How to Measure Spiritual Growth

‘Spiritual level’ denotes a person’s spiritualown happiness. Paradoxically even though we attend
maturity or spiritual capacity. It acts as a scale toless to our happiness as we grow spiritually, one of the
define spiritual growth and gives perspective on wherebenefits of growing spiritually is that we get access to
we are in our spiritual journey. The higher one’sgreater amounts of happiness in our lives.
spiritual level, the greater is the amount of God principle3. As our spiritual level increases, our capacity to do
manifest in the individual.spiritual practice both qualitatively and quantitatively
 increases. Our capacity to do more spiritual practice is
Let us see the importance of spiritual level. If we werelike growing ‘spiritual muscles’. The more we
to say that someone is at 100% spiritual level, it wouldstretch ourselves to do spiritual practice, the more we
mean that this person is one with God, whereas 1%grow our ‘spiritual muscles’.
would refer to the spiritual level of an inanimate object.4. As one grows spiritually, one achieves a more
The majority of people in the current era, which isbalanced state of mind and no longer does one
Kaliyuga, also known as the Era of Strife, fall in theoscillate between highs and lows due to events
20% spiritual level category. According to the sciencearound us. 
of Spirituality, a person who is above the 70% spiritual5. Spiritual emotion towards God is experiencing an
level is known as a Saint. Just as we have peopleintense awareness of the existence of God in
who are at the top of their fields in the material world,everything that is feeling God’s presence while
so also, in Spirituality, the Saints who live on Earth arecarrying out day-to-day life activities and experiencing
the authorities. They are not just scholars, butlife based on this awareness. As one’s spiritual
practitioners of the science of Spirituality in day-to-dayemotion increases one is more and more able to
life and are God-realised souls. Spiritual level cannot beexperience God’s hand in every aspect of life and
measured by any modern scientific equipment, nor canhence is able to surrender more to God. A person at
it be ascertained intellectually by any person.the 20% spiritual level may be full of himself and his
Spiritual level is defined by a number of contributingintellectual skills after sealing a big and prestigious deal.
factors. In the following points we have discussedA person at a 50% spiritual level in similar
some of the more important parameters thatcircumstances will be overwhelmed with spiritual
contribute to a person’s spiritual level and how theyemotion and full of gratitude to God for His kindness in
vary with spiritual growth.gracing him with the deal.
1. One of the important parameters of the spiritual levelThe spiritual level that we are at is a key function in
of a person is the amount of ego or darkness aroundhow we live our life and how we are impacted by
the Soul that has been removed and how much helife’s situations and destiny. We are all born at a
identifies himself, with the Soul within. By darknesscertain spiritual level. This is based on the spiritual level
around the Soul or ego, we mean the tendency ofachieved in the previous life time. When one does
man to perceive himself only as his five senses, mindspiritual practice and grows to the 50% spiritual level,
and intellect.then in the next lifetime he will be born at the 50%
2. A clear sign of a higher spiritual level than thespiritual level. This is unlike worldly knowledge where
average person is a reduced attention to one’swe have to start all over again once we are born.