Thinking About Spirituality
I often find myself in the most wonderful conversations with people about things that, more often than not, most can feel uncomfortable talking about, particularly politics and religion.
Lately, I seem to have been having lots of discussions about religion, spirituality and spiritual journeys.
Its actually one of my favourite subjects because of how people are 'taught' to think about spirituality and religion in our society so I am always fascinated.
A lot of people think that there is religion and you either belong to it or you don't.
Some people don't even think about it at all.
For me, I would say that I am not religious because I do not aspire to any one religion.
But, I would happily and loudly pronounce that I am on a spiritual journey and work on nurturing my spiritual self daily.
The key factor for me is that people need to understand that we are spiritual whether or not we choose to accept it...
it is not a choice - we just are spiritual beings.
The choice lies within whether we consciously accept and nurture our spiritual self.
So what is Spiritual Consciousness? It concerns itself with the deeper meaning of life.
It asks questions such as "Why am I here? Who am I? What is the concept of God in relation to how I understand God?" It looks at how we are all connected, the source of life bringing us all together in unity and asks us how to be our true self.
I have come to realise that my deeper relationships tend to be with people who accept that they have a spiritual self and are on some kind of path..
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I do not mind which path and absolutely embrace all routes to spiritual fulfilment.
 There are usually common themes that I connect well with such as shared values about people, about society, about being conscious, about respect for self and others, about connecting.
It is through my spiritual journey that I learn to accept myself, that I learn to be tolerant and non-judgmental (these are very much a work in progress!).
It gives me power within my self.
I am able to connect with myself and therefore connect with others through our shared unity, our common denomination of all being children of the earth.
And most importantly, it is how I learn to love myself so that I can love others.
Lately, I seem to have been having lots of discussions about religion, spirituality and spiritual journeys.
Its actually one of my favourite subjects because of how people are 'taught' to think about spirituality and religion in our society so I am always fascinated.
A lot of people think that there is religion and you either belong to it or you don't.
Some people don't even think about it at all.
For me, I would say that I am not religious because I do not aspire to any one religion.
But, I would happily and loudly pronounce that I am on a spiritual journey and work on nurturing my spiritual self daily.
The key factor for me is that people need to understand that we are spiritual whether or not we choose to accept it...
it is not a choice - we just are spiritual beings.
The choice lies within whether we consciously accept and nurture our spiritual self.
So what is Spiritual Consciousness? It concerns itself with the deeper meaning of life.
It asks questions such as "Why am I here? Who am I? What is the concept of God in relation to how I understand God?" It looks at how we are all connected, the source of life bringing us all together in unity and asks us how to be our true self.
I have come to realise that my deeper relationships tend to be with people who accept that they have a spiritual self and are on some kind of path..
..
I do not mind which path and absolutely embrace all routes to spiritual fulfilment.
 There are usually common themes that I connect well with such as shared values about people, about society, about being conscious, about respect for self and others, about connecting.
It is through my spiritual journey that I learn to accept myself, that I learn to be tolerant and non-judgmental (these are very much a work in progress!).
It gives me power within my self.
I am able to connect with myself and therefore connect with others through our shared unity, our common denomination of all being children of the earth.
And most importantly, it is how I learn to love myself so that I can love others.
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