Many people who do not share the same spirituality can (and, do) get along quite well, as long as one's beliefs are not the subject of ridicule. For me, I opted to choose a partner who believed in the same principles, not necessarily religion. But, the most important part of the spirituality that we share is that it is based upon respect, not ridicule or degradation.

Any passing jokes or "harmless" ridicule against another person's beliefs, race, gender, sexual orientation, etc., would be a red flag for me.


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Relationships are an image or physical representation of that which is spiritual and
not seen with eyes. True yoking/yoga or union is obtained within and some of us at differing times may feel the need to practice symbolically with physical union. This is ok at times and at other times unecessary. There are times when we understand we do not need a partner and are perfectly comfortable with ourself without feeling to to project our neediness onto others, until that time partners can also be a thing that we deal with. True partners also happen when two are both in truth and there is little attachment much love compassion and freedom.

Trysten I do not understand if you are trying to equate a spiritually void person with an atheist. I do not think they are equal. It is hard to determine with your phraseology if that is what you are saying.

First of all being spiritual by your perception or believing in God in your perception is not a bad thing. (whatever that perception may or may not be) Neither is it a bad thing for an atheist to not believe in a god in your sense or perception. Maybe some atheist are not spiritual but some are. I can think of Buddhists or even more followers of The Buddha who would be termed atheist for their understanding of God and gods.

No one is to be judged for their level of understanding. I know who/what God is and I know who/what gods are. I do not define or judge anyone for their perceptions neither do I judge myself for them. If I judged myself surely I would judge others and we are not to do that. All people will eventually get to the truth. iT will take many lifetimes or (many years of your current lifetime) depending on how you recognize birth and rebirth, but quite obvious all will get there. Those who see this and those who do not yet see this are just at various stages and as in life things change. The deep spiritual things I knew yesterday are but mere droplets of milk today. This is a never ending process until the day I escape and am freed.

As far as yoking with unequal all spiritual paths and even religions warn of this detriment. We are to have love and compassion for all beings and to treat them as we desire to be treated. Warning is there for a reason not to be yoked with those who are not at resonance with yourself. The ego says that you can bring them up or change them. It s possible for them to raise up to your resonance and it is entirely possible for you to drop down to theirs. Better to listen to the sages (God) who have all warned against this. Even those devoted disciples may fall into strong delusion from lower or base natures one might have predisposition for being unevenly yoked.

I will say this trysten, I believe you may be young and when I read your posts I see a lot of comparison and telling how you are deeply spiritual and into this and that and God and such. Be careful with this as it is ego that makes the need for such comparison. I exist in a world with people who are well above me in spiritual matters and also who are well below me. There is no ladder of hierarchy, those who are above me as well as those below me are simply at different stages, that is all neither is better than the other. I do not feel a need to make comparsion because I was once lower and I will hereafter be higher just as everyone will pass through the many rungs. Observe what is in your life and accept it and walk your path that you know try not to make comparison. try to remain equanimous in your life without judging self any other 'blessed self' or any other thing as either good or evil. For neither is anything good or evil they are just experiences all of which ultimately bring one to recognition of truth.

It seems that you may need to go through the pain and misery and suffering at this point as many of us have. I can tell you those of us who no longer face pain and misery went through long periods of life being miserable. We learned to detach from it and not equate self with it and from that we learned to attract purer energies into life so as to give pain and suffering and misery no more stronghold in our life.
It is a long practice and it means that we must learn experientially and no one can give us answers that satisfy why do some of us continually post here on CZ on these matters? apparently the help we receive is not always taken well or applied. We are looking for answers within ourself and seek it from others. When it does not come (very often) we at some point are forced to go inside and find it on our own. Sometimes we learn this quickly others of us it may take many years or a lifetime(s) to learn. Thankfully grace allows many dying people to realize the truth as they pass on with a window of awareness that opens up at the time of deliverance. This is all because we are responsible ultimately for self and must work out our own path. No one not a God a Jesus or a Buddha can do it for us. They will however point us back to ourselves since we project onto them looking for answers within.

Best then to have a partener who has less smudges on their mirror that reflects back to you. (Get it) every concept and sensory image we have is a projection of what is inside us at any given moment and the clearer the reflective surface the clear, cleaner and purer the knowledge and truth shone back to us. It takes us many years or lifetimes to learn this. There are a few (vey few) sages left even here on CZ that can tell you work out this stuff on your own. Face what life brings you and always show love and compassion even if it means dismissing someone from your life for a period or two. Better to realize yourself and others will follow. It is ego and the devil who tells us to worry about others so much when it may be a detriment to self. We cannot help anyone if we are not at equilibrium within ourself.

If you really want to know personally. I have not been with many partners at all, I can count them on 10 fingers subtracting 2 and dividing the resultant figure again by by 2. Partners are both not necessary or desired for me and yet very special to me when they are here for whatever period of our choosing, because by definition a partner must be an equal. This cannot just be in speech but in action, mentally and spiritually. I will only comment in some depth on the first partner since she is probably the only one who will not read this. She and I were unevenly yoked and I(ego) thought I could pull her along. Since that marriage the 4 minus 1 partners I have been with are more on a similar level/resonance to self and 1 or 2 or more of them or even self may have made choices that took us to differing levels causing one or another to go this way or that. This is neither good nor bad just what is. The one with who I was unevenly yoked was a blessed teacher for me and helped establish a pathway to deliver two very old advanced yet chronologically young spiritual souls that we share responsibility and companionship with.

I was very alone for many years of my life having no one who was on a similar portion of path. This has been ok I accept it as it is I know that at times I will be at a merging point with many souls/partner on the path. I also know that life changes and at times we will come to forks or separations and I will be alone. Do not equate this with being lonely. They are differing things. Being lonely is an attachment and an detriment to progression. Being alone is a recognition of tremendous work that can be done on self for the time you are presented again on a higher or differing rung of your life/path. When you are alone use this to your benefit. Take it from someone with experience when you accept what life presents without attachment all falls into place.

May all be happy.

Aye