Now, what does it mean, to be spiritual? I went to see a man called Anandagiri from the Oneness University tonight. A wise man..an interesting man, you could call him a spiritual man. But what does it mean? We all have different answers. Some say that if you are truly spiritual you are no longer attached to material things. Some might think that living a more simple and pure life makes you spiritual. Dressing yourself in specific clothes, designing your home with buddha statues, Nag Champa incense,and crystals as your listening to a Mantra CD reciting "OM"....the whole package.(just like I have found myself doing:):) ..and there you go, You feel spiritual. But...Is that so??? Anandagiri made it very simple. He said that spirituality is growth. Suddenly it all made sense. We can surround ourselves with all the props we want. They will not make us spiritual. I am talking from experience here....as I used to be very skeptical to people who did NOT have the props.
I remember me going to a therapist for the first time. I entered her room and I searched for any advice to "proof" that she was a "good" therapist by being "spiritual" I did not find any traces of incense, no buddha statue, no tarot cards, no books on" how to find yourself", not even a little tiny dolphin . I saw diplomas from golf tournaments, photos from deep sea diving sessions and books about leadership. I thought to myself, this will NOT work, I want a spiritual therapist and not a golfer! But as the sessions progressed I realized....that this woman was, and still is, one of the most awake and advanced souls I have ever met. She looked right thru me, so with her way of being curios, asking the right questions and just listening to me, she made me see what is for me the "real spirituality". She helped me to grow. Growth is Spirituality.
So It´s all from within us. It is in the way we communicate. It is in the way we listen and talk to each-other. It is in how we interact. How true we are to ourselves and to the ones we love. If you are a giving and sharing person, you are spiritual. You can own 10 Ferraris at the same time. It does not matter. it´s only "stuff".
What matters is the inside of you that eventually will shine on the outside. Midnight thoughts on the big election day.....let´s hope America has "grown" Love you all!!!
3 comments:
Asking questions is what makes us grow. The sad part is that when we tend to grasp such a concept we focus more on the answers than the actual question. And what does that say about all of us? Isn´t is the question which is more important than the answer? Since the answer is clearly just a reflection of how the question is put forth.
I like your thoughts and line of thinking. Lots of good luck with the blog and I am waiting patiently for the next insert.
/Emma
I smiled in the first post I read, and I said hello in the second and now, in the third I feel I should comment. I really love your probing mind - and your questions on spirituality are very thought provoking. I have gone the whole gamut of thinking I was very religious to considering myself an atheist to now thinking of myself as spiritual in the way you describe this woman - I have no 'symbols' to show for it. I think of spirituality as my spirit, in my body is spending time learning about spiritual strength and understanding. I 'friended' you on facebook earlier and never knew you - now I begin to know you through your blog and I grow a little bit more. I also believe that spirits are drawn together to teach one another. Thank you for sharing your thoughts.
1 more spiritual can go two ways:
there are angels and there are demons
there is God, there is also his rebellious creature and his enemy so far as he be able, the devil
there is fasting and prayer and there is (black) magic
2 being more spiritual can make merely material changes from usual less important, but making material circumstances less important does not mean increasing spirituality automatically, at least not automatically in the good sense
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