So What Is Spirituality, Anyway?

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Everyone has their own thoughts and ideas about what it means to be spiritual. But what does it really mean? 

Sure there are certain practices which are related to being spiritual such as meditating, yoga, praying, using crystals, and so on, which are all helpful and beneficial for our inner peace, balance, health, and well being. More and more people are becoming awakened and doing these types of practices which is a great thing. But is everyone really seeing the true meaning?

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 As humans in this life, as much as we can strive to be the very "best" we can be, like for example be completely vegan and follow a strict healthy routine every single day, eventually we will slide away from it in one way or another.  But one thing we must remember is that when we do stick to a healthier routine to become more spiritual, we feel good about ourselves yet ironically we sometimes tend to believe we are better and superior than those of us who don't follow the same lifestyle which is totally natural.  It's just the ego rearing its head to mess with us every time we try to make a positive change. Alot of people tend to think the ego just relates to vanity.  Sure, vanity is part of it, but the ego is much more than that.  It's that voice inside our heads which tells us lies and feeds off our fears.  And the more we believe in that ego, the bigger it gets, preventing us from being our true authentic selves.  How I've learned about the ego is from listening to this great podcast, Gnostic Radio which I highly recommend to gain a deeper and more meaningful perspective of life which is truly enlightening and well worth the time.  It's great to listen to while quietly doing small tasks or whatever you like. :)

So having a clearer understanding of how the ego works,  we can more clearly recognize the ego every time it pops up, then we can become more free and the true meaning of spirituality becomes more clear.  Although it may not happen overnight, practicing mindfulness, self awareness, and acceptantce which can all be done with meditation does help.  Plus keeping a journal, and even listening to enlightening podcasts such as Gnostic Radio is good, too.

And to the best of my understanding,  being spiritual is really just having unconditional love, acceptance, and compassion for all living beings including yourself just the same, regardless of lifestyle or belief.  Namaste :)

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