Hi Gigi,

One question I have is what is considered the definition of spiritual?

I’m sure a quick google search could give you a definition. But, like most things in life ‘respect the fact, seek the truth’. There is nothing wrong with you coming up and defining ‘spirituality’ in your own words, for yourself. You don’t even need to call it spiritual, you could live your entire life not defining that aspect of your life. You don’t need to label yourself spiritual because you feel you lack faith that others around you have. In the end, faith and spirituality cross over more often than not. Faith really is about believing in something, whilst spirituality is about believing in something bigger than yourself (based on a google search, not my definition). Make a definition that suits you, not others.

My friends would discuss God in conversations but live a party lifestyle and it seemed so hypocritical

Well in a sense, maybe their view of God and their definition of religion/ faith is different. I mean, I feel the same way you do, one day these people can be at church, singing and praying, the next day they are doing tax fraud without any sense of the contradiction of what they believe and what they do. Hence, why I would say these people just have different values, they believe in someone/ something that is perfect, but have no interest in following suit. This could very well be their definition.

I just cannot stop kicking myself for having no real beliefs right now and being so skeptical.

It’s almost as if you are competing with others on who is the most religious 😉 I should like to note, that you don’t HAVE to believe in anything. Sure people will call you nihilist or some other word, but you don’t have to believe. In your case, it’s like you NEED to believe in order to justify your existence. You validate your existence, live by your own beliefs, the ones you construct. You can construct your own creed. Religion may have influenced and played a part in your life, but you do not need to be religious or spiritual to follow certain values that are expressed through these avenues. If I say “killing is wrong”, it doesn’t have to be connected to the 10 commandments, in most places, it’s the law. Is the law religious, or is it just a law? We all go through stages where we question things, you are at this point. Like a big question that we always ask is ‘what is the meaning of life?’. I have my own views, others have theirs. There is no single answer to this question, just your own interpretation. Your beliefs do not need to appease anyone else, just yourself. You probably do have beliefs, but they don’t necessarily have to revolve around religion, they can be beliefs because you believe in them. Also I wouldn’t state you are skeptical, i would state that you are a inquisitive person, someone who seeks answers to questions not for factual glory, but because it will make you whole. All your questions that you posed are things done by people who follow a religion and those that don’t. Everyone approaches these questions differently, logically because we are all unique in this regard.

I hope this helps, if you want to say more, please continue this post 🙂
MAtty

• This reply was modified 8 years, 3 months ago by Matty.

God is always good : )

Gigi, we are all spirits wearing overcoats.

There is a ‘magic’ out there, and it is very big. My spiritual experiences have shown quite clearly that ‘The Source’, commonly known as God/Holy Spirit/Great Spirit is too big to be bound by one religion. The experiences started out as a ‘mental vision’ of Christ, then pointers or signposts were given alluding to Bacchus/Dionysus, then Odin (kept ‘popping up’ on Wednesdays) and Freya (‘The Lady’/’Our Lady’) Goddess Kali and Shiva/Krishna and then Neptune and Vesta, the fleur-de-lys and the trident. I discovered that the latter is associated with God/The Trinity, and is shared and revered by the ancient Roman religion, Hinduism and Buddhism alike. I also had a dream in which I was holding the Torah. I get the very strong feeling that ‘The Source’ does not like me retreating too far into my own faith (Catholicism) but prefers me to remain open-minded and open-hearted. All these spiritual figures are the same God.

I believe God has a very good sense of humour, and because I am a musician, He often tries to communicate by putting songs in my head! But there are no orders or commands. In fact, it is very difficult to get anything out of Him in that respect.

‘Many rivers, one ocean’, as I believe the Chinese saying goes.

Best wishes.