Spiritually it is the ability to look into ones own self and
discover the strengths and needs of your own personality and being. It is the
desire to grow and develop as a human being and work towards the acceptance of
the next journey in life whatever you may believe that to be. It is the inner
ability to understand more than just what is around you and tangible, touchable
and or seeable. It is joy, it is rapture, it is pain, madness and growth. It is
beyond the belief in superior beings that direct and or punish us. It is the
ability to believe that we and the earth are holistic and the ability to see
that holism in every living creatures and thing. It is the understanding of
Mother Nature and her ways. It is the ability to let Mother Nature have her
ways. Spirituality has nothing to do with a religious belief system, as
everyone has the ability to be spiritual. Spirituality is awareness.
You may have heard the term “he is finding himself” well
that is the journey of spiritualism. He or she has embarked on a jounry to
enlighten the soul and enrich the mind through a number of different
experiences of the individuals choosing. Many of these experiences include the
experimentation with religion but they do not need too. There are places that
one can go to find the spiritual association they need. Usually these places
are places of peace and serenity as the relaxed mind and body can connect with
the inner spirit under gentler circumstances. This “finding of one self” is
enlightenment and growth through learning. The learning is not only about the
self but also of others and their ways of spiritualism.
As a life style spiritual people often meditate or practice
relaxation of other forms including yoga. Meditation is the deep visualization
in the mind of calming events and activities including the focus on aspirations
and daily devotions. Yoga includes the mind and the body through stretching the
muscles in various positions that allows the body to cleans itself, the mind
can then clear and focus and spirituality can continue.
Spirituality never stops as long as the person allows
themselves continued growth and awareness. When we stop being open to new
concepts and ideas to discussion about others ways of believing we stop being
spiritual. We shut the door and close our minds to the beauty of the world
around us. In today’s society with the vast form of communication that we have
it is easy to keep listening to keep growing by finding other people to help
you grow on a spiritual level. There is no excuse to let go of your spiritual
growth.
As we all grow and change within the sphere of life we have
experiences that shape us into the people we are and the people we will become
and the people we will die as. With positive self awareness so abound in our
society it seems we should have a perfect world that is aware of others and
accepting of the differences between people, but sadly not so. Spirituality
must continue to grow not only in ones self but as a culture and a world
population as well.
