What IS . . . Spirituality?

[zorkchop]

Terence . . .

The physical body and its senses are the vehicle / avenue we derive the vast majority of our opinions and beliefs. How the various life experiences make us physical “feel” compels us to form many belief sets. If the physical body is sickly . . . or “incomplete” in terms of amputation and such . . . this compels us to draw many belief sets too . . . and they often take many future lifetimes to lay to rest.

Another interesting tidbit . . . how long does it take for an individual to even partially grasp that the body is not who and what we truly are?

And yes . . . since we most often consider that the body is “us” . . . it takes forever just to get to the stage where we question that . . . and that seems to take “forever.” We will continue to accept the physical body as “us” for as long as these considerations fulfill us. It is only after we begin to suspect “there has to be more” . . . that we go beyond it all. The battle to NOT advance is most often much greater than to move forward into the unknown.

The acceptance of the physical body as “us” continues on and on. When the physical body doesn’t “cooperate” . . . we often turn to what is beyond the physical world to assist the body . . . along the lines of what Azurr0 was suggesting. Dealing with and bringing in these additional energies does indeed assist the physical in many ways . . . and also carries many lessons.

True spirituality carries one even beyond “energy.” ALL of LIFE . . . on ALL levels . . . is not energy. The understanding and discernment of that takes one truly into the Unknown . . . as far as most people know and understand. The areas of “pre-energy” . . . are humbling. Farther still . . . the areas of “pre-consciousness” is even more so. Traveling within these areas is when using words to describe . . . becomes truly tedious. Neither the mind nor the body are a part of these travels. This is something that the mind does NOT like to allow. The battle of the mind to stay in control of the individual is something that most people have no clue of. Most believe that the mind is fully cooperative in reaching beyond the mental worlds.

It isn’t.

It is honestly and vividly summed up in the old saying . . . we have met the enemy and the enemy is us.