Diverse Meanings of Spirituality
But even looking at its meaning in the dictionary we will find that there are three to four definitions, and one of them is a definition that seems to contradict its basic concept. It defines spirituality as church property which is something material, not spiritual.
And the dictionary lists 9 different contexts in which this word “spirituality” can be used.
Scientists in a certain workshop could not agree on the meaning of spirituality.
So, what really is the meaning of spirituality in life?
Difficulty in Getting the Meaning Without Experiencing It
A difficulty in getting at the meaning of spirituality in life is that we cannot know its meaning if we have not experienced it to a certain degree. And judging from our observation of the people around us they seem to be concerned only with the material things, like how to produce money for a living, how to spend it, how to hoard it. It seems that these people do not have any experience of spirituality at all.
But if it is true that the human being is composed of body, soul and spirit, then any human being has an experience of spirituality and therefore has a notion of its meaning.
Spirituality in life then is a way of living wherein the person gives proper emphasis to the spiritual part of his being.
The athlete, the body builder, the beautician, the gym owners give emphasis to the physical aspect of the person, the body.
The academician, the teacher in our schools, the educational institutions give emphasis to the mental aspect of the person, the soul.
The religious persons, the spiritual healers, the shamans give emphasis to the spiritual aspect of the person, the spirit.
Meaning of Spirituality in Life
Spirituality in life then is giving emphasis and priority to the spiritual aspect in our life, the things which endure, like faith or belief in the world of spirits and God, hope or desire for better things in life, and love or union with the spirits and with God.
When a person lives in such a way that he gives proper value to the spiritual dimension of his existence, then he has a mature spirituality. But if he does not live in such a way then he only has incipient or beginning spirituality.
Furthermore once a person lives a mature spiritual life, he gives primacy to the spiritual dimension of his life. He is no longer caught in the rat race. He has a calmness about him. He is no longer a slave of material things, like money, or of psychological rewards, like fame.
Spirituality in life enables us to live life to the full if we also take care of our physical and mental life. These three dimensions are all essential in life, but the primary one is spiritual, a dimension which most people seem to forget or relegate to the background of their life.
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Taking the bait! And The LIES are swallowed, hook, line and sinker ;-(
ReplyDeleteSomeone had written: "When I talk about people buying or being sold 'absolute junk' I'm not only talking about the material but also about the ideological. We are 'sold' on consumerism, the wars (Iraq, Afghan), elections (the presidency), all manner of things. Unfortunately, so few people see that just because these ideas are on sale, that they don't actually have to buy them!"
Sadly, the multitudes have bought The LIES ;-(
The multitudes have taken the bait which is "ease of life", so-called, and The LIES were swallowed(believed),
hook(money),
line(politics/religion/education),
and sinker(science/technology/progress) ;-(
This place they call the u.s. of a. is the "bait"master and they catch their "fish" in every nation of this world ;-( Yet in england, france, germany, japan, etc, in all nations of this wicked world there are those who have become disciples of the "bait"master and they also have found other "waters" in which to catch their "fish" ;-(
And so it is that today there are multitudes in every nation under the sun that have taken the bait(ease of life), and swallowed(believed in) the hook(money), the line(politics/religion/education) and the sinker(science/technology/progress) ;-(
Tempted, hooked, reeled in, and held captive as they but serve "time" in the prison that is this wicked world ;-(
Simply, they could not withstand the media blitz(krieg), or their own desires, and their "imag"ination got the best of them ;-(
Some two thousand years past The Truth bore witness to the fact that, "the WHOLE(not just a portion) world is under the control of the evil one"! (1John5:19) Yet, the "fish" continue to seek out that "good" place in the world, when in Truth the world today is but the product of mankind's "imag"ination, a dry and thirsty land of mirages, nothing but shadows, vapors and smoke ;-(
And in this wicked world, "image"s abound and are worshipped ;-(
So why receive that which is of mankind's "imag"ination?
Even when such is supposedly "free" there will always be a price to pay, for mankind's "imag"ination is destroying the earth(land, air, water, vegetation, creatures) and perverting that which is Spirit(Light, Life, Truth, Love, Peace, Grace, Faith, All that is Truly Good);-(
Consider the time when there were no radio's, no tv's, no movies, no newspapers, a time when there was no way yet "imag"ined and then manufactured, that would allow someone to publish or display the vain "imag"inations of mankind to the "masses". Sadly those who rule in this wicked world, and who control the "media", consider the "masses" to be but the M in E=MC(squared);-(
And yet today, here i am publishing(sharing) that which i believe to be from the heart, The Spirit within, not the vain "imag"inations of my fleshly mind, for i believe that which i share is of The ONE whose Voice i have heard and whose Power i have experienced in The Miracle that is receiving "the love of The Truth", and The Miracle that is New Life, Real Life, and The Miracle of healing more than once, and The Miracle of deliverance that sets me free, free from the "I" in me!
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i believe that which i share is of The ONE who revealed the lies that are of this world, it's 'god', and it's systems of religion, as i received evermore "a love of The Truth". HE is The ONE WHOM i know and believe is the Giver of Life, The ONE and Only True Living G-D and Father(Creator) of ALL!
ReplyDeleteFather Help! and HE does.......
In times past, when i would wonder why things were as they were, i questioned?
Do you feel as i feel?
Do you wonder just what's real?
D you see the little child?
Do you see them running wild?
i see their doubts and i see their fears,
i see their hurts and i see their tears.
Now could be that's what i look to see,
Yet what i see is real to me.
Now am i alone to care and cry?
Or must i close these eyes and surely die?
Sadly, the children, or those who once were called children, today are referred to as "kids" ;-(
Sadder yet, the reference is true ;-(
Baby goats abound because their 'parents' feed them all sorts of "trash", and so it is that as they grow, they "eat" any and all things, no matter the dis-eases(no-peace) that causes them to be pill pushers, peer pleasers, or worse yet enslaved by the media ;-(
"Where have all the children gone? long time pa-as-sing" ;-(
Progress? As promised things are getting progressively worse and worse!
For "evil men and seducers are waxing worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived".......
Yet Hope IS Alive!
For Miracles do happen!
Hope is there would be those who would take heed unto The Call of Our Father(Creator) to "Come Out of her, MY people" for they will "Come Out" of this wicked world(babylon) and it's systems of religion, and they will no longer have their portion with those who are destroying the earth(land, air, water, vegetation, creatures) and perverting that which is Spirit(Light, Truth, Life, Love, Peace, Hope, Grace, Faith, Mercy,,,, All that is Truly Good) ;-(
And for those who have embraced "mother earth" and the oneness that is the natural Creation?
Hope is they would also experience and embrace that Spiritual ONEness that is a common union with their Brother, The Messiah, and Their Father, The ONE and Only True Living G-D(Great Spirit), HE WHO is Creator(Father) of ALL!
Family! indeed and Truth.......
A Simple and Spiritual Life.......
Forever.......
Peace, in spite of the dis-ease(no-peace) that is of this wicked world and it's systems of religion, for "the WHOLE world(not just a portion) is under the control of the evil one"(1John5:19) indeed and Truth.......
Truth IS, a lie is not.......
Abide in Truth....... asimpleandspirituallife.org
Thank you, Elder Child, for your comments. You expressed it very well.
ReplyDeleteI was most enlightened by your statement that children are now called kids because they behave like young goats. How true!
Good Day Joe,
ReplyDeleteAppreciate your responding to my comment.
It must be realized that children are rightly called kids(young goats) and behaving like they do because they are being raised in a zoo(society) by an animalistic ram(father) and ewe(mother) ;-(
You wrote: "But if it is true that the human being is composed of body, soul and spirit, then any human being has an experience of spirituality and therefore has a notion of its meaning."
Not "if it is true", but the human creature IS composed of body(fleshly), soul(connection to The Creator, HE WHO IS Spirit, "let the mind(soul) that was in The Messiah be in you"!)and spirit(and if the spirit is not communing with The Creator then one is communing with the god of this world 'd'evil father of lies and author of confusion and every evil work ;-()!
And you wrote: "The academician, the teacher in our schools, the educational institutions give emphasis to the mental aspect of the person, the soul."
In a way that is as it is ;-( For if the spirit within mankind is not communing with The Creator then one is communing with self("I") which is to commune with the author of "self", he who is "the god of this world", 'd'evil "father of lies" and the "author of confusion" and "every evil work" ;-(
And so it is that the multitudes but serve 'time' in the prison that is this wicked world and it's systems of religion ;-(
Yet the brethren of The Messiah are but "aliens and pilgrims while on the earth" for their "citizenship is in Heaven" indeed and Truth for they have taken heed unto The Call to "Come Out of her(this world and it's systems of religion) MY people"!
Father Help! and HE does.......
And they experience peace in spite of the dis-ease(no-peace) that is of this wicked, evil world....... francis
Came to me to post the following:
ReplyDelete"And YHWH Elohim formed man of the dust of the ground(body), and breathed into his nostrils the breath(spirit) of life; and man became a living soul".......
The Spirit(Life) within the body created a living soul(that which connects the Spirit within mankind to The Creator(Our Father).......
Then it was promised that "The soul that sins shall die".......
However, after they had sinned, the flesh of Adam & Eve was yet alive and they yet received breath(spirit), however their soul connect(ion) to The Creator was severed, and they knew it, so they tried to hide from HIM ;-(
But then The Creator Called and thankfully Adam answered, and reconnected, yet sin's destructive processes had already begun within their body of flesh.......
Have you answered and reconnected?
Have you truly seen that "the WHOLE(not just a portion) world is under the control of the evil one"? (1JN5:19)
Those who have 'seen' have taken heed unto The Call to "Come Out of her, MY people"!
Those who have "Come out" are no longer in, and of, this wicked, evil world and it's systems of relgion.
And they believe The Messiah when He testified, "Whoever lives and believes in Me(My Teachings and Life Example, both of which were given Him of Our Father) shall never die"!
And then The Messiah questioned, "Do you believe this"?
YES i believe! And you? Do you believe?
Father Help! and HE does.......
Thankfully, those who have "Come Out" will soon, and very soon, receive new incorruptible bodies.......
Home, Home at last!
Forever free from the "I" in me, that which wars against the spirit and seeks to kill the soul within.......
All Thanks, Praise and Glory Be Unto The ONE and Only True Living Elohim, Father(Creator) of ALL.......
Thank you, Elder Child, for your incisive and enlightening comments on the word "self". Indeed it is true that those who do not believe that the human being has a spirit are condemned to talk to their self.
ReplyDeleteI wrote here a comment but when I pressed the Post Comment button I was taken to another site. So I have to write again my comment.
I learned new things from you. One is that the god of the self is the god of this sinful world. So many are cultivating their self instead of the spirit within them.
May you continue to enlighten others about the real state of our world.
First i would like to share a bit more concerning children. What chance do they have when they are being raised by 'goats' in a 'goats' world?
ReplyDeletei realize The Word of Truth testifies that "children of unblievers are unholy" yet i remain sad for all children and especially those who are raised by parents who say they are believers, yet they are not ;-(
i yet choose to call all children, children.
Father Help! and HE does.......
As for the "I" in all of us, i believe you will appreciate the following which i received from Our Father:
The "I" Must Die!
In as much as i can 'see',
That which is of the 'I' in me,
So it is i yearn, and to Our Father cry,
For deliverance from all that is of the 'I'.
The 'I', born of "imag"ination and selfish desire,
As lust, greed, and pride, stoked a consuming fire ;-(
A fire burning out of control, as 'I' leads the way,
It's smoke concealing the fleshly mind that leads one astray ;-(
Yet even in the smoke, searing heat, and blindness of 'sight',
Truth can pierce the blackness of darkness, revealing "The Light"!
And nothing can hide from "The Light", so "Light" reveals the "I",
Allowing one to "see" clearly, and clearly the "I" must die!
But to live, yet die, seems an impossible task,
And so we need of "Our Father", the impossible to ask.
Help me to "deny myself(die to self)(die to 'I')" Father!
And as HE Helps, HE reveals more and more of "The Selfless One", The One Who leads His Brethren on "The Way to The Truth of The Life". He Who was, and is The Messiah, The Son of The Only True G-D, Father(Creator) of ALL!
And as The Messiah desired above all else, so also will His Brethren desire above all else, "Father, not my will, But THY Will Be Done".......
The poem above was begun in Creel, Chih, Mexico in '92, a time when i sought to live and experience a simple and spiritual life and it was there that i received and embraced Simplicity. Left Mexico in '93, yet returned in '04. Then on 1/26/05 the poem was completed, and 'completion' is near for each and every one of us. And for "the poor and needy", those "aliens and pilgrims while on the earth" whose "citizenship is in Heaven", thankfully so.......
Home, Home at last!
Translated, "corruptible to incorruptible" indeed and Truth.......
Forever free from The "I".......
All Thanks, Praise and Glory Be Unto "Our Father".......
And while there is breath(spirit) there is hope many will "see",
"see" The "I" for what it is, and then desire to be set free!
And that Spirit that was in The Messiah shall "set you free, free indeed"!
So, There Is Hope!
For Miracles do happen.......
Hope is there would be those who experience The Miracle that is receiving "a love of The Truth" for they will "see" The Light that is The Messiah, they will "see" that The Life is of The Spirit(not seen with the natural eye), and most certainly not of the flesh or fleshly mind("I").......
Peace, in spite of the dis-ease(darkness) that is of this world and it's systems of religion, for "the WHOLE world is under the control of the evil one"(1Jn5:19) indeed and Truth.......
Truth IS, a lie never was and is not.......
Abide in Truth.......
(Returned to this place called the u.s. of a. in June of '05, yet a return to the simplicity that is rural Mexico would be welcomed, however, i realize that in all things it must be "Father(Creator) not my will, But THY Will Be Done.......)
Thanks for your beautiful poem, ElderChild.
ReplyDeleteYes, in all things we say, Father, thy will be done. It is the best prayer we can make, as Jesus said before he was betrayed.
And i thank GOD for your kind, encouraging responses to the comments i have posted.
ReplyDeleteRarely comes the time when i can commune with one who has their portion in a system of religion.
For Our Father, HE has given me the unction to resound HIS Call, "Come Out of her, MY people"!
"Come Out" of the systems that are of this wicked, evil world, and especially all the systems of religion"!
For Faith will not create a religion, because Faith IS Family!
The Family of GOD, "of WHOM the whole Family in Heaven and ON EARTH is named"!
Father Help! and HE does.......
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