Spirituality

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When asked to define spirituality or to know it's purpose, there is no easy answer is there? There are as many definitions as there are minds to conceive the thought. Imagine you over heard the following conversation sitting watching a neighborhood baseball game. Two boys both about 6 years old, were sitting near me at a little league baseball game and I over heard their conversation. One said to the other, "Where is your Mom?" The other boy said, "She's dead." "I know that" the other responded, then added, "But, do you know where she is?" The other boy shook his head and said, "No, I don't know where she is." Recently I read something that said, this is an example of the beginners mind searching for spiritually. A child like open mind, starting to ask questions and finding no answers. You may have your definition but, most of us find it hard to explain what spirituality means. Just like the beginner mind finds it impossible to know the answer to the question. In the Bible Jesus said, "Lest ye become as little children, ye shall not enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Maybe he was saying that in their innocence and openness, the mind of the child is what we should strive for. So, where did his mother go? Where do we go? What is this all about? What is our purpose? Asking these questions some say lead us toward a spiritual path. Some call the same path religious. It is all up to the mind and the consciousness directing the mind how it is defined. I've been giving my definition of spirituality a lot of thought. To me, I like what a Sufi master Hazrat Inayat Khan wrote, "The purpose of the spiritual life is to be happy."

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Bob Decker said…
That's right Robyn, if the machinery creaks and groans, something ain't right! If we live a spiritual way of life, fully connected with our Source, we will automatically be happy as we manifest our True Wills upon the Earth. It's when we are disconnected spiritually that things do not seem right wihin and without us.
June 27, 2008 at 5:34 PM
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