Remembering Liberation: The Mystic’s Path Beyond Spiritual Dogma

Explore the mystic’s path beyond spiritual dogma and into the remembrance that we have always been free. Includes a personal story of awakening through ego death, heartbreak, and surrender.

The Map Is Not the Terrain

In many traditions, teachings are offered as fingers pointing to the moon. They are sacred, yes. But they are not the source—they are invitations. When we confuse the finger for the moon, we worship the form and miss the formless.

This is where the mystic diverges from the follower. The mystic learns to see through the practice, not just perform it. They honor the lineage, the scripture, the ritual—but they also see that the true offering is not in the form, but in what it awakens. The practice is a doorway, not a destination.

A Personal Story: My Path of Remembering

After a major egoic death in 2012, I found myself in a recreation phase—lost, tender, uncertain. My world as I had built it crumbled, and I was left standing in the rubble, talking to the heavens.

I was praying. Whining. Asking why—How could this happen to me? After all I had been through, after all I had done. And in the silence of my tears, I heard one thing:

“Invest in your spiritual life.”

I began reading, studying, seeking. I explored teachings from the Gurus, Teachers, Healers, Doctors, and Shamans of the East, of the South, of the West. I practiced what I could. Sat with sacred texts. Chanted ancient words. And slowly, my inner world began to light up again.

But I struggled to label myself. I unconsciously created a spiritual persona—a version of me that felt sacred, but was still attached to being seen as valuable.

Then came a heartbreak. A soul-deep separation from someone I loved. It wasn’t just romantic—it dismantled all the identities I had rebuilt. And that grief became the gateway.

It cracked me open—into shame, guilt, anger, grief. And in that raw space, where no title or mantra could save me, I found presence. I found liberation in surrender—not because I earned it, but because I let go of needing to earn anything at all.

Healing Is the Path of Remembering

Whether we’re conscious or unconscious of the limitations that shape our reality, that is the path of healing. Often subtle, it invites us to listen, feel, and question. To soften, not escape.

I am not broken. I am remembering wholeness.
I am not becoming enlightened. I am awakening to the light I’ve always carried.

The Trap of the Spiritual Persona

There is a subtle trap—the belief that more practice equals more progress. That mastery comes from performing spirituality. But true devotion isn’t rigidity—it’s authenticity. We are not here to perform enlightenment. We are here to embody it. Live it. Express it.

The Spiral of Becoming

This journey is not linear. It is a spiral. We revisit lessons again and again, each time with deeper presence. Some days we feel connected. Some days we forget. Both are sacred.

The mystic walks not to escape humanity, but to bring divinity into it. Not to follow blindly, but to remember fully.

You Have Always Been Free

Liberation is not something earned. It is something remembered. Not found in a perfect mantra or posture, but in this breath, this heart, this moment.

You are not becoming free. You are remembering that you always were.

And in that remembrance, we become the mystic—not to prove anything, but to love everything more deeply.