And who knows where such innocence may take us?

I wish you all the best.

 

[AnitaS]

Overcoming fear in the nuts and bolts of daily life is the prerequisite before any notions of Enlightenment.

Thank you Topal. In the daily nuts and bolts of life I have no fears, but yes, I guess I just have to chill and not worry about enlightenment and spiritual guidance and instead simply do the best I can now.