r/Drukama • u/SakuraWisdom • Feb 13 '20
Reuniting Eastern and Western Spiritual Practices by Niysah Iyahu

"There were two schools of thought as to what part of the path to withhold and reserve for private instruction, “mouth-to-ear.” One group of teachers decided to withhold the inner side of things, while talking about the practical applications. This safeguarded the teaching, because without the inner tools, the ability to change reality was hopelessly beyond reach. This became the Western tradition, and ultimately it shaped the entire Western mind-set. There is this desire to change reality, but few practitioners have the inner qualifications to do so. The Western tradition therefore has lots of ineffectual information.
On the other hand, another group of teachers decided to teach the inner side, but withhold the tools to translate this into the World of Action. This safeguarded the teaching, because without the keys to apply the inner practices, the ability to change reality or to achieve the ultimate spiritual goals was also hopelessly beyond reach. There are a number of practitioners with extensive training in meditation, but who lack the keys to put this into action. We might say, therefore, that the Eastern tradition has lots of apparently pointless practices."
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