| New age spirituality is ever growing more and | | | | religion, career or the door to your heart and its |
| more complex from day to day. It becomes almost | | | | happiness. |
| impossible to decide on the course of path to | | | | It is important to understand that though we were |
| follow..with so many choices to make . There are so | | | | created the same, we were created to serve |
| many preachers, so many different faiths and so | | | | different purposes in life, beyond our comprehension. |
| many different religion. Then | | | | What may seem insignificant to you may not be so |
| what exactly is spirituality about?. | | | | for God. You were put here in this world to serve a |
| Spirituality is not about following a particular religion or | | | | purpose, and may be very well serving that purpose |
| conforming oneself to particular set of rules laid | | | | on a daily basis without you even not being aware of |
| down by the scriptures, holy books, or even rules | | | | it. So accept the qualities about you that |
| defined by the society. | | | | you don't like so much, as well as the qualities you |
| To be spiritual, one must first get to know oneself. | | | | like about yourself. Treat both equally with the same |
| Knowing who you are is the key to spirituality. It is | | | | respect that they belong to the same person, 'you' and |
| ironical that we live with our own person each day in | | | | was put in there for a reason. When you accept who |
| and out ..we live with ourselves for years together, and | | | | you are you will begin to love and respect yourself |
| yet, there are times we do not know our true selves. | | | | even more. |
| We are confused of who we are, or become. | | | | Third, after knowing who you are and accepting |
| Surprised why we act the way we do. The reason is | | | | yourself with both the good and the bad qualities you |
| simple, most of the time our actions are governed or | | | | possess, it becomes easier to understand what you |
| motivated by the external world and its surroundings, | | | | should do and what you should not do, what brings |
| we hardly pause to think, it is like just being swept | | | | you pain and what brings you joy, what actions lead to |
| away along with the current of the flow, with no effort | | | | what consequence, what is the end result of your |
| of our own. The reason also being the fast paced life, | | | | action. Does it bring you and the people around |
| the ever growing technology making things | | | | you happiness or sadness? . You want to make the |
| happen quicker and easier. | | | | people around you be happy I am sure. you want |
| Therefore, In today's times it is more essential that we | | | | the world and your loved ones to respect you and |
| recognize our true selves, give moment of silences to | | | | love and give them the same in return. Hence you can |
| ourselves, and try to go back to the days | | | | discern your actions and its consequences. |
| events, analyze them, try to make sense without | | | | Therefore to be spiritual and to refrain from the road |
| resorting to criticism or being too judgmental. | | | | to unhappiness and vice, one must be able to |
| Just analyze as a third person, as a spectator. | | | | discern the truth from the false. the right from wrong |
| Believe me, you will begin to see the pattern of your | | | | and be in harmony with the inner self and the external |
| behavior, and the factors that contribute to that | | | | surroundings around us. This will naturally lead to |
| behavior. | | | | goodness and happiness of oneself and the world |
| Once you have familiarized with analyzing your | | | | at large. |
| self, you will begin to understand yourself better, you | | | | Spirituality is being yourself and not compromising |
| will know who you are, why you are, and for what you | | | | your integrity, it is about knowing and acceptance, |
| are. The second step is acceptance. Acceptance is | | | | about love and courage to change that what causes |
| the key that opens all doors whether it be relationships, | | | | disharmony within and around ourselves. |