People think that spirituality is to run after every so-called teachers or
so-called esoteric books and so-called channels and mediums. But real
spirituality is not built by accumulating knowledge, opinions, information, but
by a transformation of life. And a transformation of life cannot take place
until one starts losing his self-interest and begins to serve a great human
cause.
At the present we have millions of wanderers who go from one teacher to
another, from one book to another, trying to find nourishment for their
self-interest. The most dangerous path is seeking pleasure in the spiritual
bazaars.
There are lots of so-called “esoteric” or “occult” literature on the market
that try by all means to prevent people from devoting themselves to a worthy
cause. Every book, teacher, and school for them is like a fashion model,
continually presenting to the audience a “new” fashion. The audience enjoys the
fashions and the girls, but these fashions do not create in them commitment,
dedication to an ideal, and the searchers resemble window shoppers because they
do not have any real interest in sacrificing for real objects. Eventually, their
interest in spiritual work fades or petrifies, and a moment comes when they even
hate any spiritual discussion. Their interest totally evaporates. Such people
end their life in despair and depression.
-Torkom Saraydarian
Virtues & Values vol.1
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