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soul’s dIvIne JourneY

the soul to begin questioning what is transpiring within
one’s life. one of the primary objectives of the mundane,
physical life is to allow the individual to finally see that
life’s conditions are so empty and dreary, so boring and
mundane, that one just finally has to ask, “What is going
on? This just does not make sense. There must be some
level of truth, a deep, hidden meaning that I am missing.”
and indeed, this assessment is true and correct.
There are countless enticements in life that are in-
tended to entrap us. how about the passions of the mind,
such as anger, lust, greed, vanity, and attachment? how
about bondage to our children? What about bondage to
our mate? If someone’s companion translates, oftentimes
the partner left behind does not have enough strength to
stand on his or her own. This is bondage. how about bond-
age to drugs, money, or to desires not yet realized? What
about bondage to anger, and desiring revenge against cer-
tain people who have hurt us? prior to realization, our
bondage is prevalent and operational in almost everything
that we do, say, or think.
But dear one, here is the true message regarding all of
these seemingly futile and disappointing experiences: When
you have really experienced the depths of this bondage,
you develop a sense for freedom never before known. You
want freedom so badly it becomes palpable – you can taste
it. When you desire freedom from the very bondage you
have experienced, that is the beginning of spirituality. True
spirituality is not for those who just want to make their
outer lives better, whether through a new mate, job, car, or
a bigger paycheck. actually, these very desires are what
you want freedom from, for they are not delivering the ful-
fillment and happiness you seek.
There is an axiom, a self-evident truth, used by all
saints, even though many do not agree with it. This axiom