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Hi everyone. I’m Farzin from Australia. While waiting for a new Young Group, I decided to start this course
Thanks for your reply. Correct me if I am wrong. The course and various written and video materials implied that working in a group of TEN is the only way to achieve this goal, as that’s where we practice reconnection and altruism. So, my understanding has been that almost everything relies on it.
Another thing is that, unlike what you said, there is not always joy in the path. On several occasions and references, this heaviness and gloom are attributed to the Creator’s gifts for advancement. Am I wrong?A quick update and a question: I am still in the same catch-22. I’m still studying, but not as vigorously as I used to. I am almost depressed, and almost nothing makes me deeply happy anymore. I feel numb and heavy both in body and mind. I am not satisfied with my achievements anymore. I have all I need, and nothing makes me happy. Not my house that everyone says is beautiful, nor my income, my corporeal achievements, my health and fitness, nor even my job as a doctor. I drag myself to work. I know I am not clinically depressed whatsoever.
You last said working with the group is when things start to shift, and there have been no words on new young groups. Â I still feel stuck in the same loop with depression and heaviness as the only tangible progress. Do you have any idea when a young group is expected to be formed and when I might realistically be able to join? In the meantime, what should I do to prepare and make genuine spiritual progress instead of going in circles?A quick update and a question: I am still in the same catch-22. I’m still studying, but not as vigorously as I used to. I am almost depressed, and almost nothing makes me deeply happy anymore. I feel numb and heavy both in body and mind. I am not satisfied with my achievements anymore. I have all I need, and nothing makes me happy. Not my house that everyone says is beautiful, nor my income, my corporeal achievements, my health and fitness, nor even my job as a doctor. I drag myself to work. I know I am not clinically depressed whatsoever.
You last said working with the group is when things start to shift, and there have been no words on new young groups. Â I still feel stuck in the same loop with depression and heaviness as the only tangible progress. Do you have any idea when a young group is expected to be formed and when I might realistically be able to join? In the meantime, what should I do to prepare and make genuine spiritual progress instead of going in circles?Hi
I have a question. I am currently reading the book “Attaining the Worlds Beyond”. I reached a section, and again, the same catch-22 concept was brought up:
P 39 reads:
“Therefore, by striving to emulate the Creator in our thoughts, desires, and efforts, we are, in fact, building the structure of our own eternity. However, dedicating yourself to the Creator is only possible when we realise the Creator’s greatness.”
I have had no first-hand experience (attainment) of the Creator’s greatness up to this point. I can attribute all the greatness to him subjectively because I choose to, but there is no objectivity in the process.  All I have are the things said here and there, most of which do not pass the critical faculty check. So, I have to think of or believe in a Creator who is said to be great, and closeness to it is the path to spirituality and salvation. I have realisations, or, better said, “justifications in the Creator’s favour” for what are often called unfortunate life events, and that those led me here, where I convince myself is the best to be because I have no idea of other places I could have ended up in.
My question is, while I don’t have a strong grasp of the Creator just yet, how am I supposed to direct every action towards him, want to be close to him or emulate him? If the Creator is nature, my experience with nature is a brutal dog-eat-dog cycle of birth and death.
How does this confusing catch-22 situation break? I keep studying every day and watch the recorded graduate videos, but there is always some sort of brutal uncertainty and doubt. Could you please shed light on the matter?
