Bountiful Spirituality
21 November 2025Focus of Spiritual Practice
If you are living in scarity, you aren’t following the path. Sure, there will be things that you won’t want, because you have begun the journey - such as the flesh of other sentient beings - but if your focus is on what you cannot have, you are not radiating the light.
The light shines into darkness, into the corners. The light warms with its glow. The light and the path are not a series of locked doors. They radiate hope, opportunity and growth.
Prohibitions
If you think spirituality is that you cannot have a few reasonably spaced drinks with mates, you are missing the point. If you think spirituality is some sort of imposed sexual abstinence, you are missing the point. If you think spirituality is trying to impress people with these actions - you are truly missing the point.
Doing no Harm
We seekers do not abstain from consuming animals because we think this act makes us more spiritual. We refuse to consume others because our compassionate heart has grown to such a stage that we don’t want to hurt others. Our spiritual growth is from our growth in empathy, compassion and kindness - not from following rules for their own sake.
Consider This
Are you trying to follow rules, thinking that they will get you where you want to go on the spiritual path? Are you somehow trying to compete with others, thinking this is how you evolve? These are dead ends. Open your heart to compassion and the light will radiate the way.
May all beings know peace!
Gerald T. Jordan, MBA, MEd, MCouns