Awakening sense

here's the deal

How would you describe the main thrust of spirituality?

How to deflate, defuse the dominance of our conditioned mind of who we think we are, of our ego-mind and our usual state of self.

And that's it?

And at the same time be be infused with something higher, a higher influence.

Which is?

The attraction to and receptivity of Real Self.

So that's our role?

It may go even further until there is no longer any role left as unconscious God becomes conscious God through the medium of us, of our lives.

precious tools

Terms like intention and attention can sound very abstract; any comments?

Only abstract to the extent they are not directly enough experienced. Really, what more precious tools do we have? Consider that their source is from beyond ego-mind, though this mind can incorporate them to further prosper itself.

What would you say their best use, their main purpose is?

That they are our means of connecting with higher influence, with that which is greater than ourselves. Rather than abstract, these tools can become very concrete once sensed and felt, no longer just ideas or thoughts. Then we can consciously 'adjust' to facilitate this connection.

What do you mean by 'adjust?'

Not too loose, as in a sort of false or passive resignation or acceptance, and not too tight, as in a sort of excess of effort. Keeping the right tension no matter how we shift or move about.

visceral discomfort

Two great things:

First, remembering that I rarely truly have remembrance,
Holding an awareness of being absent, absented to real being.

What does that amount to but holding one's ground,
Taking a stand in the midst of an apparent helplessness?

Second, having a clear sensation of being distinct from body and ego-mind,
Of a germinal self-connection to Self.

Would this not lead to a feeling of being in the service of something greater,
 And even a visceral discomfort with one's usual isolated state?

taking a stance

What's to be done if I am not the doer,
If I don't do it, what is it in me that does?

Yes, there may be an ultimate Doer,
The one Self of all selves, including mine.

And yes, there's our fractured conditioned minds,
Each part pretending to do, to be the only one in charge.

So what to do in this tug of war between the Real and the False,
But for our transitional self to take its stance between?