I struggled to find a spiritual mentor when I first reached self-actualization. I eventually realized that was the beginning of my spiritual journey, not the end. I knew I needed guidance, but most of the people offering it were just individuals who had reached self-actualization themselves, felt healed, and then fell into the ego trap of pride. They became teachers not to serve others, but to feed their own sense of importance.
Ironically, they helped me realize something deeper. True spiritual mentorship isn’t about hierarchy. It’s a friendship between two self-actualized people. After self-actualization, we don’t ascend in a straight line. We walk a nonlinear path of enlightenment, one filled with tests. And when we’ve progressed enough, life gives us the same test again to see if we've really changed.
I think this is why we fall into the same cycles over and over? Because we’re being shown what still needs healing. Until we resolve the trauma or let go of the belief that no longer serves us, the cycle repeats.
This is why I'm seeking more friends and community, it's especially hard in the spiritual space, as you said everyone's out here giving advice.
Wow, thank you for sharing all of that. It hits SOOOO deep. All of it! This feeling like the beginning... mentorship being about friendship between two self-actualized people... the cycles and testing...
At some point I realized that I was one of those people who had fallen into myself basically and now that I've taken more time there is a real desire to serve but I'm no longer rushing it.
Community and friendship are a top priority right now because I really feel something that seems like it's in the same realm as what you shared--to me there's just something about learning and experiencing life with others that feels like the way.
I struggled to find a spiritual mentor when I first reached self-actualization. I eventually realized that was the beginning of my spiritual journey, not the end. I knew I needed guidance, but most of the people offering it were just individuals who had reached self-actualization themselves, felt healed, and then fell into the ego trap of pride. They became teachers not to serve others, but to feed their own sense of importance.
Ironically, they helped me realize something deeper. True spiritual mentorship isn’t about hierarchy. It’s a friendship between two self-actualized people. After self-actualization, we don’t ascend in a straight line. We walk a nonlinear path of enlightenment, one filled with tests. And when we’ve progressed enough, life gives us the same test again to see if we've really changed.
I think this is why we fall into the same cycles over and over? Because we’re being shown what still needs healing. Until we resolve the trauma or let go of the belief that no longer serves us, the cycle repeats.
This is why I'm seeking more friends and community, it's especially hard in the spiritual space, as you said everyone's out here giving advice.
Wow, thank you for sharing all of that. It hits SOOOO deep. All of it! This feeling like the beginning... mentorship being about friendship between two self-actualized people... the cycles and testing...
At some point I realized that I was one of those people who had fallen into myself basically and now that I've taken more time there is a real desire to serve but I'm no longer rushing it.
Community and friendship are a top priority right now because I really feel something that seems like it's in the same realm as what you shared--to me there's just something about learning and experiencing life with others that feels like the way.
*I said "haven't recorded in 2 months" but meant "2 weeks" hehe oops :}