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November 9, 2014 at 5:04 am #67548
InkyParticipantReligion and spirituality is like making Anti Pasta (sp) ~ A Little Bit of This and a Little Bit of That! You will not jive with ALL the things taught in any one teaching/path. But you can say, for example, “Hmm, I believe in past lives AND that Christ lived. I study the Kabbalah AND do mantras ~ this is my favorite one. I go to High Christmas Services AND to the secular humanist Unity church.” See what I mean? Delve into what resonates with you. If nothing does, that’s OK too.
Personally, I believe that spirituality helps us through life, and religion helps us come to terms with death.
Just remember that you are sovereign and don’t let spiritual “leaders” push you around!
November 9, 2014 at 5:43 am #67549
AnonymousInactiveSometimes I see it as a body of beliefs as well. Most of the spiritual people I know believe in the same things like Meditation and chakras. What if I don’t believe in these things? Does this make me not spiritual? Or am I spiritual in a different way? The whole thing is vague to me. How is someone “spiritual”?
November 9, 2014 at 6:07 am #67551InkyParticipantOK, the whole New Age/Spiritual movement is by definition Undefinable. So if you don’t believe in Meditation, Chakras, etc., there are hundreds of other ways to be spiritual! So if you go to the New Age section of the bookstore (or even the Religion or Philosophy section) see what books resonate with you.
My cousin is the most spiritual person I know. She’s into raw vegan eating, channeling, hiring shamans to clear family karma, etc. My sister starts talking about Feng Shui and my cousin laughs at her! LOL! So just do what feels good for YOU! Like religions, not all spiritual people believe all the same things!
Also, some people have spiritual gifts without having to work at it. Think of the tired meme of the Regular Joe guy who gets psychic information he didn’t ask for but in the end has to deal with.
You could be a prayer person, an angel person, a mystic, a magic user, a philosopher, a humanist, a healer, a church goer, a philanthropist, etc. Even the mundane has its spiritual elements. Sitting in nature is profoundly spiritual, even if you don’t feel or experience anything.
November 9, 2014 at 6:20 am #67552AnonymousInactive@Inky
So basically, spirituality is more of finding and developing who you truly are as a person? And the end goal and means to achieve this would be up to us? 😀 We can be called spiritual without having psychic abilities? That sounds cool. I think I sort of get it. At least I hope I did.I really liked what you said about not having to follow. 🙁 I’ve been feeling all down lately cause I always got this impression that I have to do a number of things like give up sex or clear my mind, etc. to reach my higher self. 🙁 feel like…i could achieve the same thing by doing something else.
and i might sounds nuts here but…
..I mean i really want to use my psychic potentials (they say we all have them) but i really dont want to go through all these mumbo jumbo steps…sometimes i dont see the point in them. i want to come up with my own steps, really. :/thanks so much inky for dealing with my babbling. you helped me a lot.
November 10, 2014 at 11:00 pm #67671
GlassParticipantYou might really enjoy Zen or Buddhist philosophy. And, I mean the philosophy of dhamma. Atheism as well. Read Stephen Batchelor. There is apparently nothing mystic or supernatural about waking up and being a spiritual person. I don’t believe in god but I believe in principles. And, I’m spiritual. 🙂
November 10, 2014 at 11:04 pm #67672GlassParticipantI don’t think psychic abilities are a measurement of spirituality.
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