Honesty # 4 The True Meaning Of Spirituality
When I was in chiro school, I just hated the term spirituality. There were so many of my fellow peers who claimed to be spiritual that were some of the most difficult people to deal with. Therefore, I had a bad taste in my mouth about spirituality. I saw people use the phrase " I am spiritual " as if they were better than, more enlightened, more wise,etc. Some of the meanest people were touting this attitude. So I decided that if this is spirituality than YUCK! It felt bad. It was a sanctomonious attitude that did not feel good.
Then I met nicer spiritual people who were just too weird for me. Every sentence included the word " peace, love, let go, yada yada yada". So I thought that these people were too extreme and were also sampling the herb you know too much hemp in their system.
I just totally thought why is this need to investigate spirituality is coming up over and over and all I see is extremism. I am a truth seeker and I guess my spirit wanted to know the truth. I THINK I FIGURED IT OUT!!
WHAT IS REAL SPIRITUALITY?.....................
THE ANSWER IS............ SELF HELP, SELF AWARENESS, SELF LOVE, SELF RESPECT AND ACCEPTANCE OF OTHERS WITHOUT JUDGEMENT
That is the answer that I found through this journey. Spirituality is not a religion, one belief or a sanctimonious mindset. It is the desire to really peel off the layers of oneself and dig deep to see what remains. What is the true essence of your being. We are wrapped in life experiences of pain, love, blame, disappointment, judgement, being a victim,etc. The goal is to peel off each layer and to really let go of the junk that interferes with who you really are suppose to be. The truth is that when we live with the belief that someone is responsible for our happiness or someone else needs to change, we are in denial. IT IS ALL ABOUT US BECOMING A BETTER BEING. A being free of needing to put more layers of unhealthy emotions on to cover up the past wounds. Spirituality is about freedom. It is the letting go of what does not serve your life. It is saying goodbye to anything, any experience that is holding you back.
Another misunderstanding with spirituality is this need to judge people and try to lead them in the " right " direction. What is the right direction? Who determines that? When a person is truly spiritual, they are able to spend the time working on themselves and staying away from judgement of others. Spirituality is learning that life is a journey full of lesson and growth. There is no right or wrong just growth.