Explain. (if you can)
2007-05-30 05:56:03 · 24 answers · asked by ? 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
rhsaunders: apply your own definitions.
2007-05-30 07:57:13 · update #1
Our " normal, everyday impulses " are where we are at that moment, on that given day. I feel joyed at those impulsive moments in my life as some of those impulsive moments have brought lessons, spiritual growth, feeling the present moment, being in the Now, expressing words / actions that I felt in my core to express . . . Powerful moments.
This is a soulful path, a journey that we're walking. What choices (impulses) we make along that path effects the journey.
Those choices (impulses) create circumstances such as . . .stones on that path (setback) . . . A more clear path (brighter Light of the One to be seen) . . .Hurt / pain / joy / wonder of more / anger / love, etc. ( experiences / lessons ) . . . you get the idea.
Our choices (impulses) is our free will in action. During those everyday impulsive moments of choices that we make...wisdom and spiritual growth is occurring.
To trust the moments of Now occurring (impulsive moments) is trusting is trusting the Way.
Impulsive moments are simply moments happening. Moments as those occur along our soulful path. It's the journey...glitches, joys and all. And do we at times need to just grab those moments and react, jump outside our " protected shell " and express ? . . . Oh yeah ! !
Impulses, thought out choices, wonders, etc. are all simply life happening . . . Through that " happening " spiritual lessons and growth is occuring.
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2007-06-01 08:17:18 · answer #1 · answered by onelight 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't say 'trust' is a good way of putting it but yes, in a round about way, relying on your impulses will lead you towards spiritual 'growth' in so far as learning what actions you should not take in order enjoy a happy life. If you survive the consequences of your impulses and actions, that is. I am not sure what spiritual path you are following, but that concept feels as if it is nothing more than cheap attempt at justifying a life of instant gratification. That sort of life leads to emptiness.
2016-05-17 05:11:03 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Er, nope! Not me, anyway. I have food intolerances. If I eat too many salicylates, my "normal, everyday impulse" is rather manic! (I might laugh too much, say silly things, hurt people's feelings, drive too fast, etc.) If I eat too many amines or artificial additives, my everyday impulses lead me to be defensive and angry and irritable.
The spirit and the body are so inseparably intertwined. Treat the body wrong, and the spirit loses its power to perceive truth. Treat the body right, and your heart is somehow much more able to tune into the source of all Truth.
There are basic guidelines we can all follow (eg, most people know that psychadelic drugs divert one from perception of the Truth) but the problem is that, in this day and age, there are so many toxins that have the potential to wreak havoc with our spiritual intuition.
We've got to take care of both body and spirit in order to able able to trust our "impulses"... ie our hearts. It's all a rather long learning process, getting to know which "heart" leads us to enlightenment, and which one is unenlightened physical impulse. We eventually figure it out, because the one that leads to peace, joy, love, hope, etc, is the one that leads us towards our own spiritual growth.
2007-05-30 11:42:10 · answer #3 · answered by MumOf5 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Not if you do not have the true knowledge about your source, i.e. the big questions - where did we come from? what is the purpose of life? why do we die? do we reincarnate? what is evolution? etc. Seeking the truth about your own existence (what is it that makes you "you" - a unique sentient being) and the true purpose of life and death is what will lead you toward your own spiritual growth, and it is this 'seeking' that will eventually lead to a refined 'tuning' of your impulses too. Much like tuning into a radio station and trying to get a clear channel - takes many years of study and practice. Gotta start with seeking out the truth about life and existence first though, otherwise you won't get very far.
2007-05-30 06:07:49 · answer #4 · answered by just someone 1 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Can we trust our impulses to lead us to spiritual growth? I think we are given these impulses on purpose to lead us, and eventually we will trust them. I think many call this a conscience.
We just might get emotional and knock somebody upside the head, and eventually this will lead to us not following our emotions because pain is a wonderful teacher. It will also to lead to humility, trust me on this, it will lead to humility and subsequent spiritual growth. When we finally overcome our emotions, then the impulses magically change to give us other, wiser choices. No matter what, whether we take the hard-headed way or the easy way, I think our everyday impulses lead us to spiritual growth.
2007-05-30 13:44:56 · answer #5 · answered by 17hunter 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I went thru the answers and found most are very very good and convincing.
Sassinya has answered,quite well. TheRealP has also done a great job. II para of mum's reply is very true. Bobby ji is very right in saying that we can't leave the heart to find our way. It will always lead us wrong.
Our minds should rule our hearts. It should guide our hearts. Our hearts are very vulnerable to the happenings around us. But the mind can always tame it. Like supposing if a small boy of 5 years age while going to school sees a candy shop on the way and gets lured to eat some. But he has no penny in his pocket. Heart tells him to pick up one , but the mind says no. So he keeps going to school without eating the candy. The mind could control his heart. Mind has the power, but often it goes with the heart. When mind evaluates the pros and cons, it takes a decision, and once that is done, the heart will have to follow the orders.
So if we work more with our minds than with our hearts, slowly a time will come when the heart will cease to be restless and leave itself tow the line as dictated by mind.
Edit
I forgot to mention digilook's answer. That is superb.
2007-05-30 20:29:50 · answer #6 · answered by Vijay D 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
More than sporadic 'impulses' of our own intuition, spiritual growth needs constant and persistent 'effort' on our part, in order to overcome a natural inertia that weigh us down.
The following quote illustrates how to acquire some important moral values that lead to spiritual growth.
2007-05-30 14:15:48 · answer #7 · answered by apicole 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Only when one knows how to lead their own mind, can one follow their own mind.
Too many, i see, become slaves to their own mind (their thoughts & impulses), and don't know how to do either.
These individuals are those that::
1) Don't want to follow
2) Feel that they -are- leading, but...
3) In reality, are really just being led... blindly.
Accepting everything purely at face value, and merely -reacting- to the circumstance (and emotion) of the moment, without any contemplation to the meaning of it.
Many feel there are no meanings to any particular moment, that everything is the same, each day is the same, and that nothing really changes, nor has any inherent meaning.
It's the individuals who know how to follow their own lead that are the ones that reach their own spiritual path of growth. These are the individuals that ...before just reacting... think! And, don't allow emotions to bottle them up into oblivion.
Watch every passing moment with a clear mind, and you may just discover that you are more involved in that moment than you allow yourself to imagine.
Amazing question Sunman! =D
2007-05-30 10:48:30 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
yes and no... a wonderful contradiction
from the highest perspective- everything leads us to spiritual growth, ascension and inevitably we will choose things that seem to set us a few steps back..but we do not know what success looks like to the soul, it depends on what it is trying to accomplish..
at the same time, when we are wise enough to recognize that we should not follow our every impulse (especially because it may not be us - the real us- the soul, it may be the mind, a negative program, a lie- ex.-addiction) it is best not to trust, but to rise above...however- even the succumbing to addiction eventually, but painfully will lead to growth- you may have to "die" to get there
2007-05-30 18:16:39 · answer #9 · answered by zentrinity 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
No. The opposite really.
The more we let go of our own impulses and reactions and take a calm prayer approach to things, that is where you grow more spiritually every day. Loss of self.
Wherever HE increases and YOU decrease, that is spiritual growth.
2007-05-30 06:00:10 · answer #10 · answered by sassinya 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋