A Life On The Ground

Here is my reflection to the excerpt of Parker Palmer's interview:

For me as a human being, all quests-intellectual, ethical, and spiritual- are important. Intellectual quest without being bound by ego is important for thinking and for processing my thoughts and emotions and to understand me, others and the world. Moral or ethical quest without "oughts" is important for me to walk on the moral path. The spiritual quest is essential for knowing and realizing my true nature, who or what I am.. In this state I do not feel bound by my own self-created "altitude". This is the state of unitive consciousness in which other states with "attitude" get dissolved. I feel grounded and connected with existence, the "being".

Spiritual practices keep me grounded in what is and relate to what is rather than my own fabrications of the reality. I feel free from my self-created prison and self-ignorance. In deep meditation state I experience the distance between me and the ground going away and I realize that at the core of our being, we all are one. As the great theologian Paul Tillich says," the ground of being."

It has taken a good amount time to know who I am. Remaining awake when I go into the sleep of delusion and working on what makes me fall asleep has been very helpful to me. The challenge for me is not to go back to "sleep". Self-awareness is the key to stay on "the ground of being." Getting feedback from my own self and from others is also helpful to me for walking on the spiritual path.
Namaste!