It seems like the expectation people have to do with spiritual development is that it progresses in a smooth straight line.
The reality it seems is much more like a very zig-zagged up and down spiral that in time slopes upwards producing development.
The teachings don't really explain this...
It is only really our own example and the examples of others doing the work that we suspect, and later learn, that this is way things go.
It seems that what is important in the path is the overall picture. We all have so much to pay and transform making progress very complicated.
Because of the time and the complexity many processes must be run together and in parallel. Making things very non-linear, overlapping and difficult to track.
Concepts about the masters and the way spiritual progress go confuse, disappoint and delay us.
The examples of the struggles of the Masters serves to show us the nature of the path and what is important.
We should take our own example and the examples of the masters as the reality. Accept that and work with that. Leaving behind concepts and expectations about the way things should go...
We create so many concepts from the teachings. This is not helpful. We need to work and observe the way things go and then see how it corresponds to the principles and laws of the path and to the examples of others.
We need to comprehend our progress according to the principles and laws instead of creating concepts and expectations which only make things more difficult.
The important factor is the change that we promise and produce.
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