You Are Your Own Savior (Part 1)

By Simon Kim (more on Simon Kim at the bottom of the page)

You’ve been told by many that

You need a guru, spiritual teacher, God-figure, or ascended master

To experience so-called enlightenment.

You’ve also been told that

You need to sit down

To meditate, focus, contemplate, or chant

For years and years

Because you were born as a sinner, ignorant, and a mere mortal.

 

You’ve followed the instructions carefully,

Hoping that someday, somehow,

Through a grace from above

You will be saved, awakened, and enlightened

So that you can say a good-bye to your endless fears, anxieties, and frustrations.

 

Some of you may have experienced momentary stillness, peace,

Some of you may have had earth-shattering spiritual experiences.

But quickly, you have found yourself

Being mired back into your daily routines

Filled with frustrations, unfulfilled desires, and doubts.

 

Has it ever occurred to you that

Most instructions, books, or sermons regarding spiritual advancement are backward, antiquated, and filled with contradictions?

Because they were telling you to deny and judge yourself

Relative to moral/ethical/spiritual standards that nobody can adhere to.

This is an impossible game to win.

 

The good news is that

There’s a way to get out of that old, rotten, and dysfunctional belief systems.

Now is a perfect time to discard old belief systems

That emphasize how small and insignificant you are.

That is a corrupt, deceitful, and malignant operating software (OS)

Manufactured by the ruling elites

To preserve their own power and material possessions.

So, do you really want to get out of “The Matrix” programmed to make you feel helpless?

Do you want to taste what’s alike to rise above all age-old, repressive belief systems?

It truly depends on you.

(Continued on Part 2)

Simon Kim is a spiritual teacher, poet, artist, writer, philanthropist, and CEO of a law firm in South Korea. Once an art student turned into a Buddhist monk in his earlier days, he has published over 20 books on spirituality. He leads a spiritual group called Fiola, writes blog articles on spirituality almost daily, and travels worldwide for his legal work, with full of passion and enthusiasm but with detachment.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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