The continuity of evolution depends solely and exclusively on the will of the individual to move forward. Once the path begins, it falls apart behind us, and it does not exist too far ahead, just those few meters where our feet touch the ground can only be glimpsed.
Once started, there is no return. Perhaps a withdrawal which can lead to stagnation, a deviation, but never a return, or a forgetfulness of what has begun.
One interesting point that I think, however, is that we revisit old acquaintances in our trajectory. Around us we come across familiar landscapes, we encounter repeated challenges and obstacles that we believe we have overcome.
We can think that we have reached the maximum we could on a certain thing, that we have exhausted the subject and in our illusion, we believe that we no longer need to return to that place. There we deceive ourselves. We go and we always have to return to certain things, some that may have been unfinished or because they simply need a new perspective.
If we think of three paths, using even the pillars of the tree of life as a reference, we can trace some parallels, both psychologically and esoterically. We are visiting and will always visit and revisit the aspects related to each of these pillars. We will be in moments more linked to certain behaviors when in a next moment, that seems to have been surpassed and we move, dealing with the whole issue by another behavior. But the illusion, again, rests upon the one who thinks that he has already mastered and completely overcome the path that was previously walked.
We will have to go back a few times and come across the decisions that we made and that this time may have another answer. That familiar feeling of "hey, but I've seen it before" may come, but that's where wisdom comes in, to apply many of the things we've gotten along the journey, to deal with problems that are simple but repeated.
It's not about reinventing the wheel, but about refining it.
Over time we learn to observe our behavior a lot, and being aware of it is an important key, otherwise no matter much we revisit certain things of the past, the view will be the same, the mistakes will be the same, and perhaps learning does not even happen, for failure to perceive the lesson behind them.
It's an interesting feeling even when we meet these old acquaintances, and this time we have other ways to respond, to deal, or just to be silent and smile.
Our inner demons no longer haunt so much, and become allies, as the shadows are perceived, studied, and learned. Our victories are still celebrated, but without the children's enthusiasm to think that it is only that and that is the endpoint. We come to want more, but not for dissatisfaction, but for knowing that the ultimate goal is often the journey itself.
It is also an exercise when we come across our self from long ago, acting in its jovial, fearless, crazy, fool impetus that starts from the 0 point and departs in search of answers getting lost in the enchantments of the garden, becoming dazzled and fascinated with everything.
Then comes the time, wise old man in bringing his teachings, often painful, but that is making us more cautious, calmer, less rash.
We go up and down the steps, open and close the doors, repeatedly visiting the same rooms, looking at the same windows, but noting that the landscape is changing, and our way of seeing and interpreting it as well. What I thought yesterday is different from what I see today, and will probably change tomorrow.
We have lessons that we learn in many different ways. We have little ways that serve us for some time. On this path, we have tools that we use and learn, and then move on. There are things that serve our purpose at that moment, which are useful for the real work, the Great Work, but which in the next moment we no longer see so much use for them. We need to get rid of what is not useful now and make room for the new one. But not forgetting that knowledge was acquired with what was studied previously, and when we least expect it we make use of it.
And as I wrote above, it may be that we need to go back in those old ways to get something that we missed or that at the time was not accessible, or understandable.
We can apply this thought to many things in our lives, to various subjects. Those who deal with matters related to the occult know that stagnation occurs and that it must be overcome by the use of Will.
Let us not remain attached to the concepts of what we have now, and which in the next moment can change. Just do a little exercise in observation and see how we deal with certain issues today and how we dealt with them in the past.
The very subject of occultism, vampirism, for example. Many things have changed over time, not speaking in general, but speaking of one's personal vision and interpretation. How each one of us perceives it today and how we used to do it before. Regardless of how long you deal with it, there is always a change in the way you see things.
Thinking in a metaphorical way: The interpretation of what we see depends on the light that is upon the object, so throughout the day, with different types of illumination coming from the sun, we can have different perspectives, as well as when we are in the dark of night, and we only have the company of stars. We may be in the same place, with the same landscape, but the way of seeing and feeling changes completely.
We also know that to be improved, things need to be done countless times and over and over again, like martial arts training. In order to reach perfection, a hard, tiring and repetitive work have to be done. So it is with our Journey. Notwithstanding that the path is built as we walk, and disappears behind us, the little paths will always remain there, for we know that many things, in fact, need to be revisited.
As I wrote many times before, I cherish the fact I can walk my Path with freedom, making my choices, revisiting things, stopping to take a breath, and admire the song of a sunset or a silent dawn. Little by little the steps are taken, in an eternal flow of energy, in the cosmic dance of the Source.
“To seek freedom is the only driving force I know. Freedom to fly off into that infinity out there. Freedom to dissolve; to lift off; to be like the flame of a candle, which, in spite of being up against the light of a billion stars, remains intact, because it never pretended to be more than what it is: a mere candle.”
― Carlos Castaneda, Don Juan: the Sorcerer
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