I don't think any one should feel envious because they are getting lost in comparing without realizing the many blessings happening in their own lives. Another trap perhaps. We're here to help each other, not become consumed by what we feel we are owed. I am just at times discouraged by how easy it is to fall down now days... Thanks for trying to lift me back up Bro.
All your observations are important to me and though you have been inspirational to me in your gifts I suppose it could be considered envious. I’ll have to look into myself for a behavior flaw on that one. It is important to realize that God speaks to us through our divine friendships and helps us see a mirror of ourselves to make appropriate behavior adjustments for our spiritual growth. Yea I have met many people on the internet and elsewhere who feel they should be owed something. Isn’t that something my friend! Perhaps it is being shown to me for a reason. Without reflection and introspection it is difficult to make much progress no matter how much we practice meditating.
So my post/concern is this,
Spiritual Amnesia
How is it that we can become so easily and willingly ensnared?
I think I lack the discipline. Then I try hard and end up becoming tired or disinterested in pursuing the practice, bored even. All these things leading me back to spiritual amnesia and back to craving the discipline I once exercised. I know life has ebb and flow and perhaps a reason to meditate is to lessen the extremes of these ups and downs and to keep ourselves from becoming forgetful of our greater desires.
Have you ever noticed though that sometimes this inertia and boredom is caused by an internal guidance causing us to have a break for reflection and understanding of the meaning of events in our life?
