More & more people nowadays are coming under the shelter of Spirituality. The reason is, they are not getting exactly what they want from their lives. They actually don’t know what to expect from life. Spirituality shows the path to awaken in your life. That inspired me to write a spiritual awakening blog. You will find what is the definition of spirituality as well as how to live a spiritual life. One must prefer spiritual life to possess peace & happiness in their life.
What is Spirituality?
Spirituality is the involvement of a human being with the consideration of the existence of God. It is the relationship between God and mankind here on earth. Spirituality is the belief on the existence of a superpower & this belief makes many changes in a human being in his behavior pattern. It changes him from inside out. There is a vast change appear when an ordinary man started to live by following principles of Spirituality. Anyone can observe these changes who have observed him previously.
What Spirituality Gives Us?
Spirituality gives meaning and value to your life. Spirituality gives you the life, in which you find the strength, love with others & humanly behavior that builds good relationships that is humanity. It throws light on the purpose of your life on the Earth.
If you understand what is Spirituality & began to live with the following principals;
- God is there & he is everywhere.
- Happiness, certainty in your day to day life.
- Behaving accepting reality.
- Maintaining best relationships with other human beings.
- Follow all the principals of humanity.
Then your life will be transformed towards good. There will be no fear of anything in your life. You will take the day of your life as they come. Spirituality is a personal experience & it will not be the same for every person. It always depends on how & how many of the above principles are applied in your life.
Spirituality in the World Today!
Spirituality has been gaining interest in recent years. A number of people attending the lectures by great spiritual teachers is always rising. Spiritual books & magazines sell is on the boom. There are a lot of courses on meditation, & awareness. In social media such as Facebook, & LinkedIn there are many spiritual groups formed.
It has also been established that Spirituality is helpful in the business world. Every CEO of the company wants to people should work with the internal driving force which is always there within the person but requires a catalyst to translate that force into culture & structure of the organization.
More about Spirituality!
Spirituality is not a theory or only belief. There are no rules, regulations & rituals required like any institution has. You can say religions are strongly associated with spirituality. But actually saying no rituals or rules are needed to live with spirituality. A lot of people are living examples who follow spirituality without being aware of.
There are a lot of techniques like meditation, the opening of chakras in your body, healings. Card reading, & guides. But that is not Spirituality. It is not at all a material that you found outside yourself. It is inside you.
How to Practice Spirituality?
If you wish to start your spiritual journey or experience “spiritual awakening” you can follow below-given guidelines:.
Perhaps you may think you need to go to some secret place or leave your loved ones to experience the spiritual awakening you need. But it is not like that. It doesn’t have to be so difficult or against your mind.
You can connect with your spirituality over and over again throughout your life, from the comfort of your own home.
I am providing guidelines that will set yourself up for a spiritual awakening.
Clear Message:
Start by making an open space! Clear your space of the material that you no longer need, the stuff that serves as a distraction from your life. Clearing your physical space is just as well as clearing your mind from unwanted thoughts. Take time every day to sit in silence alone.
See your thoughts come & go. As if you are a third person looking on your thoughts. Do not make any judgment on any of your thought. After some time your mind will be cleared from the mess. Meditation allows you to relax into the present situation.
Forget your old beliefs.
Be conscious of what you believe. Understand the energy you possess. Believe in your belief that you are achieving spiritual growth. Very often, a spiritual awakening requires forgetting beliefs we’ve held for our entire lives.
Make your mind free
Think of new ideas and different beliefs. The belief of spiritual awakening. Read concern books, attend spiritual lectures and have a chat with people who have lived different lives. These things will encourage you & solidifies your new beliefs. An awakening occurs when you have learned something new. When you have, it will “woken” your mind and your spirit from sleep you perhaps didn’t even know you were in.
When you free your mind to allow in new ideas, and beliefs, you increase the opportunity to wake up to a new life experience you never knew was possible.
Connect with nature:
There are energy and spirit in the outdoors. Take time to reconnect with nature, even in the big cities, you can find trees to touch, gardens to admire, fresh air to breathe, pets to play with. Try not to distract yourself with your phone or even another person’s company. Give yourself a quiet environment. Be alone and presence that comes with being outside. You may be surprised by what comes alive within you. This connection with nature, animals, trees & river will increase you one level up in spirituality.
Keep your Body & Mind Fit:
Eating healthy and staying active are great ways to stay connected to yourself and superpower, whether that’s God, the Universe, or simply your own internal intuition system. When we allow our physical, mental, emotional & spiritual systems to become clogged by laziness and unnatural substances, we block the opportunity for spiritual growth and eventual awakening. Keep your body clean and clear by feeding it well and moving it often, and be prepared to receive the messages from the superpower.
Go on doing & forgetting:
Keep in mind that a spiritual awakening or spirituality itself is not necessarily a one-time thing. It is a life long journey. It is for sure once you accept the importance in your life & began to follow the principals, it will become habitual to you. This will take you to the point of no return. One thing is that do not do the things for only “ doing sake “. Your doing things should come from inside you, from your own intuitions. It is also important that do not expose your actions to others or do not allow your mind to take credits of thing done already. Just go on doing good things & go on forgetting them. This is the core of spirituality.
Indian Concept:
Spirituality is a vast subject & a lot of Indian saints have left writing on it. The one common thing we can find is “ Chanting “. They said that your every work ( Karma ) should be for ‘God’. You should start any karma, taking his name before, go on doing the karma chanting his name & be thankful to him for completion of karma. This habit of taking always his name will facilitate him to take his name when he is on death bed also. This action of chanting his name will let the person get salvation from life on this Earth. He doesn’t have to come again & again on this Earth to perform his duties by taking various lives. If you get habitual to chanting in early age, by the time you are on your death bed your chanting becomes a necessity just like any living thing requires oxygen to breathe. Another advantage of chanting God’s name is you don’t dare to do an unethical work throughout your life. You will be a spiritual person.
This is all about Spirituality. I urge everybody to awaken to spiritual life. In above article, I have tried to explain the definition of spiritual development. When you will decide to go by this way, it is bound to happen that spiritual inspirational thoughts will begin to come into your mind & you will automatically start progressing. This is a spiritual awakening.
Hope you share this with all the people you know & try to sow a seed of spirituality in everybody’s life. Also, do not forget to comment & ask the questions & give me a chance to improve this article furthermore.
The Spiritual Soul Journey is for everyone who wants:
• A deep understanding of what life is all about.
• To make sense of their issues and problems
• A clear sense of purpose.
• Greater peace of mind.
• Greater connection between mind, body and soul.
• An ability to perceive meaning in life’s experiences.
• A willingness to be of service and respond to need.
• To appreciate the value of their personal contribution to humanity.
• To make a difference in their life and the lives of others.
• An understanding of their stages of growth
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Many people often feel incredibly alone both during and after their Spiritual awakening. This videocast is intended to reaffirm to people who find themselves in this situation, that you are never truly alone, and that fellow spiritual souls shall always find you. Please go through the following video.
This was nice to read, I do believe in spirituality… but I don’t believe in god. Or should I say that my religion, for want of a better word, is Nature itself. For example I love how indigenous tribes always connect so deeply with nature, the flow of the seasons etc. For me I feel at my most peaceful in my mind and soul when I am out in the countryside or any place that is natural and full of plants and wildlife.
Your article is very interesting to read. thank you.
Dear Louise,
Thanks for your comment.
If you are loving to spend your time with nature, plants & wildlife then why you are not believing the creator of all these things?
Chandrashekhar.
There is a lot of truth in your blog on spirituality, These two phrases mean a lot to me…. I sincerely believe them even though I do not believe in Karma per se. I thought karma meant a personal spiritual aura rather than work!
I think it is also true that keeping God front of mind directs your actions…and again, I am not a follower of Indian Gods or Buddha or even chanting but many many faiths use the chant.
“They said that your every work ( Karma ) should be for ‘God’”. For sure…..
“When we allow our physical, mental, emotional & spiritual systems to become clogged by laziness and unnatural substances, we block the opportunity for spiritual growth and eventual awakening”.
This is soooo true and I am guilty of this as i get bogged down with work and home duties and don’t take the time for myself to improve my health. So do you think that is why fasting is important?
Dear Liz,
Practicing Spirituality is a personal thing. One will sit in front of God, others will believe in chanting while doing work or some other will go on helping others unconditionally. But as per my knowledge, everyone is correct. What may be the process, if they continue, someday they will be fruitful, No doubt about it. Fasting is one way of controlling your mind. If you go on doing all the wishful things, some of them will be against the law of Spirituality. To avoid this control on your mind is very important. Including fasting, there are a lot more ways to control your mind. Doing your duties with mindfulness is also one way you can turn your mind towards Spirituality.
Thank you for this article. I have always been sceptical about spirituality, but recently started to feel the need of getting away from this materialistic world… I started to go for long walks in the nature, and feel connected to it. I need more and more time by myself, and by being more aware of what happens around me, I’ve started to notice coincidences… maybe I am indeed on my spiritual path 🙂 Is the book “Radiance” good for beginners, or do I need to do some reading first? Thank you 🙂
Thank you dear for your comment!
By your comment, I am seeing that you are on the way to get more knowledge about Spirituality. Loving the presence of nature, avoiding this materialistic world, loving to be alone, are the good signs you are progressing with. I do not know whether you will like & understand the book “Radiance” or not. But you can always contact me for reading books for beginners. I will definitely suggest you some material to read.
Chandrashekhar.
Hi Chandrashekhar, I really enjoyed this introduction to spirituality. I was brought up with a strong sense of spirituality and at times of stress, sadness or fear, it is the strength that I fall back on. Even so, it is easy to lose touch with this inner strength from time to time, sometimes even for long periods of time so I will be returning to your site for more insights and a spiritual top up. I agree too that connecting to nature is often the best way to get back in touch with that inner spirit and find it a very cleansing and healing process. Can I ask why you recommend these particular e-books and what benefit you yourself have found from them personally?
Dear Ally,
It is a good question Why am I recommending these book to other people? The answer is simple. These books have changed me inside out. They taught me to practice Spirituality, How to practice it in our day to day life. I began to believe that the spirit present in us or the workforce available in all human beings, is a part of something very ‘”LARGE” present in this universe. The advantage I got is, I don’t have fear of failure in anything I am doing. And lot more…..
Do not lose your touch with these things. They are very important in one’s life. Please go on reading whatever & whenever you get such material to read. It will definitely make a positive change in your life.
Thank & all the best,
Chandrashekhar.
I deeply respect your take on spirituality. You were right, it has always been within us. The only problem is that nowadays people are bombarded with a lot of things – material, career, status, etc., that blocks the essence of our spirituality.
I especially like how you did not incorporate spirituality with religion. Often times, it’ s becoming the factor on how to engage in one’s spirituality. I, myself do believe in God but I also have a certain belief in meanings of life. People should be free to deal with their own spirituality in a way that’s comfortable and pleasing to them. I would also like to practice spirituality just like how you suggested it. I just came to realize that the probable reason why I am always sad, negative and just so uncaring is because I haven’t done altogether these practices in years.
Thank you for opening our eyes again on how to keep in touch with our inner peace. In the modern world we live in, this far is the best way to cope with all the negativity.
Thank you, MissusB,
Actually, Spirituality should be practiced daily as it is the essence of life. It is a way of living life. Thanks again for your nice comment.
Chandrashekhar.