Spiritual Journey ?

Joe Scarola
Aug 23, 2017 · 3 min read

My Spiritual Journey is not over. It will continue as long as I breath. At first I thought a spiritual journey was actually a physical adventure. I certainly made it one! This last leg, traveling down from Alaska without taking a picture every time I saw something new and putting my ego in the back seat (for some of the trip), felt like I actually let go of something and saw a different way of being. The goal of this journey is not to reach a destination, although it may seem that is what I am trying to do most of the time, but to let go of those things that were blocking me.

I was listening to a book on cd while driving called “The Power of Intention” by Wayne Dyer and he read this quote as part of a lesson he was teaching, it’s by Aldous Huxley and I replayed it and replayed it. It hit me deeply.

“The spiritual journey does not consist of arriving at a new destination where a person gains what he did not have, or becomes what he is not. It consists in the dissipation of one’s own ignorance concerning oneself and life, and the gradual growth of that understanding which begins the spiritual awakening. The finding of God is a coming to one’s self.”

Well, that made me sit back and just feel all sorts of emotions start coming up. One came into my mind that made me think about over achieving, trying too hard to get something I already have. It might be that I just don’t see that what I have.

Another thought said, “idiot, you didn’t have to drive to Alaska to find yourself, you are already here, just look at yourself for a change!”

Ok Joe. Stop for a minute and take inventory. Dissipation of one’s own ignorance concerning oneself and life. What the hell does he mean. Is it that I got it wrong? Am I not what I think I am? Am I not what I do or am I not the person that has all these titles? I am a chef! I am a father! I am…..? Maybe he is right. If I am those things then I’m stuck in those things. If I forget about those labels I have put on myself or others have labeled me with, I can release or separate from them, dissipate them!

Got it! (i think) So, who is Joe? That might be the question. Or better, what is Joe? I feel Joe is a spiritual being having an earthly experience. He is here as a creation of God. That God is not separate from Joe like he used to think. No, that God is connected, always has been. The connection is to God, to the source of all, to the ever expanding universe (uni=one, verse=song). This changes the game now, or at least the rules for me. I am connected to everything like the air is connected to everything. It doesn’t stop and start, it is one continuous fluid energy and we are all connected to it.

Great, now what does that really mean?

This physical body is an extension of my spirit, my soul. Radiating outwards and back into this body is the universal energy from source, from God. (sorcerers knew this!) Realizing that I am connected in this way gives me so many options now. I have access to all these wonderful databases of knowledge. We that are aware that we are connected have access to these things. We have to realize that there are no limits when it comes to this connection and that the only thing preventing us from getting what we need is our limited thinking capacity.

I am connected to everything, and when I think or feel I am not, then, I am not connected. There has to be some effort here. I am not separate from God. I use to feel God was outside or above me looking down and judging me and my every move. This is not how I feel now. God is with me watching but not judging, He is Love. He loves me, us! He created us so we could experience life here on earth.

Movin on…… next stop back to Dharma Farmily

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Joe Scarola

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Joe is on a journey. It started on Jan. 15, 2017. He left from Newtown, PA and headed towards Arizona to see his 1st. grandbaby’s birth. Here is his story…

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