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K, I've been chewing like mad.. if the Holy Spirit is likened to God, or self-actualisation, or even the collective spirit, how can we be assured that these things are 'ultimately' higher?
In a religious sense, how do we perceive the Holy Spirit, and know that it is the Holy Spirit and not something else?, a trick of Satan's.. pulling the wool over our eyes.. he is apparently a very sneaky bugger...
When we persue self-actualisation, how can we be sure that our actions are pure or of high regard? We ourselves probably have very many flaws that we may never be aware of, or get the chance to explore in our life time. How do we know that this self-exploration is not in fact self-trickery or delusion?
I can see the sense in a collective spirit. A life energy inherant in all of us, with good and bad potential, of which we can choose to express either higher ideals or lesser ideals. Depression and sickness often go hand in hand with a downward spiraling set of aspects that makes 'seeing the light' more difficult with each perpetuation. But again, is this actually a good path? Can we be left on our own with this ideal? I wonder just how many of us have the capacity to tackle this on our own.. are we being satanistic when we take this path?
This may be ultimately be a personal choice, but how do others deal with this sort of questioning? Do they question it like I do? Does anyone else agonise over this, and if so how have you handled it? What did you do?
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To those who wander but who are not lost...
~ Knowledge is not something you acquire, it is something you open yourself to.
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