Many simple peasants you can find all around the globe who are embodiments of the natural joy and love. They do not practise yoga and meditation, or attending seminars for self-healing; nor do they read self-help books and New Age psychology.
So what is the matter with spiritualists who know all the teachings by heart and can give you any advice on any problem you may be having but can’t help themselves?
Many are flying high in the spiritual heights amongst the clouds of other people’s scriptural interpretations and wisdom (usually hiding behind them) but can’t, at the same time, see the clouds of their own arrogance and consequently ignorance.
In walking with their noses high up in the sky they bypass the very thing they, in the first place, are meant to work on: their own selves. They are often judgemental of others who do not agree with them, looking down on others especially those who are not “spiritual”.
Sooner or later they come to the blind alley of their reasoning. To get out of their mental labyrinth is not possible without the spiritual guide, a preceptor who can point out to them the wrong ways and enlighten the path which leads towards the all-round soul fulfilment.
Material people may be, and sometimes are much more spiritual and spiritually advanced than those who pose spirituality. They may not repeat the secret syllables and stand on their heads or in a contorted posture for hours on end or read the cards as to “helping” others solve their dilemmas while their lives remain a mess. But their willingness to help the first-door neighbour and local community and above all to create and maintain the harmony and loving relationships within their own homes gives them the “grace” to do more: they fulfil the first commandment that Christ gave and also they give unselfishly and in return they receive more and more. Thus they become the instruments of the Divine and God can do and does more through the willing hands.
related article: http://www.bhaktimarga.org/
