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Why You Should Not Embrace Your Humanity
You’re a divine being. Don’t give in to your lower urges.
There is a new trend emerging in the spiritual community. Spiritual people are rebelling against the idea that they should reach any version of enlightenment because they want to embrace their humanity.
They take the fact that we’re here in human form as a justification to embody their base instincts. They see many spiritual pursuits as curtailing their ability to be truly human. They don’t want to be told to hold back on any expression of their emotions or physical urges. They want to fully take part in every aspect of life, even if they give into their darkness a little bit. It almost seems as if they want their vices to be glorified.
The ego must perk up when it hears this. “How exciting!” it says, “I have found a way to say I am spiritual while not changing anything. I don’t have to put in any effort at all!” The ego loves hide its vices behind a facade of spirituality.
Being Fully Human
The idea here is that you get to do whatever you want. We exist as humans for a reason, so let’s all allow the body and ego-mind to run amok. Let it all go wild!
Embrace bad habits. Act in an unhealthy way. Partake in mind-altering substances such as drugs and alcohol. Give into addictive, repetitive urges such as smoking, drinking, and having sex. Don’t think about the consequences. Never face the question of whether you’re making any progress on a soul level. You’re human! You should full feel it.
The argument is that it’s spiritual to be human. Being “divine” is nothing worth aiming for because it erases our precious human nature.
This is the doctrine set forth by these “spiritual” people. And I understand the basic premise that we’re human. We should embrace that. There must be a reason why we have these urges and emotions. There must be a reason why we find ourselves in these human bodies. This is something to think about.
However, I draw a different conclusion from these facts.
We Have to Evolve
The point of this isn’t to allow us to fall backward into de-evolution. That would be a mess. The…
