How to be More Spiritual.
It has been said that we are spiritual beings having a human experience. There is considerable circumstantial evidence to suggest this is true. After all, the oldest written language on the planet, Sanskrit, is a spiritual language. Some scholars theorize that all religious traditions can be traced to ancient Sanskrit.
Perhaps all emotional and psychological ills are a result of failing to realize we are indeed spiritual beings who are infinite, immortal and whole, who cannot be harmed and connot die.
Basics on Spirituality.
To be more spiritual simply means to remember who we truly are as spiritual beings. Depression and anxiety cannot dwell in a body that understands the depth of the spirit.
Spiritual Health Depends on Understanding Who We Truly Are.
Ancient spiritual masters tell us that silence is the language God speaks. It is through silence that we can glimpse our true self.
Our culture is loud and busy. This chaos separates us from our true self, out higher self. To rediscover who we are as spiritual beings, we must be still and we must focus our attention on the silence.
How to Connect with Spirit.
Some people will call this meditation, but it doesn’t have to be a formal practice and it doesn’t require a special position or crossed legs. All that is required is to be still and focus awareness of the silence.
With a little practice, you’ll see that you are not your thoughts. Instead, you are the awareness that is watching your thoughts.
This awareness that is inside you is who you truly are. This is your higher self, your spirit, your soul.
How to Be Spiritually Powerful.
Spiritual power comes from finding the silence amidst the noise, confusion, and chaos of the world. Perhaps this is what Jesus meant when he said to be in the world, but not of it.
The ability to remain peaceful inside when the outside world is raging is a sign of spiritual power.
Ram Dass said that if you think you are spiritual spend two weeks with your parents. That would be a true test indeed of one’s spiritual power.
How to Get Spiritual Power.
The quest for spiritual power is difficult only because to be spiritually powerful one must overcome the ego. Usually, it is the ego that wants to be powerful because it thinks that spiritual power means it will have power over others. That is not the case.
Spiritual power simply means to have the power, or ability to remain spiritually centered and at peace no matter what is occurring in the world.
How to Get Spiritual Powers.
Actually, for those of us living in western society, we can only get spiritual powers by shedding the ego. Ego knows this and will resist us at every turn.
Consider what happens in your mind when you sit quietly and listen to the silence. Within seconds, the mind starts to chatter away.
Buddhists call this the ‘monkey mind.’
How to Connect with Your Soul.
The connection to your soul or spirit is around the ego. Ancient wisdom tells us to resist nothing because the ego thrives on resistance. This is why it so important to watch simply our thoughts as if we are watching clouds pass across the sky.
It’s not an easy thing to do because the ego knows if it serves up the right thought we will stop watching and get carried away in a fantasy or memory or a worry. We do it all the time.
We connect to our soul or our spirit through those gaps in our thinking. It’s not easy, but it can be done and you don’t have to go to monastery or study under a master, you simply have to practice sitting still.
Connecting With Your Spirituality.
Connecting with your spirituality means seeing your true self in the gaps between your thoughts. The trick is you can’t stop yourself from thinking, you can only remove the energy from your thoughts. This is done by letting them pass through your mind without becoming attached to them.
An easy way to do this is to focus your mind on the life force in your hands. Start with your hands. Eventually, if you keep practicing, you’ll be able to feel the life force throughout your body. Do not attach your ego to this effort. Don’t make this into a challenge, simply focus your mental energy on the life force in your hands. You will find that your thoughts will fade away because your mental energy is no directed to your hands and not your thoughts. This how you how to be more spiritually aware. This is how to be spiritual but not religious.
(Connecting with Your Spirituality)