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I’ll start my essay by 1st making clear that I’ve never been big on reading, let alone someone who likes studying information in books. Everything that I know with regards to my own understanding of spiritual truth, are things that I found through my own experiences. What I believe is that we can only recognize information that our soul is ready for- if we’re not ready for it, then we will not be able to absorb it in this particular lifetime.

Mature and old souls are much more aware of their spirituality, while younger souls are scarcely able to comprehend such things. It should then be of no surprise to learn that an overwhelming majority of souls currently on this planet are younger souls. From that design, we would be assured of experiencing things that would help us learn whatever lesson(s) our soul decided to learn during the next lifetime.

Yet, within each new incarnation, we’re still connected to the experiences of our previous lifetimes. While we may not readily remember them while incarnated, we still have a ‘sense’ of the past.

ARmed with this knowledge, I began the Defining Spiritualism course.

After finishing this course, I came away with mixed feelings about the course, largely because of disagreements with the author. I found it quite strange that a course primarily written to showcase different forms of spiritual philosophy was written by an author who basically says at the end that he doesn’t even believe in philosophy.

However, from a historical overview perspective on philosophy, I enjoyed the course. I didn't aree with a few of the author’s personal conclusions.

Here are some of those disagreements that I found during the ULC course, which is based upon my own concept of what was written – right or wrong.

· The author feels that ‘thought’ can never answer the question about spiritual truth.

I believe this is incorrect based upon my own personal experiences. There are many ways to discover insight and truths, and if you’re ready to understand something, then you’ll be guided to that information through whatever means you are ready for.

Synchronistic events are what I consider to be thought-related guidance. While some events may be intuitive, the vast majority are things that happen which are meant to make us ‘think’ about what they mean. They help us to question, ponder, and dig deeper for information within ourselves. Truly, when you can achieve trust in combined mental, emotional and intuitive guidance, you will begin to understand everything on a much deeper level.

· The author also made personal statements sounding like fact such as, “Help the people you minister to by encouraging social interaction. This is such a necessary part of the human condition…”

I can personally tell you that this isn’t true. That is the problem with many people, they teach in terms of absolute fact based upon their own personal beliefs and assumptions, that they leave those who don’t fit that mold, feeling like there is something wrong with them. The fact is, by the time our soul reaches advanced levels, we have already, “been there, done that” in so many previous lifetimes, that it just no longer holds meaning for us anymore.

This was just one example I highlighted in the course, but there were several others I found while reading.

In closing my review of this ULC course, I would like to include my favorite Buddhist quote, “Don’t believe something, just because I have said it.” Because if you cannot trust yourself, if you cannot believe your own personal experiences, then how can you trust and believe in something outside of yourself? The answers lie within, not outside of you.

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