Yes, of course, reading and writing prepare the ground; they are not a replacement or substitute for direct experience, which comes through the meeting of Aspiration and the Grace.ย
Affectionately,
Alok Da
Home ยป Spirituality ยป Reading all the writings, all the answers to my seekings, there remains a gap, a feeling of being unanswered.ย My inner call says that I can’t know anything fully while staying in the same dimension; there is a higher level or dimension than my present one, or maybe many of them, and only when I reach there, my quest will end. ๐ค๐ท๐โจ
Yes, of course, reading and writing prepare the ground; they are not a replacement or substitute for direct experience, which comes through the meeting of Aspiration and the Grace.ย
Affectionately,
Alok Da
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