Have you ever wondered about a situation, where, say the planet earth disappears completely and all the references of the great things that happened here/were ideated here/recorded here is gone completely ! What a colossal loss would it be for the universe to lose sight of all the pursuits of human excellence that happened here ! Can we even assume that the divine(and intelligent) energy is callous enough to lose such vital information ?
Suppose this entire creation and the activities are to support the primordial question - 'Who am I?' , and if the planet earth disappears with all of 'pursuit of human excellence' knowledge (remember - we have the zillion other species too) , isn't that a serious flaw in the knowing-self process of this divine energy ?
So could it be possible that all such knowledge/visions is not lost but stored in a retrievable format somewhere in some place of this universe? May be it is waiting for a spiritually awakened person to unlock them as visions ! May be it is waiting for a scientist to unlock the portals and dimensions that reveal the past ! Who knows !
But for an ordinary person, who is acquiring knowledge through schools, universities, self-experiences, experiences from others, media etc., perhaps this hidden knowledge is revealed as an intuition deriving from all his memory stores of knowledge which connects/co-relates and present itself in an epiphanic moment blessed in-addition profoundly by the divine energy itself!
I devised a learning system for myself when exploring the subject of knowing the ways of working of the universe.
The tenets of this value system are :
Don't ignore any sources. But it does not mean wasting one's time on frivolity.
Initially all the bits of knowledge are to be considered as plain statements.
You have to be careful and do your due diligence when asserting a statement as true or false.
Build your repository of truths and Falsehoods and make sure to use them as stepping stones.
Do not lose your assertions. If you are editing your assertions, then it is a step backward.
Wait for the epiphanic moment that reveals the additional knowledge about the ways of working of the universe. Are you able to discern this revelation as something blessed and not your own?
Repeat from 1.
It is far more easy to gain any subject knowledge by using the guidance of a subject matter expert like a professor or from troves of books on that subject or from other media. But when you are on a conquest to acquire spiritual knowledge, I firmly believe that you are mostly on your own especially in the present times.
This is because, in the current situation, education, spirituality, travel or anything that imparts you additional knowledge is run as a business with profit as motive. Seems you really need to have a divine blessing to chance upon a guru who imparts you true knowledge! Think of the horror, when you select your guru early in life, religiously follow him for knowledge only to discover after several decades that he is a charlatan! That is why I keep emphasizing that in the quest for spiritual knowledge you should mostly be on your own but keep your eyes and ears open as knowledge acquiring channels.
I also believe that spirituality is religion-agnostic and is purely focussing on the ways of working of the universe. Religion on the other hand is influenced by local/regional culture and historic/current figures/events and will generally point you towards the path of spirituality. Due to local /regional/temporal flavours sometimes it can be strict and some times it can be liberal. You are a blessed person if you can transcend the religious stepping stones and reach the spiritual plane. May be you will be surprised to find others on this common spiritual plane who arrived from other paths built with other stepping stones !
Unlike gaining expertise in the field of spirituality, it is relatively simple to gain proficiency in earthly subjects if we are persistent and determined. I follow the below 4 steps to learn on the earthly subjects. The 2nd one was added after the new era of internet and super connectivity coupled with information glut.
Create a one line definition of what you want to learn and use the right choice of words.
Search the above string in the images section of common search engines like google. If you are lucky you may find several image depictions of what you want to learn. The idea is to be a visual learner first - try to see what you want to learn and then imagine the scene when learning even an abstract learning targets like concepts.
Be resourceful and try to gain some light weight articles that touch upon the subject to root you firmly.
Go after other sources like books from various authors, vlogs, podcasts, white papers to gain depth in the subject matter.
I feel like a nomad in this universe jotting down in my diary. I am not a profound expert in science or an SME but a keen observer who looks at everything in an expanded context and who is able to co-relate things fast.
Please refer to my other article -
Hari Om!