All of us have had the experience of reifying true nature. Anytime we think, “I am experiencing personal presence” or “I’ve realized boundless love,” we are making true nature a something. Our language does this all the time. Some of us use spiritual lingo as if we were talking about our grocery list of kale and orange juice and organic granola. We tend to talk about our spiritual life in the same way that we talk about the rest of our life—what we’ve got, what we need, who’s got what, what’s next. It’s good to recognize that this happens and also how it can lead to the objectification and reification of true nature. – The Alchemy of Freedom: The Philosophers’ Stone and the Secrets of Existence, Ch. 6
All of us have had the experience of reifying true nature. Anytime we think, “I am experiencing personal presence” or “I’ve realized boundless love,” we are making true nature a something. Our language does this all the time. Some of us use spiritual lingo as if we were talking about our grocery list of kale and orange juice and organic granola. We tend to talk about our spiritual life in the same way that we talk about the rest of our life—what we’ve got, what we need, who’s got what, what’s next. It’s good to recognize that this happens and also how it can lead to the objectification and reification of true nature.
– The Alchemy of Freedom: The Philosophers’ Stone and the Secrets of Existence, Ch. 6