Why is spiritual truth so elusive? Why are matters of spiritual significance so hard to verify and validate?
I have been pondering hard on this subject for quite some time. And these are my conclusions.
Spiritual truth is so elusive, possibly because of several factors. They are as listed below:
1. Many seekers are using the wrong modes of seeking. What do I mean by this? First, we try to relate and uncover spiritual truth and reality with our thinking faculty. This will lead us to nowhere because spiritual reality encapsulates our limited thinking faculty. Spiritual reality is ‘beyond’ the normal thinking mode assigned by a personality/self. No offense, but most people do this precisely because such believers can ONLY believe and NOT experience divine spiritual reality.
2. We are conditioned by society’s beliefs. Our upbringing very much demarcated what should be accurate and what’s not. This is supported by a compelling structure based on scientific proof and visual/experiential validation.
3. We think we know it all. When we think we know it all, the thought of ‘I know it all’ will block us from knowing anything deeply. Why is this so? Because a ‘know-it-all’ will not seek to understand deeply and, therefore, will not go deep enough…
