September 23, 2025
When even spirituality begins to suffocate, it’s time to review the path you’ve taken and reflect on what is truly causing discomfort.
For many people, their first contact with God came accompanied by fear. Fear of making mistakes, of being punished, of being unworthy. After all, even unconsciously, most of society grew up hearing about a God who punishes, who demands perfection, who charges.
What happened is that many shaped their lives to please this ideal, even if it cost them the freedom to be who they truly are. But, even if belatedly, a moment comes when this invisible prison begins to tighten.
If something inside you is crying out for authenticity, truth, and lightness on the spiritual path, it means that this discomfort is beginning to transform.
The great truth is that many are still trapped in ideas that are not theirs—they are like borrowed truths they received early on: about God, about right and wrong, about how they must be to be loved or accepted.
This is the effect of religious dogmas that were created to control, not to liberate. They are ideas that, for millennia, have fed fear, guilt, and separation. Just observe how often spirituality is used as a form of dispute:
“My God is better than yours. My truth is truer than yours. My love is purer than yours.”
This is the language of the ego, not of the divine. That’s why the genuine spiritual path begins when we dare to question these structures—when we stop seeking God outside and begin to listen to Him within.
True spirituality is not about following yet another doctrine but about following the heart, because that is where the voice of truth resides.
It is natural to feel fear when freeing yourself from everything that gave you false security. But this is a necessary movement. When you align with your inner truth, you discover that connection with the divine can be simpler than you imagined.
And of course, faith is a very important element, but it is possible to realize that Krishna, Shiva, Jesus, Mary, Buddha, among others, are references and symbols of something that lives within you.
The sacred is in everything and everyone. Therefore, the idea of separation generated by competition between dogmas and religions is nothing more than an illusion that sustains the ego, which in turn feeds on fear.
On the spiritual journey, there comes a moment when all references fall apart. You look to the future and see only emptiness. This is what I call the abyss of the unknown.
In some cases, even the sensation of dying appears—and indeed, there is an “I” inside that is dying… I am talking about the idealized self, which is nothing more than the ego that was used to controlling everything.
This is the point where faith ceases to be a belief and becomes, in fact, an experience. When you leap into the abyss, either you fly, or you discover that there are invisible hands to hold you.
And even if a fall happens, you will be able to see that it was precisely what would lead you to the next level of awakening.
Whether you want it or not, this is also a process of healing, which may contain traumas so deep that even rational understanding will not be able to heal. In such cases, forgiveness can only come from grace.
It is the moment when the personality surrenders, because it no longer has the strength to carry such pain. Despite the challenge, this point of surrender is, at the same time, a point of rebirth.
When you surrender to the Higher Self, you access wisdom that goes beyond the limits of the mind. And this divine power that dwells in you knows how to transform even the densest pain into compassion.
Many say: “I trust in God,” but deep down, they still live in fear. Because they have not yet made the crossing from the heart to the Self. They still believe in the idea of a God who is separate, outside themselves.
That is why I say: when you truly touch the divine presence, fear goes away. Trust is no longer an idea—it is a state of Being.
This is why self-knowledge is part of the path to encountering the divine, because it is what reveals the true God that dwells within you: a God who does not judge, who does not separate, and who does not punish. A God who loves!
The call here is clear: love all, serve all. See God in all. This is the universal doctrine worth following.
Namaste
Prem Baba
