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Jessica's avatar

Scott, I could have written this myself! I have a former life as an investment banker and put all of that analytics & drive into my spiritual quest until, like you, I felt supremely burnt out. Just last week I googled the question -- “what happens when the seeker stops seeking?” I realized how much ego was driving my desire for spiritual ascension and it felt so misaligned....fear-based, competitive, exhausting. (Google’s answers were, paradoxically, exactly what I was seeking- “you have arrived” etc, which of course positively reinforced the seeking ;) But I looked around my bedroom and saw ego evidence everywhere, as if revealed with black light. I thought- do I get rid of the books? Just completely surrender to my I AM presence? But intuitively I know that my spiritual practices bring me deep into my heart space. So I decided to feel into my body when I’m doing spiritual work- am I doing it out of love? Or am I doing it out of fear? If love, continue. If not, let it go. It was such a treat to read your words today, thank you for articulating the “doing vs being” paradox so well.

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Sophie Baldwin's avatar

Beautifully written Scott! Could not agree more, thank you for sharing your journey, and insights experienced along the way:)

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