Spirituality

 

May I be at peace
May my heart remain open
May I awaken to the light of my own true nature
May I be healed
May I be a source of ebullience.

Whenever we listen or use the word spirituality, we tend to assume that the word might be related to religion, portraying cultural views. People may describe a spiritual experience as sacred or transcendent or simply a deep sense of aliveness and interconnectedness.

I started off intriguing about the essence of spirituality when I was a 20-year-old and wanted to share my thoughts on its relevance in current situations. In my view it’s the realization of man’s real nature. As Swami Vivekananda said Religion is realization; not talk, nor doctrine, nor theories, how beautiful they may be. It is about being and becoming the person you are.

 Spirituality is a broad concept with room for many perspectives. In general, it includes a sense of connection to something bigger than us, and it typically involves a search for meaning in life.

Why is Spirituality important?

I strongly feel it’s need of the hour for everyone since it directs your attention to specific task and increases compassion, empathy and nevertheless frees the mind from irrelevant thoughts by providing peace and calmness.

The ways I’ve have improved myself is through yoga, meditation, journaling during difficult times may help us find meaning in life’s challenges and become more resilient to face obstacles.

It was a cold day and the wind was blowing strongly over the ocean, raising very high waves. After walking for some time, a friend of mine asked What does the choppy ocean remind me of?

It reminds me of my mind and my rushing and restless thoughts. Yes, the stormy ocean is like the mind, and the waves are the thoughts. The mind is neutral like the water. It is neither good nor bad. The wind is creating the waves as desires and fears produce thoughts.

I wouldn't want to be on a boat in the middle of the ocean in a storm like this.

I responded and continued, Thoughts of all kinds come and go incessantly, agitating the mind like the ocean's waves. What is necessary is to stop the wind. Your thoughts, desires and fears are like the wind and you need to calm them down, and not let them rule your life. You learn to control them by controlling your attention and focus and then the ocean of your mind would become calm.

And how do I do that?

Through meditation. First, learn to calm down the wind and the ocean in your mind, when you can control your mind and make it peaceful, you will have more control of your life. However, don't focus on changing the outside world. Focus on changing and calming your inner world.

After you are able to control your inner world, you would be able to control the world around you.