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Originally Posted by Shaden  I don't think anyone can define spirituality except that it's a choice we make personally. |
I'll have a crack at defining it, though, as you say, it is personal thing.
Spirituality is the condtion of awareness of oneself as a spiritual being, i.e. having individual, indestructible consciousness and the awareness of others as spiritual beings. What has become more real for me over recent months is the belief that one can only advance spiritually by helping others, otherwise, it is just adhering to the rules of a particular religion or wrapping onesef up in a cozy, cotton wool kind of mysticism. If you look at the great souls throughout history, what did they have in common? They helped others. I really believe that by helping others according to our own personal circumstances, we will automatically increase our levels of consciousness, insight, wisdom, tolerance, patience, joy, etc. as a matter of course (the fruits of the spirit shall we say).