Are You Spiritual? Am I Spiritual? What does “Spiritual” Mean?

in Natural Medicine3 years ago (edited)

Spirituality Challenge hosted by Natural Medicine.


https://peakd.com/spirituality/@naturalmedicine/win-50-hive-and-more-enter-until-saturday-17-april


Are You Spiritual? Am I Spiritual? What does “Spiritual” Mean?

Love; the most undefinable word, and feeling, in all languages.

Spirituality; love’s runner up?

Straightaway, the answer could behave mischievously, toying and confusing the thinker. Quotes, opinions, and written definitions flurry a storm. The thinker is biased and to them spirituality can logically only be what they think it to be. Still, they understand historical to modern, cultural and ethical, lifestyles and experiences influencing the mad twister of answers to the question, “what is spirituality”. Straightaway there thinker thinks, “yes spirituality is quite similar to the mysterious ‘love’ concept”.


Upon considering entering into the Spirituality Challenge, I read a few blog responses and found myself mentally disagreeing with some perspectives. Or partially disagreeing. So then I decided that instead of rebutting, even if only mentally, I would ask my being what I feel spirituality is.

I had plenty of personal, biased, responses and they seemed to make more sense than what other people spirituality is. Righty-o, narcissistic one. And then I figured it out...

... everyone is wrong. Yes, myself included (excuse me while I put my tail away). We are all clearly answering the question wrong. Humans like to put their two cents and personal stories in everywhere. Instinctively, we reach into the treasures of our minds for everything. By jumping the gun and digging through the drawers of our mind, halting the thinker, we never get the opportunity to see that our final definition is wrong and the truth about what spirituality is was right in front of us the entire time.

So what is it?

Spirituality is inside of us. it’s energy, vibrations, aura, - whatever the many similar synonyms. Feeling more spiritual is that energy expanding and becoming more active.

And with that, some decide to do yoga, some go bungee jumping, and others float into a euphoric awareness. Some say drugs and “harmful” substances cannot be used; others use drugs to feel spiritual. Those are are simply what people choose to do with their spiritual moments.

One thing is certain, spiritualism gives everyone a beautiful gift of feeling alive; truly alive.

So, does that stumble this article into an undevised conclusion? Is spirituality life?

Thank you for reading my blog response to #naturalmedicine’s #spirituality challenge.

I had fun thinking about and writing this. As always, the words took on a life of their own.

I would like to nominate @edicted @ericvancewalton @nickyhavey to be inspired to engage in this fun challenge.

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 3 years ago  

It seems to me that you have done a very interesting exercise questioning the answers on the subject. I agree with you that it is a very subjective notion, I think that like all the concepts that we handle in life that are permeated by our perception.

Thank you for being part of this initiative, blessings.

 3 years ago  

I agree with you that we're wrong, at least when we approach that whatever works for us will somehow benefit another. Ego is why I could never follow a guru, cause I just can't trust somebody that has enough hubris to think they know what's better for me than me.


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I really appreciate your thoughts on this, as it is such a huge question and who is to say who answers it correctly. I guess somethings you just know deep inside and that is perhaps another aspect of spirituality.
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I have a very similar way of thinking to you about this topic of spirituality - it's definitely something that is hard to explain, I think you have to just feel it instead!

Thanks for the mention and I've just posted my blog about it!

Thank you!! I read your blog. I’m glad you included yourself in the challenge. The spirituality challenge is my first post on Natural Medicine.

I also used your blog to inspire some edits to my post here. I was avoiding uploading images because I’m having internet issues due to a move, but having seen your blog on spirituality, and how lovely it looked, I had to spruce up mine with some colours. 😊

It's one of my first ones too on Nat Med. I should probably use the naturalmedicine tag when I post my mental health blogs but I sometimes cover a few topics in one post so don't want to abuse the tag but have been encouraged to do more mental health posts so maybe you'll see me more often there!

I'm happy to have inspired some changes to your post. You can actually just copy the image address rather than the image which would make it easier and save uploading an image that already exists. That's what I do, you just paste the link to the image if it helps. I like the new colours 😁

Your publication is very fresh. In your simple words is the reflection of your spirituality. Have a nice day.

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