Hari Aum.
As many of us spiritual seekers know, the gunas (qualities) of Prakriti (Nature) are sattva (goodness/ light/ positive qualities), rajas (activity/ passion/anger etc), and tamas (ignorance/ inertia/darkness). According to our scriptures, these three principles are present everywhere in the material realms.
Eleven years ago, I wrote a post on the manner in which these three gunas can influence the mind of the spiritual seeker.
Today, I want to write a post on the expression of these gunas in the mind of a specific type of spiritual seeker-- known as the twin soul. There are a quite a few of us twin souls on this planet and, as this is not an easy soul journey, I feel like sharing my thoughts on this topic.
The tamasic mind has this approach to the twin flame journey:
-Run...run....keep running away from them and do not stop!
-Denial. This cannot be happening to me! How can this happen to me?! What is the Divine doing!
-I am ruined
-This is a disaster! Poor me.
-Help! Somebody please help me-- all these dreams of the twin soul, of my Guru and the Divine make me very uneasy!
-I just want to live a 'normal life' (mostly eating popcorn, watching movies, eating chocolate and sleeping!). I only want to do what everyone else does-- you know, 'normal' things (eating, sleeping, earning money, hanging out with family and friends).
-I do not want to do any spiritual practices or walk the spiritual path. Material life all the way, I say!
The rajasic mind has this approach to the twin flame journey:
-Chase, chase...keep chasing them!
-The twin is really hot!
-Forget raising the kundalini to any higher chakras— my favourites are the lower two—that is the be-all and end-all of my existence!
-I want to live a happy, highly sensual and entirely mundane life!
-All twin souls should basically marry and have kids—that is literally the only purpose of this experience, and nothing else! (Those who do not follow this formula are very foolish!)
-Spiritual life is total nonsense and this bond is not meant to be wasted on spirituality!
The sattvic mind has this approach to the twin flame journey:
-It is becoming very clear that this is a significant milestone in the spiritual journey
-No running or chasing is needed please (as we cannot really be separated, and this would therefore make no sense)!
-The dreams of the Divine, of the twin soul, and the repeating angel numbers (will write another post on this sometime) definitely mean something-- they are not random. I must pay attention and learn what it is that the Divine wants from me here.
-I have faith in myself, in my ability to adhere to dharma and perform my duties, both material and spiritual. This faith is due to the grace of my Guru, of the Divine.
-Equally, I have faith in my twin-- I have seen that they too, know the importance of dharma and karma. I intuitively feel that they are doing what they need to on this planet.
-Things are going to turn out ok. This path has involved a lot of karmic purging. I will not let this go to waste-- not for me, and not for my twin (for whom I do have a deep spiritual love that nobody except another twin soul, God and Guru can ever understand).
-The pain that my twin and I have gone through will pave the way for our spiritual progress. I will do my part in full to ensure this. And I have faith that they will do their part too.
-This entire experience has only increased my commitment to spiritual life further. I am stronger today than I was before I had this experience.
-I am going to get through this, and I know my twin will too. We have our spiritual guides, our Gurus and the Divine. They are with us all the way. And we are going to walk our spiritual paths with full commitment.
-Every tear, every hurt, every moment of suffering that we have experienced on this journey will have been worth it when we achieve the spiritual goal—and we will certainly achieve this through our own efforts that will draw the grace of Guru and God.
-The karmic purging that we have been through has lessened our karmic burden from past lifetimes-- this has been painful but is deeply valuable from a spiritual perspective. I know that the Divine cannot be attained unless karmic debts are cleared in full, and we have cleared many karmas and will continue to clear our spiritual debts.
-I am going to remain positive and keep walking the spiritual path. I am absolutely going to continue my spiritual practice and keep striving to attune myself to the will of the Divine. And, when my will is attuned in full to that of the Divine (and not my lower ego), success in life will be assured in all aspects -- in the way defined by the Divine. I know this because I have already felt a little of this in my life, and I will keep going, God-willing.
-I feel confident, happy and secure knowing that the Divine has my back.
-I cannot wait to get started on the next mantra purascharana in the coming weeks! Bring it on I say!
Spiritual life all the way! :)
To summarise,
Tamas and rajas do not allow the twin soul seeker to benefit spiritually from this journey. They keep the spiritual energy/ the kundalini in the lower chakras.
Sattva allows the spiritual seeker to attune themselves to Divine will and progress rapidly on the spiritual path (the twin soul journey can significantly accelerate spiritual progress if approached the right way. It rapidly awakens the kundalini which can then be guided through sadhana to rise to the higher chakras).
-Dharma and karma yoga are the foundation of this path along with bhakti.
-Faith in oneself, one's twin, Guru and God leads one forward on this spiritual journey.
I will conclude this post by expressing my gratitude to Guru, God, and all those twin souls (including my own) who have directly and indirectly provided me with significant help in my spiritual life.
Om Namo Narayanaya. Om Sri Durgayai Namah. Om Namo Bhagavate Sivanandaya.
Hari Aum Tat Sat.
P.S. A note to my twin:
Even in separation, I feel in union with you. Is this not strange? Or maybe not so strange!
Om Namo Narayanaya.
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