Human Completion

In the holistic vision of enlightenment, human completion is integral. Holistic enlightenment incorporates human completion as a new dimension within the expansion into the state of transcendence. In order to be truly whole, the soul needs to be able to express herself as a whole human being. The completion of the human makes this possible.

psychological completion

Psychological completion is not just the work of one lifetime, but of countless incarnations. As most humans seem unable to assimilate their experiences in a constructive way, they must go through the same life-lessons over and over again in order to reach maturity and under­standing. Threatened by our spiritual progress, lower intelligence feeds on our evolutionary stagnation. The unconscious repetition of our lessons is the very essence of the dimension of forgetfulness.

Most humans’ concept of happiness and joy is highly unintelli­gent. Having no connection to their higher nature, they seek satisfac­tion and fulfillment in the impermanent, robotically following collec­tive impulses. On our journey towards completion, we must break free from unconscious living. We must bring true wisdom into our perception of life by becoming conscious of our human nature, and of those areas of our personality which are still fragmented and incom­plete. We must also learn from our experiences, and recognize what we still need to experience. In this way we assist the noble movement towards the very reason for our creation — the realization of light, truth and love. To be truly whole, we must arrive at a full experi­ence of our human existence that consists of mental and emotional maturity, the fulfillment of our major desires and our completion in the world.

the fulfillment of major desires

Since it is our unresolved desires that cause us to enter the earth-plane, their fulfillment is essential for our human completion. However, we cannot succeed in this mission if we remain the victim of our desires. We need to see that our relationship to the world is no more than a sophisticated matrix of desire that we mistakenly believe to be our life. Unless we gain a higher perspective, we will compul­sively generate desire upon desire in an attempt to infuse meaning into our existence and, as a result, will become caught in a vicious cycle of existential unfulfillment.

Although desires are a natural force of life and their actualization often has a constructive purpose, they become destructive if they rule us. We must be able to discern which desires steer us towards a more rich and meaningful life, and which burden us with a sense of disap­pointment, frustration and depression. Only those desires through which we can grow are real and relevant to our evolution. Because all other desires are created by the mind, they are intrinsically false and must be renounced. Still, we do not need to fulfill all desires, even if they are relevant and justified. We must primarily address the major, root desires that express the original cause of our birth in the body, for it is these desires that bind us to the earth. Root desires can be linked to many spheres of life, such as romantic fulfillment, family relation­ships, financial security, creativity, and spiritual and philosophical understanding. If we do not satisfy our root desires, our karmic bonds will keep us chained to the plane of illusion.

Not all root desires are necessarily based on the wisdom of the soul. Some are just obsessive fascinations that have crystallized in our subconscious mind. However, even these may need to be addressed in order to free our mind. For example, a person who is fixated on public recognition will not be able to rest until he gains the admiration of others. Similarly, a sexually repressed anchorite whose root-desire for physical communion is left unexpressed will be con­trolled by this desire and may stagnate on the path. Unless properly understood, our desires become hooks of lower consciousness that keep us from advancing in our evolution.

completion in the world

The spiritual path should not be perceived as a way to escape the world. The human in us has to become fulfilled through a total expe­rience of life in order to reach completion. Many seekers are actually driven by their fear of life, not a deep longing for awakening. To suc­ceed on the path, however, we need to be well-grounded in the world and free of fear. Otherwise, unresolved issues and subconscious anxi­eties may arise and block our internal evolution. Sages and masters of the past who renounced the world were not motivated by fear; they simply had no further need to evolve through earthly experiences. To renounce the world from a positive place one must be confident and connected to the physical plane in a healthy way.

Our psychological completion is naturally tied to our participa­tion in the world. Our interactions with the outer reality determine how we feel as a personality, and naturally need to be integrated into our experience of self. In order to feel complete, we must embrace the world and move beyond any fear of facing the challenges of life. By developing a harmonious connection to the world we begin to experience it as a place of fundamental goodness where we can reach spiritual awakening and completion.

the ending of karma

For many lifetimes we have given away our power to desires that we have been unable to satisfy. These desires have grown roots in our subconscious, influencing our thoughts, emotions and actions, and disabling us from reaching true rest. Apart from allowing us to discharge our desires for the sake of growth and freedom, evolution offers another strategy to emancipate us from attachments: it finally confronts us with our inability to satisfy our infinite cravings and wants and forces us to give them up. Life teaches us a natural humil­ity by not allowing us to have everything we want. Through our disillusionment we learn that to reach freedom we have no choice but to renounce all false desires.

Our karmic roots bind us so deeply to the time-dimension, grace is required for our deliverance. Emancipation from karma is indeed a function of grace; it is the intervention of the beyond that cuts our last karmic ties. Divine intervention is an intrinsic part of our blue­print, without which the soul would never transcend her bondage. However, grace does not enter our life at random, but in accordance with our readiness to let go of our separate existence and transcend the plane of lower intelligence.

the human at rest

To reach completion is to arrive at a state of true existential repose. Upon completion, the human no longer creates a reality based on a personal agenda, but rests, free of the need to become someone other than self. When the human is at rest, the energy of desire, anxiety and boredom can no longer pull him away from his natural state of peace and harmony. He relaxes his existence into the presence of the soul, who reciprocates by enveloping him with the light of I am. The child is absorbed by his mother, and all separation between individual and universal dissolves into the immaculate.