I wonder if you’re acquainted with the concept of Perennial Truth?

This is something that’s been formulated and passed down through the ages that for me underlies all spiritual beliefs (including any religion worthy of the name) as a common denominator.

You can ref it online. See if you would agree or not that it can be a common spiritual truth for all and for all time.

Let us know when you’ve looked into it and thought about it.

Aloha, namaste!

Are you familiar with Masloff’s “Authentic Self”? you can ref it online. I believe this is similar if not actually Spiritual Awakening in psychological secular terms.

Historically many mystics have talked about the event, and it’s life-changing, at least for me personally.

Having taken the Bodhisattva Vow, administered by the Dalai Lama no less, I feel I have the creds, certified. But anyone who becomes wholly committed to the betterment of self,community, environment, nation and the planet is Spiritual Awakened, in my opinion. That’s something I consider my Bodhisattva work. No more and no less, lots of work to do with devoted commitment.

My Awakening came as a blessed surprise, overwhelming me with a comprehension of matters I had not comprehended prior to the event and filled me with gratitude and joy for being so blessed. This occurred in my 40s and I am now a septuagenarian, so this is for keeps.

I think it’s not necessary to have such a dramatic Awakening and believe many are perhaps born Awakened or have that commitment as a given, no big deal for them.

Thanks for the opp to try to define this and hope I’ve succeeded in making it clear.

If there’s any further questions, pls let me know.

Best, namaste, aloha,
Frank

If by your comment you mean to say that Light is the source/foundation of Everything, OK–that’s cool.

But I submit that seeing that the Personal and the Cosmic, including Light, are one gives as much meaning to what goes on as far as human affairs is concerned and that should not be diminished in its import.

Aloha, Frank Luke

I know I’m off topic but here’s my gripe–the term “spiritually awakened” gets so much press in these blogs but has anyone ever described an example of it? Labels without substance are shells that people hide behind, the same way that any other ideology or religion can be used. To me something very serious is missing, as though I’ve walked into room of lobotomized patients. Everyone’s speaking but the words don’t really seem to come from anything deeper than a need to feel comforted, a need to belong–or a need to feel spiritually superior. It’s sad really. Somehow or another, the guts are missing. Wish Andrew would realize that Life needed guts in order to survive and evolve (if evolution is something that he actually seriously considers.)

There are certain things that we humans collectively agree are true and that acceptance persists until proven to be less true when other “truths” come along to supplant them. In this way I believe there’s aren’t absolute truths but those true enough for the time being.

There are those who want to nail truth down, even scientists, thinkers and religious believers and this sometimes is cause for conservative and reactionary folks unwilling to entertain change and new ideas even when presented with evidence that indicates something is truer and more accurate.

New concepts are tested by their credibility and widespread acceptance of the thinking community. As we see, a cultural lag often exists especially when religion refuses to acknowledge science (think Evolution, etc) but facts often present incovenient truths and if really true, become accepted eventually.

This is how I view the dynamic of how truth develops.

So thank you all for participating and enrichening me ;)