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Your Spiritual Journey, Is Yours Alone!

 

 

Author: Kalki Kalyani 

Editor: Akash_Vani

Date Published: Thursday 12th November 2020

 

You've been told you're on the wrong path?

Read on...

 

Spirituality is not a dogmatic process; it is an awakening momentum (Atma-Vichara). If you rely solely on a book or a leader to tell you who you are, you aren't on a path of self-discovery—you’re on a treadmill or a merry-go-round, moving fast but staying in the same place. 

The Car Analogy: The Journey to the Source
Imagine the highway of life. You are behind the wheel of your own vehicle. You look out the window and see a Lamborghini flying past at 200km/h. Suddenly, your reliable, steady car feels like a failure. You feel "lost" because you aren't at the same mile-marker as the stranger in the fast lane.

The Destination Is The Same: Whether you are in a Lamborghini or a modest hatchback, the goal is the Source. The speed of the car doesn't change the coordinates of the truth.

 

The Scenery vs. The Speed: Some people are meant to travel fast, focused only on the horizon. Others—the observers—are meant to drive slower, soaking in the "lively sympathy of nature" that Kaegi spoke of. A Porsche driver often misses the forest for the trees.

The Design: A car is built for its specific purpose. Trying to force a mountain-climbing Jeep to behave like a race car only breaks the engine. That "breakdown" is the burnout we see today.

 

 

Krishnastates this directly in Bhagavad Gita, chapter 3, verse 35

 

"It is far better to perform one’s own dharma, even if it has flaws, than to perform another’s dharma perfectly."

 

श्रेयान्स्वधर्मो विगुणः परधर्मात्स्वनुष्ठितात् । स्वधर्मे निधनं श्रेयः परधर्मो भयावहः ॥

śreyān sva-dharmo viguṇaḥ para-dharmāt sv-anuṣṭhitāt sva-dharme nidhanaṁ śreyaḥ para-dharmo bhayāvahaḥ

"It is far better to discharge one’s prescribed duties, even though faultily, than another’s duties perfectly. Destruction in the course of performing one’s own duty is better than engaging in another’s duties, for to follow another’s path is dangerous."

 

When you compare your "winter" to someone else’s "summer," you are essentially trying to drive someone else's car on a road you don't belong on. You feel empty because you’ve abandoned your own steering wheel to watch theirs.

Why are you measuring your internal 'season' against someone else's curated highlight reel? 

Life isn't a race to the finish; it’s a recalibration of the soul. Whether you are moving fast or taking in the scenery, the only 'wrong' way to drive is while looking in someone else’s rearview mirror.

The Lamborghini: If your path is fast-paced, drive it well, but don't look down on the scenery.

The Walker: If your path is slow and contemplative, walk it with pride. Trying to run like a car will only exhaust your "human battery."

 

The Road Doesn't Care How You Travel; It Only Cares That You Are Moving

 

 

Your journey is not a competition with the traffic around you; it is a synchronization with the road beneath you. Some are born with the 'engine' of high-speed ambition, while others are meant to walk the path step-by-step, absorbing every detail of the divine landscape. The moment you wish your 'walking' was 'driving,' you lose the beauty of the step you are currently taking. Remember: Krishna doesn't meet you at the finish line; He is the road you are walking on.

True Vedic wisdom isn't about memorising someone else's journey; it's about using their light to find your own way through the dark. The moment you step off the 'spiritual treadmill' is the moment your real journey begins."
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In the Vedic sense, a book (shastra) or a leader (guru) should function as a map or a flashlight—but if you never leave the map to walk the actual ground, you aren't traveling; you're just standing still on a "treadmill."

 

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