Spiritual evolution is a journey of discovery that continues throughout this life experience and beyond.

Life has a constant flow. Regardless of our planning, it is an event that takes us to experiences that expose the energy of both our soul’s consciousness and unconsciousness. Life is like ageing; we may not like all factors of the process but some events are inevitable and unavoidable.

Life is an unfolding experience—a labyrinth of events, relationships, and energetic experiences.

You exist; therefore, you are a traveler in your own life. How you react and respond to life contributes to your experience. You have freewill and can choose to remain a prisoner on your own merry-go-round of soul oppression, refusing to acknowledge the intricacies of the labyrinths of your life; or you can choose to explore these as life unfolds, realizing there are many discoveries you can make from within the labyrinth. 

You are always the pivotal point in how you experience life.

Life consists of moments of time joined together. That instance in time we just had is gone, but we can learn from it. We don’t get to experience that exact instant again; it has passed. Life forces us to move forward. We can’t fight time. It occurs, and we have no control over it. Each second is heading to the next, and we are on the ride that time provides.

Life creates changes in us, and our aging exposes us to this truth. However, change and evolution are not the same. Change of circumstances and in time doesn’t equate to spiritual evolution. Regardless of the change, we can continue reacting and responding in the same manner. Spiritual evolution changes how we react or respond, leading to the development of our soul maturity.

Spiritual evolution is adapting to what is understood. It is important to retain and utilise what we have learnt. We can learn something, but if we do not utilise what we learn, it doesn’t produce evolution. We can experience a moment of clarity and then override our understanding with whatever evokes a sense of familiarity, thus abandoning our new understanding. This will not create evolution, although there may be a change in our awareness.

Evolution is transformation that occurs as a result of our adaptations from what we have understood, retained, and utilized. Evolution develops from action, putting what we understand into practice. It’s our new awareness that assists us to unify with the truth within and to develop a broader understanding of ourselves.

You can have a concept of the conscious energy within your soul. However, if you do not utilise that energy, you are not evolving. You are just conceptualizing something you are aware of, have heard about, or have intellectually studied.

Spiritual evolution is to be of your conscious energy, to be unified with it and to instinctually react and respond to life as a source of consciousness.

For example, knowing there is kindness within you and choosing not to utilise it, causes you to oppose your spiritual evolution. When you are unwilling to unify with the core essences of your soul, you empower an unconscious energy to take its place. You don’t realise you are doing this and it is how spiritual evolution is opposed. We have all experienced a moment of clarity and comprehended ‘something’, only to reject it later. Paradoxically, sometimes the process of comprehending something and then rejecting it, eventually destroys our ability to deny our awareness, which turns into true understanding. We often reject our awareness and refuse to unify with our core essences, when we fear losing control of something.

We have a tendency to reject our awareness and it isn’t until we recognize the consequences that we understand the true value of our awareness. 

Rejecting Awareness Story

Sally was emotionally troubled and easily sunk into bouts of depression. So, Lisa—her life-long friend, would phone to check on her and listened to her for hours. Lisa had supported Sally for years, through unemployment, divorce, family issues, and the ramifications of low self-esteem. Lisa helped with house chores when Sally’s home descended into disarray. She organized social outings and made sure Sally felt loved and valued.  

Sally was very appreciative of Lisa’s kindness. She marveled at how selfless and generous Lisa was. Lisa supported all her personal growth endeavors, on occasions drove her to support groups, paid for weekend retreats as birthday presents, and attentively listened to the new beliefs Sally was acquiring.

After a while, Sally’s confidence returned. Life moved in a positive direction on many fronts. A new romantic partner entered her life, she was gainfully employed, and experiencing exciting travel adventures. Sally believed she had evolved and felt spiritually enriched. It warmed Lisa’s heart to see Sally so happy. However, as life kept improving, Sally began to exploit Lisa as the babysitter, and would demand her to do house chores while visiting. She no-longer returned missed calls and only rang with demands.

Lisa tired of Sally’s behaviour and started to distance herself. She became unavailable to babysit, was no-longer visiting, and only called on special occasions—birthdays and Christmas. She always answered Sally’s calls, but politely excused herself, citing that she was presently busy.

Sally was disgruntled by Lisa’s unwillingness to be at her beck and call. So, she ragefully rang and accused her of being a bad friend, betraying her, and treating her as if she was nothing.

Lisa replied, “I wish you well. Friendship to me, is not a duty or a job. I consider myself a good friend, I care, but refuse to be dictated to by someone who does not value me.”

Sally was outraged, “Never call me, or my children again. I want nothing to do with you!”

Months passed, and eventually Sally realized that she had rejected her awareness of who Lisa was and how good she had been to her when she was troubled. She missed talking to a friend who truly cared about her. She realized as her life improved, that she had not been a good friend to Lisa. She had betrayed her kindness and treated her badly.

Sally knew the value of kindness and friendship, but had chosen to deny her awareness. She knew her friend had kept her sane during her darkest days and she had in return rejected valuing the friendship. When she felt back in control of her life, she took advantage of Lisa. She had become self-absorbed, turning the freely offered friendship into a dictatorship she controlled.

Sally realized she had exploited Lisa as a servant, and understood why she had distanced herself. She became angry at herself, for not valuing the friendship. Her rejection of her own awareness of the importance of kindness, meant she hadn’t unified with her own core essences. She didn’t operate from kindness, care, loyalty or love, all of which she once comprehended to be so valuable. She had operated from control, entitlement and indifference.

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Sally knew kindness was important and chose not to utilise it herself. She comprehended the value of the friendship and of Lisa’s kindness, and then rejected it. Paradoxically, this experience eventually destroyed her ability to deny her awareness of herself, which creates an opportunity to truly understand what is of value to her.

Sally feared losing control over her new life experiences and rejected her awareness, glossing over the reality of her behaviour, and devaluing her own and Lisa’s core essences—kindness, care, loyalty and love.

We learn from our experiences. When we understand the true consequences of what we reject, this often leaves us bewildered by our own behaviour. We evolve as we use our understanding of truth, to influence our actions. Spiritual evolution is unification within ourselves, while unifying with truth.  

When you oppose what you’ve understood you create stagnation, impede spiritual growth, and protect the immaturity of your soul.

Life provides opportunities to learn and to utilise what we’ve learnt. Any labyrinth you learn from, you will experience again, allowing you to practice what you’ve learnt. This will determine if you have evolved or if you are still developing. You may walk the same life experiences—the labyrinth, many times and each time learn new increments of truth. This builds your understanding. Once it is retained and utilized, it ignites evolution within your soul. This process is the journey of life.

Life is a labyrinth of discovery, and one labyrinth can lead to another. This is the journey of life.