Sasha’s Reviews > Shadows of the Sacred: Seeing Through Spiritual Illusions > Status Update

“The spiritual path is sometimes described as a journey of return to our original home. The process of awakening the soul to its original nature as Spirit is not a journey that takes place in geographical space or calendar time…The path begins and ends in our own backyard.”

“On the spiritual path everyone needs help at times. It therefore seems appropriate to honor the teachers and traditions that have helped us, without idealizing them.”

“Unlike initiation, which tends to be brief, transformation takes time. It is often a gradual process of reorientation rather than a sudden conversion experience…Any lasting shift…usually demands continuing effort and practice.”

“Finally, the completion of healing often includes a return to the place of departure, seeing it with new eyes, as if for the first time.”