Spiritual Fulfillment
Alusine M. Kanu, D.A.
My spiritual fulfillment is my destiny and my heritage; my spiritual fulfillment means the realization of my true self, who I am. By asking and understanding my spir-itual fulfillment, I am exercising the truth of my being. The ultimate purpose of spiritual life is to live the life divine: an unselfish life of loving service in moment-to-moment cooperation with God. The true nature of self—the self God made—is not evil or sinful, it is good. And, the true mission of spiritual life is not just self-improvement, it is serv-ice. It's sharing divine love, in direct partnership with God. The people we really are don't need revision. We are beautiful and perfect just as God made us. All we need is to realize who we are and then to support that knowingness and to live accordingly. Our true nature is inclined to live beautifully, just as God intended. And until we live such a life, we simply can't be satisfied.
My spiritual reflection shows that the pursuit of perfection, when rightly held, is good and worthy of a child of God. Human beings seek perfection, just as naturally as a plant seeks the sun and the soul seeks God. Since my ultimate spiritual mission in this life is to let God love through me, I reject my ego needs. I have learned that true beauty comes only from the sincere heart of positive self-identification, never from ego identifi-cation. The primary discipline in true spiritual practice is to accept our true nature as God created it and then to learn how to express it under all circumstances as an outwork-ing of that enlightened self-identification.
Because I love people so much and intensely desire the best for them, I want them to have God's love, not just mine. I am willing on account of my love, to let go and let God. This responsibility requires that we engage in prayer and self reflection and understand cultural patterns including beliefs, and to value our interactions with members of the human family. The challenge in developing spiritual development is fulfilling the promise of cultural diversity that requires one to be sensitive and adapt to different and sometimes competing experiences.
My spiritual fulfillment is my destiny and my heritage; my spiritual fulfillment means the realization of my true self, who I am. By asking and understanding my spir-itual fulfillment, I am exercising the truth of my being. The ultimate purpose of spiritual life is to live the life divine: an unselfish life of loving service in moment-to-moment cooperation with God. The true nature of self—the self God made—is not evil or sinful, it is good. And, the true mission of spiritual life is not just self-improvement, it is serv-ice. It's sharing divine love, in direct partnership with God. The people we really are don't need revision. We are beautiful and perfect just as God made us. All we need is to realize who we are and then to support that knowingness and to live accordingly. Our true nature is inclined to live beautifully, just as God intended. And until we live such a life, we simply can't be satisfied.
My spiritual reflection shows that the pursuit of perfection, when rightly held, is good and worthy of a child of God. Human beings seek perfection, just as naturally as a plant seeks the sun and the soul seeks God. Since my ultimate spiritual mission in this life is to let God love through me, I reject my ego needs. I have learned that true beauty comes only from the sincere heart of positive self-identification, never from ego identifi-cation. The primary discipline in true spiritual practice is to accept our true nature as God created it and then to learn how to express it under all circumstances as an outwork-ing of that enlightened self-identification.
Because I love people so much and intensely desire the best for them, I want them to have God's love, not just mine. I am willing on account of my love, to let go and let God. This responsibility requires that we engage in prayer and self reflection and understand cultural patterns including beliefs, and to value our interactions with members of the human family. The challenge in developing spiritual development is fulfilling the promise of cultural diversity that requires one to be sensitive and adapt to different and sometimes competing experiences.
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