Knowledge Sheet

Impediments of the Spiritual Path

Two things are detrimental on the spiritual path: 1. Culprit consciousness  In the past, religion pushed you into feeling like a culprit. It made you think that you are a sinner, you must repent.This sense of being a sinner pushes you down, away from spirituality. It rattles your mind and brings such a sense of guilt deep within you. Unfortunately, many people lived their lives in guilt and died with this feeling. That guilt consciousness never allowed them to come out of the small mind. People lived without realizing that oneness with the Divinity, that innermost peace and joy. Jesus said, ‘I and my father are one’ (implying oneness with the Divine). He never said that you repent, you are a sinner. In fact, Jesus stood against it if someone said that anyone was a sinner. Later on, religious people used guilt as it was very convenient to enroll others. 2. Victim consciousness  ‘Oh, I am victimized! I am right and you owe me an explanation. If nothing, at least an explanation!’ The mind rattles on being a victim. Victim consciousness is on the other end of guilt or culprit consciousness. It is another big issue that the human race has fallen prey to. Both, victim consciousness and guilt consciousness are detrimental on the spiritual path, they make you miserable. Whenever you think you are a victim, you cannot have proper rest. Then you keep crying or getting angry at others. || Jai Guru Dev ||