A person’s path to spiritual growth is very individual and personal. Even people who are in a community, congregation, coven or cult have to ultimately make the journey to true growth alone. It is however, nice to have support along the way. Recently I have made acquaintances with different people, walking different paths in different ways. All of them were walking a valid path and all of them had something to teach. One question raised from time to time has been in regard to what spiritual growth actually is.
I likened the diversity of those on the path to growth as a spectrum. On the one end there are those new to the path of spiritual growth and on the other, those who have been on said path for a very long time. As I thought about the diversity of people on the spectrum I remembered to bear in mind that all people, no matter where they are on said spectrum, are at once teachers and students, and what they do with that is up to them. It was that fact that made me question what spiritual growth is in the first place. As it is an individual path, social networking can be a help or a hindrance depending on how the individual uses the internet and all it has to offer. It brings to mind a quote;
“The internet is light at the end of the tunnel…it is creating a global society”
– Terrence McKenna
I likened the diversity of those on the path to growth as a spectrum. On the one end there are those new to the path of spiritual growth and on the other, those who have been on said path for a very long time. As I thought about the diversity of people on the spectrum I remembered to bear in mind that all people, no matter where they are on said spectrum, are at once teachers and students, and what they do with that is up to them. It was that fact that made me question what spiritual growth is in the first place. As it is an individual path, social networking can be a help or a hindrance depending on how the individual uses the internet and all it has to offer. It brings to mind a quote;
“The internet is light at the end of the tunnel…it is creating a global society”
– Terrence McKenna