Is There Anybody Out There?

When we start on a spiritual journey we may soon discover, much to our amazement and sorrow, that it appears we are all alone. We may come to realise that our core values are radically different from that of our closest friends and family. This presents us with a great challenge. We may be tempted to compromise and tone down our commitment to what we believe is true in an effort to maintain those relationships that we are so familiar with. And it is also easy to try to force others into accepting the truth that we have discovered to a point where it creates unnecessary conflict.

Some of us go out looking for 'fellow pilgrims'. Most of the time we start by looking at organizations that we believe stand for principles similar to the ones that we have discovered to be true and worthy of living by. However, we soon realise that organizations are not perfect either and in most cases, have much that is wrong with them. This can leave us disillusioned and may tempt us into giving up hope.

It is therefore necessary for us to realise one of the most important principles of the spiritual world of love and truth, and that is that it is 'invisible'. There is no organization that we can point to that has it all worked out, because there is no individual who has it all worked out, and organizations are only collective entities of the people in them. This means we must look beyond the institutions and consider the bigger, invisible 'picture'.

As we each continue striving to sincerely live for truth and love, we will see glimpses of efforts made by other people who are moving in the same direction. This will naturally draw us together into friendships which are not only helpful, but in many ways needful for all of us spiritually. When we see how difficult it is to live a truthful and loving life in this world, we should be eager to find our fellow sojourners on this planet and to do all that we can to encourage one another in our most important mission. This first post is a step in that direction.

There MUST be people 'out there' who are committed to truth and love and who are sincerely trying to take heed to the still small voice inside them that continually speaks to them, encouraging them when they do good, and reproving them when they do not. If you are one of them, I sincerely long to have friendship with you and to inspire one another to continually do good, knowing that if we do not give up, we shall eventually gain more than we could have ever hoped for!