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outlook. The latter will be their easiest choice and they will
seek to console themselves with spending money and
gathering material possessions that are less than functional, or
perhaps we could say dysfunctional. These people will also
often try to numb their unhappiness by using mind altering
substances such as alcohol. Alcohol has its uses but is
certainly not for taking internally. Many would say that the
spiritual path suggests the absence of joy and a strict
discipline and therefore find it unattractive. This is because so
few really understand what spirituality is. The spiritual path is
only difficult and disciplined because of where the person
taking it in their later life has to remove so much social and
religious clutter from their minds. The rules that dictated their
lives and gave them the artificial sense of security no longer
seem to apply. Many think their only way of finding and
indeed affording a spiritual life is to join a religious body or at
least to join the gathering of similarly confused souls. The
spiritual path is not like many believe. It is not limiting and
controlled; it is not dull or boring; it is not seeking sacrifice.
Find the memory of the most beautiful day you have
experienced, one where the system wasn’t entertaining you.
That sort of day is when you wake up to everything being
perfect. We would suggest you would find that difficult to
remember as more than likely it hasn’t happened to you yet.
The reason why we suggest this is because you wouldn’t be
reading or seeking these words. We have all experienced that
joy and happiness and perfection and experienced it while in
an incarnate state. That we had enjoyed it and experienced the
benefit of it is why we are in a position to tell you, that in
truth, that is what your world, the world as God created it, is
about. Can you find anything more perfect than nature? Our