Spiritual Advancement
“…Spiritual advancement comes through the tiresome exercise of the free will. Spiritual advancement comes through the correct choices of that free will and through the long suffering of the physical because of those correct choices. Spiritual advancement is not a paved road. It is literally strewn with dead-ends, high walls, and dark pitfalls. It is the trail of long suffering and tears, disappointments, and rejections. You inherently know in your heart if you are walking the trail to advancement or if you are casually strolling down the shaded sidewalk of easy street.”
– Mary Summer Rain, Phoenix Rising, p.51
