The mark of your actual progress along the spiritual path only comes from how you are ‘ being ‘ with your family. The family that you have been born into and the people in your family that spend the most time with you now.
Its so much easier stepping into a new understanding with regards to the world and people whose lives do not actually affect yours. The true tests come from those in close relationships with you. If you bring the same equanimity of being , unconditional love and harmony into your oldest and most intimate relationships as you project into the world, you have truly then made progress.
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