James Ricklef

“Our feelings of shame and guilt (which are often unconscious) are a denial of our divine nature and an affirmation of the illusion that the Divine is separate from the material world and from us.  Consequently, such feelings keep us from a spiritual awakening.  The way out of this nightmare is through self-forgiveness.  When we realize that we have made a mistake we should not use it as an opportunity to berate ourselves and to justify buying into the false reality of blame and suffering.  When we do that, we hold ourselves back from spiritual growth by using our mistakes to define ourselves.  Instead, we must acknowledge that in our material manifestation, we are all imperfect so we all make mistakes.  Then we should try to learn from those mistakes so that we can grow in wisdom, and we should forgive ourselves so we may grow in compassion.”
― James Ricklef, The Soul's Journey

“What is one step I can take along my spiritual path today?”
― James Ricklef, The Soul's Journey