Spirituality is experiencing who you are beyond small mental definitions, rituals, relationships. For this reason it renders traditional religion impotent because religion can only reach as far as the mind can go
The practice of spirituality is a way of looking at a world where you’re not alone. There are deeper meanings behind the surface. The energy around you can be harnessed to elevate your work. You are part of something much larger than can be explained—a world of immense possibilities.
Rick Rubin • The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Jesus taught, “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” To be poor in spirit is to be empty of ideas and images as well as assertions and denials regarding point of view. It is to enter our empty, obscure, and dark core that is in direct contact with the mysterious and unknown dimension of Being. We can take no previous
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Spirituality for many is about being thankful and acknowledging the beauty in the world, it is about sensing the deeper meanings and looking beyond the everyday.
Andrew Anderson • The Ritual of Writing: Writing as Spiritual Practice
Elise Loehnen: What We’re After (Solo Episode) — Elise Loehnen
What is spiritual realization? The belief that you are spirit? No, that’s a thought. A little closer to the truth than the thought that believes you are who your birth certificate says you are, but still a thought. Spiritual realization is to see clearly that what I perceive, experience, think, or feel is ultimately not who I am, that I cannot find
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practicing spirituality brings perspective, meaning, and purpose to our lives. When we allow ourselves to become culturally conditioned to believe that we are not enough and that we don’t make enough or have enough, it damages our soul. This is why I think practicing critical awareness and reality-checking is as much about spirituality as it is abo
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