Today the question arises, "Who is The Ultimate Best Friend?"
Many acquaintances are willing to be part of the Journey, to witness progression along the Path.
The desire and attachment to "grow with others" leads to "suitable" (or not) connections investing in the integrity of the Journey.
Yes, everything up until now is essential to now, as everything Is from here forward.
The tendency of keeping company as a crutch inadequately sustains any lifestyle. We learn early in our lives to interpret acceptance - inner and outer - based on nourishment from our environment.
The option is always available to engage as past & present renditions of ourselves, which are (and have always been) willing then strengthened through our actions. If we consistently choose to advance along The Quest, we distill and meet ourselves with Truth; there will be others along the way observing something similar.
The Finale awaits...
As some readers are familiar, there are people around the world involving themselves in spiritual practices such as attending an ashram (āśrama). Here, spiritual families gather in purpose of unifying as One, with others. Amidst the ashram there are one or many mahatmas (mahā-ātmā) translated in a spiritually - dominant texts and culture as "great spirit," or "saint," as the western world would understand.
Through devotion in the temple, Krishna (the Supreme God) reveals his intimate form and allows any "terrified hero [to] regain his breath." - BHAGAVAD-GITA, the eleventh teaching. For eons, this has been accepted as the deepest treasure, and the conversation between the warrior Arjuna and Lord Krishna, the Lord of Boundless Form, sings about the journey devoted to rising from the ashes.
Lord Krishna continues through the eleventh teaching of the BHAGAVAD-GITA:
To grace you, Arjuna,
I revealed
through self-discipline
my higher form,
which no one but you
has ever beheld--
brilliant, total,
boundless, primal. BG 11.47
Choosing the arena is choosing our path. This includes the company we keep, food we eat, music we listen to, things we read and watch, etc. As eternal beings emanating purposefully, within divine boundaries, we choose where and how we are nourished.
I leave you in blessings of the Ultimate Reality, Truth, Consciousness, and Bliss.
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