Just because all things from one source doesn't mean there are things closer or further away from the source. Just because all things are perfect and balanced in the context of unity doesn't mean that imbalance doesn't exist within the illusion. Some things are more or less distorted, including seekings, but all experience is seeking.
There's nothing wrong with the logic that spirit may be a more undistorted connection to the Creator and to Unity, or that the mind/body are further away. This may or may not be the case in actuality. But there's nothing inherently illogical about that. Just because things transform into one another, and are in a sense equal once that unity is re-realized, does not mean within the illusion they are the same.
There is something about spirit in this illusion that seems closer to the Creator. It may or may not be an accurate observation - it may be an perceptive illusion "to be overcome". Or it may a perception that warrants much more study. There is something about the study of spirit that inherently leads one much more directly, and much more quickly, to the realization of the unity. It is also useful to study body and mind that way, without a doubt (and I would also say study of the mind leads to unity faster than study of the body). I see many of my fellow men who study the mind and body, without ever even hinting upon the underlying unity. True, there are many who seek to understand the spirit and do not find unity (terrorists, fundamentalists), but there is in my experience with the study of mind/body/spirit myself, and in those people I met, an seemingly inherent closeness between spirit and unity. Am I making value judgments? No my friend. I do not believe there is anything wrong with even remaining completely 100% asleep, I say this truly. I have the utmost love for everyone and for whatever way they wish to live their life and explore their own reality.
There is unity within this illusion, but there are also different paths to that unit. All paths do lead to unity eventually and time is an illusion so there is no best path, but within the illusion of time, there are paths that are faster if one is interested in a faster path. It feels that if one cannot right away be in tune with all the spirit body and mind in seeking unity and if one had to focus on one, it seems that the more in tune one is with spirit, as opposed to mind or body, the faster one travels along that path. Ra speaks of the negative path without judgment, but does indicate it is more windy, and lengthy. These are observations, not judgments.
That being said, there is nothing wrong with any path. There is nothing wrong with slower paths. These are not value judgments. These are mere observations. But at the end of the day, I call what we are discussing, "spirituality", for a reason.
There's nothing wrong with the logic that spirit may be a more undistorted connection to the Creator and to Unity, or that the mind/body are further away. This may or may not be the case in actuality. But there's nothing inherently illogical about that. Just because things transform into one another, and are in a sense equal once that unity is re-realized, does not mean within the illusion they are the same.
There is something about spirit in this illusion that seems closer to the Creator. It may or may not be an accurate observation - it may be an perceptive illusion "to be overcome". Or it may a perception that warrants much more study. There is something about the study of spirit that inherently leads one much more directly, and much more quickly, to the realization of the unity. It is also useful to study body and mind that way, without a doubt (and I would also say study of the mind leads to unity faster than study of the body). I see many of my fellow men who study the mind and body, without ever even hinting upon the underlying unity. True, there are many who seek to understand the spirit and do not find unity (terrorists, fundamentalists), but there is in my experience with the study of mind/body/spirit myself, and in those people I met, an seemingly inherent closeness between spirit and unity. Am I making value judgments? No my friend. I do not believe there is anything wrong with even remaining completely 100% asleep, I say this truly. I have the utmost love for everyone and for whatever way they wish to live their life and explore their own reality.
There is unity within this illusion, but there are also different paths to that unit. All paths do lead to unity eventually and time is an illusion so there is no best path, but within the illusion of time, there are paths that are faster if one is interested in a faster path. It feels that if one cannot right away be in tune with all the spirit body and mind in seeking unity and if one had to focus on one, it seems that the more in tune one is with spirit, as opposed to mind or body, the faster one travels along that path. Ra speaks of the negative path without judgment, but does indicate it is more windy, and lengthy. These are observations, not judgments.
That being said, there is nothing wrong with any path. There is nothing wrong with slower paths. These are not value judgments. These are mere observations. But at the end of the day, I call what we are discussing, "spirituality", for a reason.