We have heard it from people and we have seen it in people's profiles.
But what does it really mean???
One of my friends asked me this question,because Iam one of those guys who likes to be known as "spiritual but not religious" types...
What followed were my efforts to encapsulate my understandings of this phrase into the constrained spaces of Gtalk box.
As i was rambling on,the friend suggested that I should probably blog this.
And so here goes...
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Spiritual but not religious means not subscribing to something just because its professed in a religion
or not stopping with a religion to explore the divine connection
,to seek out the ideals of spirituality outside the limits of my religion.
To be non - religious means to do something
or to refrain from something
not because God will be angry with me for doing so.
It is to choose to do something,because i like to do it.
It is not to pray for favours but to identify a relationship with a supreme being
higher than a master slave relationship.
It is to question about God,analyse and to have the right to accept or reject.
To do things that will be regarded as blasphemy by religion, just because they don't conform to set practices.
To interact with God outside religion
To engage with humanity and to love and care for humans outside religion
and its guidelines and rules.
It is the freedom to choose.To take the responsibility to imbibe discipline to oneself and to strive to become a better human being within our limitations ,rather than depending on a holy book or holy man/organisation for that.
To be spiritual is to realise and practice the purpose of religion.
Sunday, June 29, 2008
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Purpose of life - random thoughts |
The purpose of life is to live.
To live is to be happy, sad, endure, struggle, rejoice, and get angry.
To live is to follow your heart.
We all get really depressed when things don't go fine, when we get into things that don't make us "happy". Or into things that we think won't make us happy in the future.
We lament why we are put into such situations and see it as an out of norm occurrence, something which shouldn't have happened but has happened to put us in misery, something of an anomaly.
There in lies the flaw! By understanding that tricky situations are as much a part of life as happy situations we can feel liberated cheerful and can have a more matured and positive outlook on life.
Life at best can be explained as opportunities that bring out the best human in you, giving you opportunities to express the ideals within you.
To take decisions based on truth, bravery and love.To follow your heart without giving up!!!
Challenges are the only opportunities which shall let you achieve this!
The more testing the situations are, the more fruitful the result is going to be, In establishing your self belief and to understand yourself better and to live.
Sure we can't be all perfect all the time. We have our limitations with respect to love, truth and courage.
I can't be all loving all the time! I can't donate my entire salary to the empowerment of poor.
I can't be all courageous all the time! And nor I can be all truthful!
But the trick lies in understanding the limits and to try and push them when you feel like doing it.
To live life is to be happy.
To live is to follow your heart.
To struggle, endure, and fight, the opportunities that lead you to do all these……it's all part of life, not just the moments that make you smile end to end.
Most situations can be funny if only we can learn to step back a little and look at it as an outsider. Its worth a try.
Sure you can derive happiness while doing all of the "non-happy" situation, if we can train our mind to understand that its meant to happen in your life, no matter what life offers you.
One can be happy even if we are in situations that don't make us "happy".
One can be really happy only when you follow your heart!
