Sincerity on the Spiritual Path

The question asked in the discourse is - What is sincerity on the spiritual path.
Om Swami says, without sincerity, there is no attainment of any kind. Sincerity is your inner feeling, intention and action. When you are sincere you are truthful. In the absence of sincerity, everything becomes superfluous, things are done with the intention to show something to somebody.
In the spiritual path, sincerity means you are acting in line with your intention. Sincerity is the bedrock of all spiritual and even material progress. The first characteristic of sincerity is that your intention, feelings, thoughts, and actions are in harmony. The second aspect of sincerity is when we start to feel proximity to the divine. In that sense of familiarity, what often happens is that we start to lose sincerity. Earlier we only wanted god, enlightenment etc. But once you are able to slip into samadhi, or feel that you have gotten what you want, people tend to slip into a trade with the divine. This is the complete destruction of sincerity. A sincere person is not on the spiritual path to get their desires fulfilled they are in it because they love it.
Listen to the full discourse to get more insights on the topics covered.
Video Timeline
0:18 What is sincerity on the spiritual path
2:08 What are the characteristics of sincerity
3:30 What is considered the destruction of sincerity
6:15 What does it mean to be sincere
8:55 Paradox of sincerity explained
Intro and outro animation: Sushree Svadha Om
Piano music: Adi Sharma
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