How do you manage to find life spiritual?

[Honza]

There are so many influences at work which seem to stop life being spiritual. It is like I exist within a void which repels light. In many ways life seems very profane.

How do you manage to keep your life spiritual? Do you find it comes naturally? With me it is a constant struggle.

Originally Posted by Honza

There are so many influences at work which seem to stop life being spiritual. It is like I exist within a void which repels light. In many ways life seems very profane.

How do you manage to keep your life spiritual? Do you find it comes naturally? With me it is a constant struggle.

Your reality is defined by your perceptions, your perceptions are defined by your beliefs and your beliefs are defined by your definitions. If you define what is Spiritual, by extension you define what is not Spiritual. Oh, and 'profane' and 'light'.


Life hasn't stopped being Spiritual, you've chosen to stop seeing it.

[Honza]

Originally Posted by Greenslade

Your reality is defined by your perceptions, your perceptions are defined by your beliefs and your beliefs are defined by your definitions. If you define what is Spiritual, by extension you define what is not Spiritual. Oh, and 'profane' and 'light'.


Life hasn't stopped being Spiritual, you've chosen to stop seeing it.

I don't agree. Sorry.

Originally Posted by Honza

I don't agree. Sorry.

You don't have to apologise Honza.

When there's a conflict between influences at work and Life being Spiritual there's something going on - being in this forum is Spiritual to you (I'm assuming) but the influences at work aren't aren't, so who makes that choice? Who says this is Spiritual and that isn't?

So All That Is, isn't?

Originally Posted by Honza

How do you manage to keep your life spiritual? Do you find it comes naturally? With me it is a constant struggle.

By not creating the separation in the first place, by delving a little deeper into understanding the reasons I perceive 'this' as Spiritual and 'that' as not Spiritual - Spirituality is where you choose it to be. If we are all aspects of Source, what does that mean?

[hallow]

Originally Posted by Greenslade

Your reality is defined by your perceptions, your perceptions are defined by your beliefs and your beliefs are defined by your definitions. If you define what is Spiritual, by extension you define what is not Spiritual. Oh, and 'profane' and 'light'.


Life hasn't stopped being Spiritual, you've chosen to stop seeing it.

I very much agree. Here's an example. In the past few years. I started becoming very fond of wildflowers. From time to time if I find a new "weed" growing in my yard, I will let it grow to see what it is. Most often it's just a typical weed. But sometimes I get what I call a little gift of thank for caring. Over time I have a really nice collection of wildflowers. A new one comes along every year.

Originally Posted by hallow

I very much agree. Here's an example. In the past few years. I started becoming very fond of wildflowers. From time to time if I find a new "weed" growing in my yard, I will let it grow to see what it is. Most often it's just a typical weed. But sometimes I get what I call a little gift of thank for caring. Over time I have a really nice collection of wildflowers. A new one comes along every year.

Many years ago I asked myself, "If I call myself Spiritual, what am I doing?" It's not a Spiritual Journey it's my Journey so I can own it if I want to. I'm not a Spiritual person I am a person who is Spiritual. Everything is Spiritual and even the bad guys have Souls. And if I find weeds pretty I find weeds pretty, there are other creatures in nature that find them pretty too.

Originally Posted by Starman

Most people have a fragmented view of life, they compartmentalize everything. Put a label on how the one expresses itself and call those expressions "spiritual" and that expression "not spiritual."

Or are they running away from something?

[iamthat]

Originally Posted by Honza

There are so many influences at work which seem to stop life being spiritual. It is like I exist within a void which repels light. In many ways life seems very profane.

How do you manage to keep your life spiritual? Do you find it comes naturally? With me it is a constant struggle.

At heart there is a centre of stillness which is naturally peaceful, joyful, loving and compassionate. Resting in this centre, all of life becomes an expression of spirituality. Nothing is profane. The challenge is to find this centre and then learn to rest within.

Peace.

[Dudla]

Originally Posted by iamthat

At heart there is a centre of stillness which is naturally peaceful, joyful, loving and compassionate. Resting in this centre, all of life becomes an expression of spirituality. Nothing is profane. The challenge is to find this centre and then learn to rest within.

Peace.

I too have learnt to find this quiet core inside me. A point of stillness which insulates me from all the chaos outside. No matter what I am doing, I try and remain connected to this inner stillness.
For me that is being spiritual and meditative as I go about my day.

Originally Posted by Dudla

I too have learnt to find this quiet core inside me. A point of stillness which insulates me from all the chaos outside. No matter what I am doing, I try and remain connected to this inner stillness.
For me that is being spiritual and meditative as I go about my day.

Very nice..

[little.nation]

Originally Posted by iamthat

At heart there is a centre of stillness which is naturally peaceful, joyful, loving and compassionate. Resting in this centre, all of life becomes an expression of spirituality. Nothing is profane. The challenge is to find this centre and then learn to rest within.

Peace.

If it is possible to be not in this center space, then clearly much is profane. It wouldn't be profane if people were in the place you describe but clearly they're not and so we get profane as a result.