1 out of 3 Keys to Living a Spiritual Life
The term ‘spirituality’ is an abstract concept that leaves many scratching their heads. We think we know what it means, but do we really?
Wikipedia defines spirituality as something that is often experienced as a source of inspiration in life and it can encompass belief in “immaterial realities or experiences of the immanent or transcendent nature of the world.”
The Dalai Lama, relates spirituality to those qualities of the human spirit such as; love, compassion, patience, forgiveness, an intrinsic sense of responsibility and harmony. He believes spirituality can be cultivated in each of us and unlike religiosity—spirituality is a tenet we cannot live without.
Einstein is one of the greatest scientists in history and his thoughts on spirituality were equally brilliant. He somehow knew that our ‘true spirituality’ and our connection to ‘god’, was not found in our separateness as human beings, but rather in our connection to nature. This fundamental ‘truth’ that we are all really structures of the universe, and therefore inner-connected to other matter around us, is a powerful definition of spirituality. We are all ‘searching’ for something in this life. Some people seem to have a clearer idea of what it is then others. Here are 3 powerful steps I have discovered in my quest for spirituality:
1. In order to become who we want to be-first we must embrace who we are at this very moment. The key is self-acceptance. His Holiness, the Dali Lama, says that in order to embrace a true understanding of compassion, we must first embrace our suffering. If we are to become spiritual beings, then we must first embrace our ‘humanness.’ In other words, we accept our imperfections on a physical level and know that once we are no longer a physical being
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