Hungry Ghosts on the Spiritual Path

I remember when I first heard this term in Tantrik psychology a few years back. It was a jolt of insight of how I had been chasing my tail for that one thing - that one teaching, that would answer all my questions, or in some miraculous bolt of lightning remind me of my divinity.

This whole truth - that we are indeed already perfect, whole & complete, in the moment to moment states of revealing that OR concealing that, is movement, flux, changeable but “practice-able “

The whole self-help & coaching industry that has boomed over the past 10 or so years sells us another trick. We’re hungry for it - we want to know - to gobble up. But like a hungry ghost who has no digestive tract to absorb the wisdom & take the nutrition, it stays in our head or we poop it out. Never really embodying the learnings. A little like fast food, momentarily tasty, maybe a bit of dopamine rush but no nourishment that sustains us. So it keeps eating but is never satisfied or feels at peace.

We all do it, no one is above it - we might just be in different stages and bring more awareness. Best gobble our hungry ghosts ourselves & satisfy that need by making friends with this lost part.

Slowing down helps, digesting helps, discerning helps us decide the best path and then walking on that path. This can help enormously stop us from walking around in circles… Get one map & keep on going.

The blessings of life is discovering who we are .. the journey .. not the destination.

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