"I am neither the body, nor the organs, nor am I the mind; I am Existence, Knowledge, Bliss absolute; I am He." This is true knowledge; all reason and intellect, and everything else is ignorance. Where is knowledge for me, for I am knowledge itself! Where is life for me, for I am life itself! I am sure I live, for I am life, the One Being, and nothing exists except through me, and in me, and as me.
Vivekananda on the Advaita...2.6.13, Complete Works
Spiritual evolution is all about coming back to this knowing,
Just reality unfolding and consciousness experiencing it.Michael Singer
How close to this realization, are you? Knowing that can determine how spiritually evolved we are.
Sometimes we think we are more evolved than we are.
Yoganada once had a devoted follower who was a famous opera singer named Amelita Galli-Curci. The story goes that after he told all his followers that true freedom and entry into "heaven" would come only when there was no more desire, Amelita said she was convinced that she was free of all desire. "I will enter heaven". He then asked her what she thought heaven would be like. She answered that she thought it would be full of beautiful music and she would be able to sing everyday. Yogananda told her that for that reason, St Peter would send her away. She was still seeing herself as seperate...with seperate desires...a body that sings. Her idea of heaven was so small in comparison of what that spaciousness is.
Singer reminds us that most us devote our lives to our ego...the seperate self. We descended down here to experience it all but we miss it every time....because mind sees itself as seperate and develops individual desires, We believe life should be the way we want.
Spiritual evolution is all about letting go of this 'self.' and its puny desires... so we can expereince the unconditional love of who we are.
Unconditional love is love that never stops, according to Michael a Singer.
Yoganada also told us we must learn to Love the love behind the human love.
We need to remember who we are...That is spiritual evolution!
Cease to be a seperate being...that is dying to be reborn. Michael Singer
All is well!
Michael A. Singer/ Temple of the Universe/ Sounds True ( April 24, 2025) The Journey Back to Self: The Path of Spiritual Evolution. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4hm_O4uzqc&list=PLyOuAoSmZkKoESr2acNWwhznusbBkKXsT&index=3
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