Many fall on the spiritual path because the ego hides behind the appearance of spirituality. Its primary act is “healing the world” or “healing another,” and when practices are done to feel special, gain power, or prove worth, they lose their true purpose – to be the vessel of service. Spirituality becomes performance rather than surrender. The heart closes, and what was meant to free us instead binds us again to illusion.
In Bhagavad Gītā 3.19, “Perform action without attachment; by doing so, one attains the Supreme” – when action is done for recognition or reward, it reinforces separation. But when done as an offering without expecting anything in return, it opens the flow of grace.
Abundance is not something one needs to chase; it appears when one acts from alignment. The Source supports what moves from truth, not from ego.
Avidyā — ignorance — means forgetting that the Source is the real doer.
When one thinks “I am manifesting,” “I am healing,” or “I am guiding,” the ego takes center stage. Even in spiritual work, this ignorance creates imbalance; the moment one claims ownership over divine energy, one blocks its flow, and the ego distorts what is meant to be delivered in its pure state.
When one falls out of alignment with the true purpose of service, karma redirects through loss, delay, physical ailments, or confusion until humility is restored. Starting over is a grace of correction.
In Yoga Sūtra 1.23 “Through surrender to the Divine, stillness is attained”. Surrender is not weakness — it is alignment with reality. When the heart surrenders, striving ends. Effort becomes effortless because the Source moves through the individual vessel and supports its vessel in all realms, from physical to multidimensional, so the highest truth can be delivered for offering. This is when the flow starts, and every action becomes sacred when the sense of “I” dissolves into service.
The Tao brings up the same truth: “When you stop striving, the Way reveals itself.” The more one tries to force outcomes, the further one drifts from the truth. When one lets go of control, the natural order restores itself.
The Way (Dharma) is not created by effort; it is shown through complete surrender of the ego into service.
True spiritual work is not about gaining power, fame, or influence. It is about dissolving the illusion of a separate self. When we act from the heart, without a hidden motive, energy flows without resistance, service becomes the highest practice, and the Source expresses itself freely through the ego that has stepped aside.
Act from the heart, not from ego.
Serve, not seek.
Let the Source move through you – that is real spiritual service that heals the world.