What is spirituality
Asking what is spirituality is a bit like asking what love is or what is God. Quite frankly, it’s impossible to answer and cover everyone’s concepts; we can only generalize about what we feel it is and dispel a few concepts about what it is not. It may be defined as a process by which a person changes consciousness in whatever way suitable for them. It also is all about God (or knowing our true self), about our spiritual journey towards what we seek and about all things which cannot be easily explained in our physical realm.
And then there are torch bearers, practitioners of a real method and real guru who have attained a level of understanding beyond the norm. These type of people are more common than we think, they are all around us disguised as ordinary citizens. Perhaps you know a few!
Spirituality is not
- the same for everyone, even those that are spiritual
- restricted to a single religion, method, doctrine or dogma
- rigid, judgemental or punishing
- restricted to the upliftment of a person’s soul
- restricted to something related to God, Allah, our soul, or any divine-being
Now that we can better understand spiritualism, we can try to define what is Spirituality –
- a journey or self-awakening of each person’s spirit that individually guides them on a path to remember who they are, how great they are and whence they came from
- to unite with the united, and know that you are united
- the adventure of our lifetime and a meditation-yoga on life itself
- the way to self-realization, self-love and self discovery
- a personal journey, not a destination, not just something we must attain
- something we already have but forgotten
- the birthright for all souls
- a means to expand our comfort zone, to change ourselves and grow for the betterment of ourselves and others
- an inner longing to fill a void we have within
- an unwinding of concepts (like removing layers of an onion) until we reach our pure core, which already has the wisdom and knowledge we seek
- when our greater expansive self awakens yet allows us the freedom of living but in bliss. This is spirituality in motion
- What is God, Is God real, How to trust God, Why do I even need God
- Why do bad things happen
- Why does suffering occur
- What is my mission, who will help me
- What is the meaning of life
- Why doesn’t God (if it exists) fix everything
- Who is the best guru for me, and what method should I practise.
- Will my soul-mate help me, especially to overcome my fears and karma
Hopefully now you have a good idea of what is spirituality, and what spirituality means for you.