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  • November 8, 2014 at 10:48 pm #67545
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    Spirituality has always been something mind-boggling to me. I’ve always wanted to be spiritual but…every time I come across materials talking about religions and beliefs, I’m always left with more questions. I envy those who get to experience wonderful things like awakenings and channeling but I don’t know. It’s something I can’t seem to accept fully. Recently, I’ve tried going through the whole Spirit Science series on Youtube and they were talking about the Fibonacci sequence, the flower of life. It’s all very interesting but I don’t see the whole point in it? Why learn all this? How is this any different from living a normal fulfilling life? What’s the end goal? It wears me out how all these religions and beliefs encourage people to take certain steps. I feel restricted? Sometimes, Im disappointed with how they don’t encourage us to forge our own paths instead.

    More importantly, I’m ask myself if this is the only truth out there. I feel like all these beliefs are just guidelines on how to go about life? I can’t really explain it.

    Maybe I’m too much of a skeptic. Am I alone on this? I just wanna know your inputs. Don’t get me wrong. I have deep respect for spirtual people. I want to be on the same level. I hope I’m making sense. Might be going nowhere on this.

    November 9, 2014 at 5:04 am #67548
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    Religion 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
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    @Inky

    Sometimes 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 #67551
    Inky
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    OK, 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 #67552
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    @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
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    You 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 #67672
    Glass
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    I don’t think psychic abilities are a measurement of spirituality.

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