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What is spiritual well being? Does it really mean anything? Is it important at all for overall well being?
If we view our lives, one method of considering our well being is by looking at the different facets of it. Physical well being is when our physical body is well tuned; we consume well, we exercise and we often preserve our body well. We also could call physical well being our capacity to manage "survival" in the world. We handle our money responsibly and we have the ability to develop the results we desire in general.
Mental wellness or well being means our mind is well balanced. We are able to think clearly and our thoughts are well organized. We see things pretty much the way they are. We are able to think logically through steps that will get us from point A to point B. Our actions are well structured and have a strong reasoning behind them.
Emotional well being means we are able to manage our emotions efficiently. We encounter them, we can moderate our reactions to them and we can manage them well in our daily activities.
When it comes to spiritual well being, we are talking about everything that is not physical, mental or emotional. The challenge with spirituality is that it cannot really be explained like other types of well being. Anything that is not in our experience, we can't really say we know it. If I explain to you what music is, you will never know what it really is.
It's comparable to music; you could understand the theory of all different kinds of music, whether it's jazz, blues or classical. But music is something that cannot be described. Someone can explain to you what music means but if you never heard music, it's impossible to grasp, no?
Spirituality is similar in some way to music; it cannot be explained. We as humans have the tendency to ignore or deny something that our mind cannot grasp. That is why we can do things that really hurt us such as creating bad habits or hurting people we love. We deal with life only to the extent that we experience it. If our mind doesn't grasp spirituality (which it won't) we simply ignore it and go on with our lives. There are many reasons for that and we will explore them together with time.
Religious beliefs can cause spirituality yet they don't bring it automatically. You can live a spiritual life, take a spiritual path without ever before going to any sort of temple or spot of praise.
Because spirituality cannot be explained, the best that we can do is to point towards it, never really grasping it. However it definitely is possible to walk towards it if we have the longing to do so and a minimum level of urgency.
To point out spiritual well being, I would say it's to experience a dimension of existence that is new. Spiritual well being signifies not being "offended" with the affairs that life tosses at you because your experience of life is deeply rooted within you. It's not affected by what is happening outside of you.
A certain level of ease takes over you. You are not controlled by your emotions, you are not controlled by your mind or by your physical desires and you experience life to its fullest.
This is what spiritual well being or being on a spiritual path means.
If we view our lives, one method of considering our well being is by looking at the different facets of it. Physical well being is when our physical body is well tuned; we consume well, we exercise and we often preserve our body well. We also could call physical well being our capacity to manage "survival" in the world. We handle our money responsibly and we have the ability to develop the results we desire in general.
Mental wellness or well being means our mind is well balanced. We are able to think clearly and our thoughts are well organized. We see things pretty much the way they are. We are able to think logically through steps that will get us from point A to point B. Our actions are well structured and have a strong reasoning behind them.
Emotional well being means we are able to manage our emotions efficiently. We encounter them, we can moderate our reactions to them and we can manage them well in our daily activities.
When it comes to spiritual well being, we are talking about everything that is not physical, mental or emotional. The challenge with spirituality is that it cannot really be explained like other types of well being. Anything that is not in our experience, we can't really say we know it. If I explain to you what music is, you will never know what it really is.
It's comparable to music; you could understand the theory of all different kinds of music, whether it's jazz, blues or classical. But music is something that cannot be described. Someone can explain to you what music means but if you never heard music, it's impossible to grasp, no?
Spirituality is similar in some way to music; it cannot be explained. We as humans have the tendency to ignore or deny something that our mind cannot grasp. That is why we can do things that really hurt us such as creating bad habits or hurting people we love. We deal with life only to the extent that we experience it. If our mind doesn't grasp spirituality (which it won't) we simply ignore it and go on with our lives. There are many reasons for that and we will explore them together with time.
Religious beliefs can cause spirituality yet they don't bring it automatically. You can live a spiritual life, take a spiritual path without ever before going to any sort of temple or spot of praise.
Because spirituality cannot be explained, the best that we can do is to point towards it, never really grasping it. However it definitely is possible to walk towards it if we have the longing to do so and a minimum level of urgency.
To point out spiritual well being, I would say it's to experience a dimension of existence that is new. Spiritual well being signifies not being "offended" with the affairs that life tosses at you because your experience of life is deeply rooted within you. It's not affected by what is happening outside of you.
A certain level of ease takes over you. You are not controlled by your emotions, you are not controlled by your mind or by your physical desires and you experience life to its fullest.
This is what spiritual well being or being on a spiritual path means.
About the Author:
Carl Serapian is an innovator in the field of personal growth with over 10 years of research. For a limited time and for free, he's sharing his discovery of a simple yet powerful meditation rooted deeply in the yogic science of spiritual well being. It's available from his latest website that teaches taking and keeping the spiritual path without having to change your current daily activities.
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