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What does it mean to be spiritual?

Posted by ethanre • 1/09/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: Buddhism, meditation, Mystery, religion, Spirituality, wellness, wholeness

this is a question I also presented in the forum www.wholenessforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=10 without much responses I thought I'd ask the question here:

What is spirituality and what does it mean to be spiritual?

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1/09/09

Anok

Spirituality is very different for different people. However I would venture a general definition could go something like:

Spirituality is a state of mental and emotional awareness of something greater than oneself, or part of oneself that is not purely ego.

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1/09/09

searchingwithin

Anok is very close to what I feel when I say I am spiritual. To me, it means I do not believe in the Bible and the way it has been interpreted, and religion, but I do not, not believe in a Higher Power. Other than to say that, it would take more than a blog post to explain what I mean.

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1/09/09

vijayanths

Realizing your inner self.There is something more than the body and mind.Realizing the third one in you ,that is more important than the other two and developing it gives you the real happiness that is boundless.You will start loving everything in the Universe, your fellow humans, animals and plants.

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1/10/09

ethanre

Thank you guys, very good definitions.

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1/10/09

acousticguitarist

To me it means to be open,

to see that truth is not static but in constant motion
to be compassionate
to see unity in diversity
to be both brilliant and foolish and embrace both
to see everything as a reflection of oneself
to see God in all things
to know that every moment and everywhere we look, we are looking into eternity
to see eternity in the face of a child
to see extreme beauty in the wrinkles of an old person
to feel the pain of another
to delight in the happiness of others
... and to know that eating ice cream and a box of chocolates when no-one is looking is being as Godly as it gets

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1/10/09

SpiritualBloggers

Whatever serves your growth in a positive manner, fosters your awareness of self and the connection of self with the essence of all, in my view, is spiritual.

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1/10/09

Arnous81

A spiritual person is one who puts his higher purpose above his own ego when he takes action.

Ofcourse spirituality is not a black-or-white issue.You are not either spiritual or not spiritual.But it comes in different degrees.Eveyone does some spiritual acts everynow and then.It is just that people who do LOTS of spiritual acts are labled "spiritual".

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