Thought At Sunrise: Thought at Sunrise 274+275

22nd September

In contemporary times, two words are highly discussed - materialism and spiritualism. The word spiritualism has been discussed from various perspectives.
Any practice carried out with the soul at the centre is spiritualism - this has been ascertained from the perspective of the highest truth (evambhoota naya).
The finding of contemporary times is that purity of consciousness is spiritualism. (rijusutra naya).
The finding from the practical perspective is that the mind filled with qualities such as friendship is spiritualism (vyavahar naya).

Spiritualism is the obvious tool to find the solutions for mental and emotional problems.
It is also the hidden solution to materialistic problems.
When the mind is not influenced by emotions such as friendship, compassion etc., then it is difficult to find solutions to materialistic problems.