Spiritualism

There is “reality” and then there are emotions, which seem to be a second derivative of one of many realities.

Attempts to control emotions, in order to realise a better version of reality, have dominated the thoughts and writings of many of our great spiritual leaders.

As it turns out it’s not about domination: rather it’s about balance, awareness and “weighted” constraint. These attributes lead to a freedom of the spirit from the tyranny of the mind.

Here is a quick cheat sheet on the subject; (a) age helps, such that our pattern-recognition thought-processes have data to work with, (b) caring about the subject matter is important, (c) and it is key to somehow have freedom from orthodoxy of thought, (d) awareness of the previous journeys of the spiritual leaders helps, but this has to be tempered with the understanding that one person’s journey cannot be codified into a blueprint for all others, (e) one must have love and other genuine emotions in abundance, rather than an over-emphasis on left-brain or no-brain living.

The rest is up to you.