Can you do something without attaching to the fruits of your labor?It’s not always easy, but it is required as you move down a path of awakening.

Purification is the name of the game the deeper you go into a spiritual awakening.

You’re purifying all motives (any micro movement that occurs in you) from wanting something out of whatever you’re doing.

The part of you that wants something out of what you’re engaged in is ego. 

It wants to sustain itself through attachment to feedback, results, being thought of positively, etc. 

And this can get really nuanced when you’re acting from kindness, under the guise of wanting to help another.

It can be a major blindspot when you believe in a story about doing it for the other person, but get frustrated when your help or kindness isn’t received as intended.

Your frustration feels justified because you’re doing this for them.

Add in a dose of fear regarding them continuing on the path they’re on, whether it’s a health journey, general life journey, emotional journey, spiritual journey, financial journey or any kind of journey, without applying your help or receiving your kindness and your frustration …

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