There are
five aspects we develop and nurture on the path towards living a more spiritual
life. These are belief, effort,
awareness, meditation and wisdom.
Firstly we hear
about spirituality, then we learn about it. As we begin to understand how and
why the spiritual life is beautiful, we are drawn towards it. Belief is not
blind faith. Belief is a certainty
that we want to experience a spiritual side to our lives, because we know it is
the right path to follow.
We know how
fulfilling spirituality and being good to others feels, how happy it makes us,
and therefore the effort is gladly
given. The effort is not a trial because we are very happy to be on the path. The
effort feels like a very small price to pay for the endless benefits produced
for ourselves and everyone around us.
We are glad
to be on the path and happy to be helping others.
Awareness is staying in the present, not being
distracted by thoughts of yesterday or thoughts of tomorrow.
Awareness is
also being aware of what we are thinking and saying, at all times, watching
ourselves and making sure we don’t go back to the old habits of auto-pilot,
when we reacted instead of giving a measured, beneficial and pleasant response.
Practising meditation increases our awareness.
Meditation is complete absorption in NOW, a deep awareness of NOW. From this
experience comes wisdom.
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