Why Should You Embark on Your Spiritual Journey Alone? Should You Rely on a Guide?

G.M HERMES
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 Introduction

Some people wonder if merely accumulating theoretical knowledge on the spiritual journey is enough to gain answers and reach the truth. The reality is that you should not take anyone’s words as absolute truth and impose them on yourself. That stems from their personal experience, and you have the right to choose your own path. Choosing, however, requires engaging in the experience.

Some think they bear no responsibility for discovering the truth and are content with observing, listening, and waiting for others—be they mystics, teachers, or guides—to present their realized truths as a clear and objective matter, relieving them from the search and confusion. But this approach will not suffice. You cannot choose or be convinced of your choice without experiencing it for yourself. Questions such as How do I connect with the Source? or How do I reach the truth? cannot be answered for you because you must discover these answers through your own experience.

For this reason, I do not elaborate on certain issues I raise, nor do I share my personal opinions or claim, “This is the truth you must accept.” This is out of respect for people’s right to choose, as God has granted them. My assistance lies in presenting various viewpoints and simplifying them objectively, offering a comprehensive perspective that might shorten your path to making a choice. Below are responses to the questions posed in this context.

Q1: What is spiritual injury?

A: First, it is essential to note that the term spiritual injury is inaccurate. The spirit is an abstract essence, free from natural constraints; it is neither a material nor a natural entity that can be harmed, become ill, or recover. What we refer to as injury here pertains to the psychological realm and should be termed psychological injury. These are physical, psychological, or neurological disturbances that impair or disrupt your connection with the spirit.

Q2: What is your opinion on the idea that the spirit doesn’t become ill but is affected, and what people call the soul is actually the spirit, while psychology is a myth aiming to distance people from the essence of the spirit?

A: The spirit neither becomes ill nor is affected due to its inherent nature. The influence mentioned here pertains to the soul. Your soul is what is affected by its lack of connection with the spirit. This interpretation, in my opinion, is the most accurate.

Q3: Can twin flames communicate etherically, and if so, does the other party perceive it?

A: Communication between twin flames occurs, and the other party perceives it. This is due to the etheric cord connecting them.

Q4: Is there any danger in astral projection or accessing the Akashic Records?

A: Yes, there is danger in these practices. Accessing the Akashic Records often involves near-death experiences, whether metaphorical or chemical. Approaching death is not actual death; it is a journey to the midpoint between life and death.

When you move toward death and meet the conditions for accessing the Akashic Records, you enter an unknown dimension. You step outside everything you believed defined you, leading to significant changes in your body and psyche. The danger lies in this unknown territory because the state you reach is unfamiliar to both your body and your mind.

Q5: What is your advice to someone who discovers they are a super empath or a Heyoka?

A: My advice to such individuals is self-isolation. Do not consider external factors as part of your identity, and avoid taking reality too seriously, as doing so can harm you. Reality is a blend of seriousness, humor, and absurdity. Approaching it with complete seriousness is akin to gambling with your essence.

Resort to internal solitude and learn not to overindulge in your analyses, empathies, and solidarities with others. The system necessitates that bodies interact with bodies, souls with souls, and spirits with spirits. It is essential to separate according to this system to prevent your spirit from becoming entangled with bodies, causing miscommunication.

Avoid falling into the savior complex trap. You were not placed in this life to play the role of a hero saving others. You exist in this life to achieve self-sufficiency—fulfillment and wholeness that elevate you from deficiency to perfection, from clay to divine majesty.

Q6: If the motivation to save others stems from love, and you say I shouldn’t be a savior, how do I love and express it? What is the role of love?

A: There is no love more sincere than self-love. Playing the role of the savior or the victim reflects a distortion in your self-love. A person who loves themselves healthily reflects this in their love for others in a healthy way as well.

True love is loving yourself in a manner that enables you to love others. This is the balance of love.

Every spiritual philosophy is rooted in balance—between self and others, mind and heart, life and death. Walking through life believing you must always sacrifice or never sacrifice is an extreme departure from the desired balance, not true love.

Even if you sacrifice, punish, or crucify yourself for others out of altruism, by the ultimate measure of existence, you are defeated, retreating, and fleeing. This represents choosing annihilation over existence, which is but one interpretation among many of such actions.

Q7: What is integration with others, and how does it happen?

A: Integration with others is the process of bridging gaps, deficiencies, and flaws, enabling us to ascend to a heavenly state. When you and I integrate, we can satisfy our inclinations, such as the desire for knowledge or fulfillment, thereby filling all the voids within us. This eradicates the feeling of inadequacy, liberating one from such complexes and leading to a state of completeness through integration with others. Without this, one may fall into the torment of suffering.

To clarify how integration occurs, let’s consider the following example:

Suppose you are not ready for spiritual awakening, and I attempt to rescue you from your state of dormancy by playing the role of your savior. If the conditions for awakening are not present within you, I will suffer from your continuous rejection of my intense efforts to save you—this is a form of suffering. However, if we achieve a state of integration, where you express a genuine desire for spiritual awakening and exhibit signs of readiness, my role as your savior becomes an act of integration. In this case, your desire and my ability create a mutual fulfillment of our needs, alleviating our sense of inadequacy.

Q8: How can we benefit our family and relatives by convincing them of the beauty and necessity of the spiritual journey?

A: Convincing them is only possible under two essential conditions: trust and faith. This is because the spiritual journey cannot be conveyed or proven through arguments—it is intangible.

Imagine you want to teach someone about sweetness, but they have never tasted anything sweet in their life. They cannot comprehend the concept of sweetness, and you cannot explain or describe it without letting them experience it. For this person to try something sweet, like sugar, they need to trust and believe that you are sincere and guiding them toward good without causing harm. Only then will they dare to taste the unknown. After they experience it, you can tell them, “This is sweetness.” Similarly, for the spiritual journey, you cannot explain it; they must experience it. But they will not embark on it unless they trust and believe in your sincerity and intentions. Without faith and trust, you cannot guide anyone.

Q9: How do we distinguish between genuine and false love?

A: The distinction lies in the criterion of the self. Anything that does not enhance or build your sense of self is demonic. True or healthy love is one that uplifts your selfhood, while false or distorted love destroys or obliterates it.

The self is the standard because it is the source of all attributes such as love, wisdom, and knowledge. In its presence, there is no focus on a specific attribute, as the self encompasses them all. Therefore, love that diminishes or obliterates the self is false and demonic—such as pursuing wealth or love to the extent of losing oneself, which is a fall into the trap of the ego. True love, on the other hand, respects and values the self, its dignity, and its associated attributes. This is the love you should never compromise on, whether in a partner or anything that represents love to you.

A person who loves themselves can love anyone, but someone in an unhealthy relationship with themselves—burdened by beliefs of self-sacrifice—cannot establish a healthy relationship with others. Humans operate from within, not from external circumstances. External conditions reveal and expose inner qualities but do not create them out of nothing. Therefore, a person must first repair their relationship with their self, distinguishing what serves it from what does not, and what harmonizes with it from what does not.

Q10: Why do we suffer in love?

A: Those who suffer in love are entangled in what I refer to as false or demonic love—an unreal form of love. Love that does not serve the self, leading to its destruction and suffering, is not true love. This is a realization one reaches after transcending the obsession with love and the belief that it is everything in life. Neither love, authority, nor wisdom is everything because the self encompasses all attributes and serves as their foundation. Divine selfhood serves as a supreme example, mirrored by human selfhood as a partial reflection.

Q11: If selfhood requires focusing on oneself, how is it different from selfishness?

A: Selfishness relies on others and drains them to achieve one's goals. Selfhood, however, entails self-reliance and independence from others, unlike selfishness and narcissism, which target others for personal gain. This does not mean rejecting help from others or refusing to rely on them temporarily. Rather, dependence on others should only be a temporary state until one can rely on themselves. This independence is the essence of perfection, while dependence represents deficiency, whether in emotions, material needs, or other areas. This deficiency is an embodiment of illusion and darkness, while perfection requires self-reliance.

True selfhood involves allowing attributes to reveal the self without erasing it—building rather than destroying it—by avoiding extremes in the pursuit of a single attribute.

Q12: How do you recognize and distinguish between right and wrong?

A: You discern right from wrong by appealing to the self. You are created in the image of the divine, embodying all its attributes. What serves and enhances your self is, in essence, an enhancement of the divine self. What harmonizes with your self aligns with divine intent. Those seeking to understand their spiritual purpose must search for what harmonizes with their self.

The concepts of harmony, alignment, and integration carry the same meaning. To integrate with the universe and others, you must act with spontaneity and authenticity, not through commands or external prompts. Humans must transcend the authority of external directives to embrace spontaneity—this is divine will. There is no point in the Creator forming a being that acts solely on commands and instructions. The purpose is for you to act from your self. Acting on orders or awaiting external directives makes one no different from an inert stone. The essence of stewardship invites humans to act with agency and responsibility, which leads to selfhood and spontaneity.

Selfhood cannot be explained. One acts from their spirit because selfhood does not exist in nature, whether in animals, plants, or inanimate objects. The only way to convey this is by guiding someone through the spiritual journey until they reach spiritual revelations. At that point, you can tell them, "These are the revelations, and this is your self," because you have experienced it. Beyond this, you cannot explain fundamental truths that are only grasped through observation and experience.

Humans should not act according to pre-established patterns, such as believing they are in a twin flame relationship or undergoing a spiritual awakening, and behaving accordingly. Asking questions is valuable but not to the extent of annihilating one's spontaneity. While we share general experiences, each journey is unique. Learn from others' experiences but do not imitate them. Live your journey in a way that suits your self. You cannot understand certain things until you experience them yourself. Yet, when you act authentically, others may try to categorize you into groups because they are accustomed to servitude and affiliations and do not comprehend the power of acting from their inner source.

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