Don't get married! The pros and cons of being single! Spiritual

 Don't get married! The pros and cons of being single! Spiritual

“Not Getting Married”! The Pros and Cons of Staying Single!
From a spiritual perspective, we are now in an era where diversity of values is increasingly accepted, and choosing not to marry can be seen as one of those valid options.

Choosing to remain single and live unmarried is indeed one possible path, but from a spiritual point of view, it raises deeper questions worth reflecting on.

On a program hosted by the spiritual medium Hiroyuki Ehara, there was a case where a client was told a message from their ancestors: there was a family grave that was not being properly cared for, and they were asked to ensure its proper maintenance.

Among those who choose not to marry and remain single, there are some who believe that when a person dies, they simply cease to exist, and thus they feel free to live their lives solely according to their own desires.

If, after death, one were to encounter their ancestors, would they truly be able to face and accept that experience?

Furthermore, when looking upon the living world from the afterlife, one might see that there are families who honor their ancestors through practices such as Obon, while at the same time realizing that no one remembers or prays for them. How would such a situation feel?

There are indeed people who, by destiny, live their lives unmarried. However, if one chooses not to marry solely out of a strong desire to pursue personal gratification, there is a real possibility that they may one day look back upon their life with regret.

“Not getting married,” the pros and cons of being single, “spiritual growth,” and “spirituality”

The question of whether to “remain unmarried” or not, when viewed from the perspective of soul growth and spirituality, becomes a profound and significant topic.

As I have often discussed in this blog, the growth of knowledge comes from each individual realization, and in the same way, the growth of the heart—what we call the elevation of spiritual rank—also arises from each heartfelt realization.

When one’s spiritual rank rises, their presence strengthens in a spiritual sense, their ability to enrich the hearts of others increases, and the greater the number of realizations, the wider their perspective becomes. This is not a difficult concept, but simply what it means to become a “mature adult” in a spiritual sense.

On the other hand, to have a low spiritual rank means to have a weak presence in a spiritual sense. Such people tend to prioritize “fulfilling their own desires” over fulfilling the hearts of others, and because their realizations are fewer, their perspective remains narrow. This, too, is not a complicated idea—it is simply to be like a “child” in a spiritual sense.

One of the purposes for which we are born is to pursue soul growth. Yet, modern people often fall into the tendency of believing that only intellectual realizations are valuable.

It is inevitable that people’s awareness is easily captured by what can be seen with the eyes. However, if one can also cultivate awareness of the realizations of the heart, then choosing not to marry, and living a single life, may indeed be considered the right path.

“Not getting married,” the pros and cons of being single, “feminine energy,” and “spirituality”

The question of whether to “remain unmarried” or not may also be considered from the perspective of female-dominant energy and spirituality.

In spirituality, it is said that the overall quality of Earth’s energy is gradually shifting from male-dominant energy to female-dominant energy.

This is not a force that changes suddenly, like a black-and-white switch, but rather a gradual shift, like the relationship between the sun and the moon, a force that influences the entire Earth regardless of gender.

The female-dominant energy is still only in its opening stage. Because it resembles the young and tender heart-energy of women, emotions such as joy, anger, sorrow, and delight—the so-called “opposing energies”—manifest easily, and in society this can readily take shape as polarization, contradiction, inconsistency, or wave-like fluctuations.

Men tend to “suppress and control” their heart-energy, which makes both mind and body more rigid. Women, on the other hand, tend to “release outward and control” their heart-energy, which makes both mind and body more flexible.

Since change comes more easily through softness rather than hardness, this marks the beginning of an era of rapid transformation, driven by female-dominant energy.

Male-dominant energy tends to value the visible, material world, while female-dominant energy tends to value the invisible, inner world of the heart.

In other words, in the present time of rapid change, the sense of seeking stability through marriage has weakened, and the desire to “remain unmarried” may naturally be appearing more often.

Furthermore, spiritually speaking, many people of “low spiritual rank” may also be emerging, and for them the feeling that “marriage is still premature” is likely to arise.