Glossary · Term

Spiritual independence

The ability to be happy, to have invulnerable peace, and to love on our own, without depending on anything or anyone around us.

In the Foundation's Topics

Fully taking responsibility for our life allows us to reach what the Masters call an inner state of spiritual independence.
From the topic Learning to Find Peace
The purpose of the process of spiritual development is for us to learn to be ourselves by reaching an inner state of spiritual independence; that is, a state in which our own behaviors, decisions, thoughts, and feelings do not depend on what happens around us, but on what we decide to do with it.
From the topic The Evolution of Consciousness
Making sure that what is outside does not affect what is inside (spiritual independence).
From the topic Learning to Educate for Happiness

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