Roadmap to enlightenment: a (fairly) comprehensive guide to spiritual practices
I confess I did not read this whole article due to a time crunch, and also because I am more than satisfied with Ramana Maharshi’s Direct Path of Atma-Vichara, and this phase of my life is meant for intense practice…but I did read enough to want to share this with all of you. There are so many humans on our planet right now craving a sure path to freedom (‘moksha’ (Sanskrit) is defined by Ramana as freedom from the desire and fear that plagues every one of us and blocks us from knowing that we are the radiant Self) – and so many false teachings and gurus. At the very outset, we need to create some sort of blueprint of what we are getting into here, for the path to the Spiritual Heart can be narrow and thorny if we do not properly arm ourselves for the inward journey. This is really why I am reblogging Tom Das’s thoughtful and caring post….because we are all on different levels of consciousness/seeking and some of us need solid guidance. Once the inner guru awakens with a roar, of course, all manner of blessings shower upon us and we flower like the Cosmic Lotus that is our own Self….thanks, Tom Das, and thank you “Nothing” for guiding me here….Om Arunachala!
This is one of the most important posts I have written – it condenses years of spiritual seeking which has involved exploring dozens of spiritual teachings, reading hundreds of books and texts from spiritual teachers and spiritual traditions across the world, undergoing all sorts of spiritual practices and meditations over the years, entering samadhi’s and experiencing visions of infinite oneness, and a genuine realisation of the Freedom-that-already-is.
The aim of the post is to guide you to a Freedom beyond words, but also stay concise. For all those people who have asked me: ‘That’s all very well but how do I actually become enlightened? How can we free ourselves from suffering? What do we do?’, this is for you, and others like you.
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