Spiritual awakening is presented as an innate potency within human beings, experienced as a deep longing for true being, reality, or God. This drive is described as hardwired into DNA and programmed into the nervous system, aligning with Sufi ideas that God creates the world to know himself. Human beings are framed as the vehicle for this revelation because of advanced understanding and consciousness. The longing often appears in childhood, then becomes more pronounced and painful as adulthood brings a growing discrepancy between ordinary life and the deeper reality sought. This increasing tension fuels the desire to awaken.
"Yes, I totally agree with Adya on that. The Sufis say God is a hidden treasure and wants to be known. He-excuse the gender pronoun-created the world and human beings in order to know himself. I think there's something innate about that. The mystery wants to be revealed."
"We human beings are the vehicle for this process because of our advanced level of understanding and consciousness. As for how that translates personally for each of us, we experience it as a longing at the core of our being, which we often glimpse as children. We may even hang out there for a long time as children."
"Then there's the reality that we encounter as we grow into adults. This discrepancy gets more and more pronounced, more and more painful, until we feel the desire to wak"
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