Spiritual Maturity

It is one week since I returned from the first-ever “Enter-In Retreat” organized by Bridge Builders Pune, the Youth Wing of Sadhu Vaswani Mission and I’ve been pondering with the question: “What is spiritual maturity?

Here is what I’ve uncovered:

Spiritual Maturity happens when

• You accept people as they are.

• You are able to drop "expectations" from a relationship.

• You expect better from only one person and that is, yourself.

• You stop trying to change others instead focus on changing yourself.

• You understand everyone is unique and right in one’s own perspective.

• You learn to "let go".

• You give, give and give before you ask.

• You are able to forgive those who have wronged you and yourself for wronging others.

• You understand nothing matters more than your inner peace.

• You stop proving to the world, anything.

• You don't seek anyone’s approval.

• You stop comparing with others.

• You are at peace with yourself.

• You are able to differentiate between "need" and "want" and are able to let go of your wants.

• You stop attaching "happiness" to material things.

• You are calm, composed and content.

• You make positivism louder.

• You practice gratitude.

• You place hope in the future.

• You place faith in divinity.

Wishing all a happy spiritually matured life.