Spirituality is not something that you add to yourself. Even when you become a 'more spiritual person' you're still a person. And the ‘spiritual self’ is the ego's stickiest, trickiest, stinkiest manifestation of all.
Spirituality destroys the self; it does not add to the self. It deconstructs the false image, smashes everything unreal, everything second hand, every object, every mind-made identity, everything that isn't really who you are. It leaves you naked and humbled and unaware of any finish line.
True spirituality cannot be taught and nobody owns life or has any privileged access to Truth, despite the ego's protests against this basic fact. True spirituality must be lived, lived with a total commitment to the living moment, lived to its fullest conclusion and then the living itself becomes an effortless teaching and a day-by-day learning; you're like a baby again.
I have lost everything now including the identity of the one who has lost everything and the false belief that there was anything to lose in the first place, and any shred of belief in myself as any kind of authority on life.
And now there is only life, unfolding moment by moment... raw, pulsating, undeniable... rich, full, intimate... and the shock and awe of waking up each morning.
And here, instead of oblivion,
a new day, ready to be lived.
- Jeff Foster