Organised vs freeform One way to understand the relationship between spirituality and religion is to imagine a game of football. Why do people practise spirituality? Spirituality is a way of gaining perspective Spirituality recognises that your role in life has a greater value than what you do every day. What can I do now? Learn more about different ways to express spirituality. Try meditation as a way to gain some perspective on your life. Read up on the history and practice of different types of spirituality.
Instead, practice simple ways to be of service to others: Offer your seat on public transport to someone who needs it more than you, smile at the person preparing your coffee, really listen to others without judgment. The essence of spirituality is that it happens here and now.
It is not about the things that you do but instead about who you are. Your life is exactly as it needs to be for your own spiritual growth. Paradoxically, it is when you surrender to this truth that the gates of limitless love and change open.
Read books, watch videos, go to conferences and workshops. Find a role model who embodies spirituality according to your own terms and study his or her ways of being in this world, but always remain yourself. You are your own unique and glorious flavor and contribution to this world. That is what spirituality is meant to help you discover too. It is knowing that everything is perfect and that we are all one.
There is a power that keeps everything in its place and fuses everything. It is from this point of faith and inner stillness that meaningful actions can arise. Leave a few moments in your day to forget about to-do lists. Simply turn off your phone and observe what moves around you and for you.
In a world dictated by consumerism, I tend to think that this simplicity is refreshing. I talked to people who have spent a lot of time mulling it over, and came away with some important context for the major shift happening in American faith.
If you missed our call with Emma Green, you can find the transcript and recording here. But does he identify with a particular religion? The structure and rigidity of a church, Beare believes, is antithetical to everything Jesus represents. Instead of attending services, he meditates every morning.
They, like Beare, reject organized religion but maintain a belief in something larger than themselves. Wherever you are on your spiritual journey, God bless you. I encourage you and pray for your on-going search. Benedict — one that I believe anyone can pray no matter how religious or unreligious you may be. I invite you to find a quiet moment to read and pray it with an open heart and mind. Feed the fire The most spiritually alive people are the ones who never stop searching.
Being part of a team Perhaps this is why so much of St. Spiritual AND religious A wise spiritual mentor once told me that religion without spirituality is dead, and that spirituality without religion is lost. More Keep the Faith.
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