What does the phrase “spiritual growth” mean to you?
Have you ever thought about this?
Do you associate this concept with religion or church?
And in general, do you think there is a difference between the Spirit and the soul?
Spiritual growth is when the Soul changes its energy potential - it is transformed, its glow approaches the divine Light - the Source!
Source and depletion are synonyms. Exhaustion means the opposite, reduction or loss of energy potential.
When does loss of energy potential occur?
It would seem at the moment of death. No. The death of the physical body occurs at the moment when the Soul leaves it. And she leaves with the potential that she has developed (changed for the better), and maybe even worked on in her current life. She will come with the same “baggage” to her next incarnation. And so from life to life!
If we improve our energy potential, i.e. quality of the Soul, therefore, we are moving upward along the evolutionary stage of the universe. If, on the contrary, we worsen its qualities, i.e. We accumulate anger, envy, etc. negative traits character - this means we are moving down the level of the universe. And so, with the existing “flaws”, the Soul will incarnate until it gets rid of them. And she can purify herself only by going through the experience of her incarnations, in physical body, On the Earth!
Now the Creator's tendency is to bring life on Earth according to his original, divine plan - the return of Paradise to Earth, where people will live enjoying, and not suffering.
Therefore, those Souls that will not undergo transformation in favor of developing positive potential will move to other planets for purification and experience (training), since in new high energies They will not be able to exist on Earth, they will simply burn out from the high frequency of vibration. And the overly contaminated, essentially defiled, souls will undergo disposal as unyielding or “devilish”, and will never again be able to go through the experience of life.
But you want to live, don’t you? Is it true! But to do this, you need to turn your face to yourself, take care of yourself, and not fulfill or implement other people’s principles and goals. "I live to rejoice and enjoy!"- this principle must be written down in every cell of both the physical and subtle bodies.
How is it to enjoy?
Living a life of enjoyment does not mean leading a carnal lifestyle of excess and pleasure for the body. Living with pleasure, I would say, is living with pleasure for the Soul! But for this, of course, you need to be able to separate these concepts. You need to learn to hear your own mind, and not the pragmatic and cunning mind, which is aimed at momentary pleasure of the body.
Enjoyment of life can only be achieved when you live in the moment “here and now”. Feel, feel your every action, stay in it, catch these moments that will never come back. There may be better ones, but these and those like him will no longer exist. Will the future come, but today it already exists!
Don’t just focus on dreams about the future, like, “I’ll still live, but now it’s somehow impossible!” I run, I do, I do everything automatically - just to do it, just to be in time. Who is this for? Who needs it? Why should I do this if I don’t enjoy it?
As a result, we all chase money and material goods, and this is carnal pleasure, it is fleeting. He ate, slept, put on his clothes, showed up - he seemed to be happy... That's the point, he seemed to be!!!
Some live in the past: "That was life then, and now"... People with such thinking escape from reality and give their already lacking energy to the past, not allowing themselves to live, rejoice, and feel today.
How to live "here and now"
Let's learn together to live in the moment “here and now” and get real pleasure from it - from the fact that I woke up at all today and have the opportunity to contemplate, live, feel life. See the diversity and colors of nature and life. Enjoy what I already have, what I have achieved: use it all. The fact that I have the opportunity to live the way I want.
After all, we each manage our own lives, and its quality is only our merit or contribution to it. After all, what I have today is the fruit of my thoughts and actions. Mine personally, not someone else's! If I succumbed or were seduced by someone’s tips or interests, then this is my choice and only mine!
Increasing the potential of the Soul
The moment “here and now” returns us to the Source, to our true, divine state. It is magnificent, and only in it can you feel, hear and enjoy yourself personally. At such moments you feel timelessness - a true fusion with nature, with the universe. Do you feel that " I am!". What "I really am!"
"I feel. I feel. I am a person!
I am in control. Peace is within me. I'm in nature.
I am the love. I am Happiness!
And in general - It’s happiness that I exist!
I am a gift! Gift from the Universe! God's gift!
God gave me this life, with all its charms and pleasures!
And I am in it!
We are one - the Universe, I, and my life!!!
So Joyful, so Happy, so unique!
And this is how she is, only now!
The way I perceive it now, I feel it.
The way I love her, praise her, approve of her (or not).
If I don’t feel it like that today, then I need
take care of yourself urgently!
Working on yourself, on your inner state,
over the potential of your Soul."
And no matter what condition you have it in today, you can still fix everything. Correct your vision of people and situations. Correct your attitude towards them. This needs to be done not for them, but for yourself personally!
“I live for myself, not for them!
They each have their own lives, and let them take care of themselves.
I was given my destiny, with its lessons; and for them - theirs!
And we were given to each other only so that
go through experiences together and teach each other life lessons.”
How to grow spiritually
If a person did something mean to you, do you understand why? Conclude and thank him for helping you gain this awareness, and therefore helping your Soul to evolve. People and situations do not turn out against us just like that - this is done for the benefit of us, for our evolution. And in no case is there any need to take revenge, hate, or use your entire arsenal negative qualities- by doing this you will only de-evolve, fall back and erase the experience of possibly many lives that have been lived, and what has been gained there. Lives, with all their joys, worries, sorrows, inspirations, in which “I didn’t get confused, didn’t give in, but remained myself”.
Work! Work on yourself!
Love yourself!
Be proud of yourself!
Surprise yourself and develop yourself!!!
This will come back to haunt you a hundredfold good mood, satisfaction from what you do. Pleasure, true pleasure from what “I live now and have the opportunity to manage my life myself!”
"I rejoice! I live! I grow!
I am evolving!
This earns me a pass to eternal life,
irresistible, Paradise!!!"
Are you growing spiritually or are you crawling down?
How to achieve spiritual growth? We have heard recipes like “you need to do spiritual work, and there will be spiritual growth.” Unfortunately, definitions of “spiritual work” are no easier to obtain than “spiritual growth,” and a criterion for the correct performance of spiritual work is still needed.
The second problem is that many authors get carried away and quit altogether. thin body from real world into the astral spheres. Such “growth” raises strong doubts about its adequacy and practical applicability. Other authors claim that the only way achieve spiritual growth - become a follower of their teachings.
The problem is that the teachings are all different, so one of them is definitely wrong. Still others formulate things in a long, complex and vague manner. Such formulations cause me strong suspicions - those who understand and understand can usually clearly formulate and explain clearly.
I can clearly explain what it is and how to achieve it. You will have to work on yourself, because spiritual growth requires a number of practical skills, and skills do not arise by themselves, they need to be developed.
What is “spirituality”
Spirituality is understood as a combination of four qualities: faith, peace of mind, unconditional love and awareness.
Spiritual growth– this is a change in perception, a change in the picture of the world. Spiritual man sees the world, and himself in it, as it is, undistorted. A spiritual person has gained faith in himself, peace of mind, love and compassion for his neighbors. A spiritual person considers serving others as his top priority.
What is “faith”
There are a number of facts that can be verified. For example, if you melt ice, you get water. It makes no sense to believe or not to believe in facts. Such facts include purely random processes. They are accurately described statistical laws, and “faith” is also inapplicable to them.
Faith refers mainly to non-obvious and non-random future events that a person can influence. Faith mobilizes the will, i.e. allows you to make decisions and stick to them, and leads to the achievement of results that would not otherwise be achieved.
If you believe in victory, your chances of winning are much higher. If you believe that nothing will work out, then most likely it won’t work out.
People with weak faith adapt to people with stronger faith. Without strong faith It is impossible to lead people, you can only follow someone.
What is “peace of mind”
Peace of mind is the absence of anxiety, worry, worry, panic, regardless of external circumstances. It's calm, confident look to the future.
What is “unconditional love”
“Conditional love” is when you love for something, for example, for money. I suspect that this is not love at all. “Unconditional love” is when you love without setting any conditions, you love not for something specific, but you simply love. In other words, you love not “for”, but “in spite of”. In addition to love, when defining spiritual growth, mention is made of good attitude to people, sympathy, empathy.
What is “mindfulness”
Living consciously means perceiving ourselves, those around us, and the whole world as it is, and not as we would like it to be. Stop deceiving yourself, stop hiding from reality, turning a blind eye to unpleasant facts, living in a fantasy world. Admit to yourself your desires, your weaknesses, your problems, your dreams. Understand yourself.
Why does a person need spirituality?
Spirituality improves quality of life. A person who loves, does not worry, believes in himself, and lives consciously, feels better than a person who hates, is stressed out, is convinced of the failures awaiting him, is trying to hide from reality in a fantasy world, and is trying to convince himself that the best choice for him is .
Spirituality allows you to release energy that was wasted on anxiety, worry, negative emotions, self-deception, and redirect it to constructive goals.
Spirituality allows you to develop, move forward, and lead people, and at the same time help and serve them.
How to develop spirituality
How to achieve spiritual growth? Imagine that you are pulling a sled up a hill through the forest, and it gets caught in the branches. You can pull harder, you can unhook the caught branches, or you can combine these two approaches. It’s the same with spiritual growth. First, let's figure out what's slowing us down and how to unhook it.
What hinders spiritual growth
A person does not believe in himself, is nervous, isolates himself from people and is at enmity with them, hides in a fictional world - not from a good life. Everyone has psychological problems, which largely determine what we think about ourselves and about those around us. These problems accumulate from childhood and prevent us from growing spiritually.
Self-confidence is hampered by the belief that nothing will come of you, you will make a mistake, only we, parents, will be able to accept for you correct solution, and you will accept the bad.
What interferes with peace of mind is the panic of your parents, and the belief that something bad will happen to you if you don’t listen to us, your parents, exactly.
“If I see it, I will believe it,” said the man.
“If you believe, you will see,” God answered.
For some time now I began to think about the differences between spiritual and personal development. Everyone has their own idea of spiritual development and growth, which is more or less different from others. For some, visiting temples, reading spiritual literature and prayers, observing traditions and performing rituals means spiritual development. For others, spiritual growth means engaging in energy practices, meditation, psychotechnics, and searching for the meaning of life. The next one is sure that if you think positively, be in the here and now without judging, then this is spiritual development.
From psychology it is known that the definition "personality" combines socially significant qualities (views, abilities, needs, interests, moral beliefs). So if talk about personal development, then you need to pay attention to the search and discovery of your talents, self-realization in society .
It’s more difficult with spirituality. Wikipedia gives following definition: « Spirituality- in the very in a general sense- the totality of manifestations of the spirit in the world and in man.” Therefore, spirituality is not related to fulfillment in society. And spiritual growth is the knowledge of the manifestations of the spirit in man and the universe, the development of self-awareness, the search for an internal source.
“Man is a spiritual being... What kind of property is “spirituality”? And here we find ourselves in a very difficult situation. Very difficult. This is a huge philosophical difficulty. It lies in the fact that here we have a certain analogue of, well, let’s say, the uncertainty principle in physics.
The fact is that we experience spirituality through the spirit. Here we do not have the opportunity to go beyond these two moments: the cognizing subject and the object that we cognize. Because we are trapped within it. We can still somehow define matter, and as you know, with the definition of matter it becomes more and more difficult... Matter is what consciousness looks at from the outside.
And the spirit is what consciousness lives in. Therefore, any abstract, any schematic definition of the spirit will always be hopelessly conditional and inaccurate... It is always easier to say what the spirit is not than to say what the spirit really is... it is easier to define the earthly, limited.”
Alexander Men
Having analyzed the concepts of “personality” and “spirituality”, we can identify eight differences by which we can determine what we are developing in ourselves - personal qualities or spiritual origin.
1. Defining boundaries
If personal development is an effective implementation in society, then the boundaries are set from the outside, i.e. society. External environment actions are limited and encouraged. Personal development is definable, measurable and material side human existence. This career, high income, comfort, etc.
With spiritual development, there is a search for one’s own internal borders, internal conditions, and as a result spiritual development- meeting with your true self. The spiritual side of human existence.
In spiritual development there is no aspiration to become someone or something, which usually suggests personal development, here other questions are asked: Who am I? Where am I going? They are needed to understand yourself, your capabilities and limitations, defense mechanisms, their personal masks, their human nature, to find your light source, regardless of external circumstances and indicators.
“We are talking about the deepest good - to be alive - which does not depend either on our achievements or on the fulfillment of our desires. We constantly catch glimpses of it, but most often we do not know how to recognize them.”
Chogyam Trungpa
2. The path of comprehension or the goal of movement
Personal development implies that there is some goal to which you need to strive. There is an initial starting point, and there is an ending point. Therefore in personal development a goal and ways to achieve it are proposed. The path of personal development is the path of achievement. It all depends on the circumstances that limit us and overcoming these limitations will help us achieve what we want.
If you are offered some goal that you need to strive for, that you need to achieve, even if you are offered to achieve enlightenment, this is not spiritual development, this is personal growth.
Spiritual development is underway from the state that we have everything we need, but we need to find it within ourselves. Therefore, spiritual development is always a path of search and comprehension.
In general, spirituality is just a different way of life, where you don’t need to achieve anything, where everything already exists. This is not a product that needs to be purchased. Spiritual development is knowing, experiencing, feeling the reality in which we find ourselves, and which is part of us.
3. Discovering yourself
In personal development, in order to discover ourselves, someone other than ourselves is needed. Self-acceptance comes through acceptance of us by others. Become better, become more perfect, become more successful than SOMEONE. I myself am not important and not needed, but if I am important and needed by someone (society, parents, children, etc.), then my life has meaning.
In spiritual development, self-discovery occurs through self-acceptance. A person is interested in himself, interested in what he has. The desire to become someone or something disappears. He does not need anyone or anything outside to become what he wants to be; he does not need support or approval. A person himself knows what he wants, what he needs, appears inner strength, inside knowledge, various illusions about oneself disappear. A person first of all needs himself, and he may not be successful socially, but at the same time be happy and satisfied with his life.
4. Attitude to the present and future
All personal growth is built on the image of the future. We don’t have something now, but if we take such and such steps, we will have it. In personal development, we are focused and live for tomorrow. And the most a big problem in this way of life, this is a devaluation of the present, therefore, in personal development, the present is not a value.
With spiritual development, there is a different relationship with time. The future and past are not relevant, only the present exists and this is the most valuable thing we have. All attention is paid to the awareness of every moment of life. There is nothing to achieve, everything is already there, you just need to see it. External situations provide an incentive to explore oneself, one’s conditioning, because the way we are today, we attract such situations.
5. Freedom
During personal development, there is a great need for security and guarantees. Although we understand that there is no guaranteed future in an ever-changing world, we really want to preserve this illusion. If you are promised any guarantees, then this is definitely personal development. Everything becomes a means. And at the same time freedom is set as a goal. What kind of freedom can there be if guarantees are needed? Everything that happens is perceived not as an event, as a consequence of efforts or inaction, as a reward for work.
In spiritual development, freedom means the absence of any guarantees, complete uncertainty of what will happen next. Everything is perceived as an event for comprehension. Joy, sadness, betrayal are just events, without any evaluation, an event for comprehension, for experience, for awareness.
6. The existence of an ideal
With personal development, there is always a desire for the desired, the ideal: an ideal life, ideal relationship, searching for the ideal spouse. An ideal is necessary in order to feel the significance of your life. Therefore, such personality assessments, as higher and lower, good-bad, moral-immoral, moral-immoral. Society puts pressure on us with its values and demands, controls us through a system of rewards and punishments. Everything is adjusted to the ideal model.
In spiritual development there is no division into evaluative concepts; any action has its own meaning, which must be cognized. There is no ideal, but there is a desire to know the essence, and for this you need to learn to see the situation holistically and without judgment. And the most important and most important thing, where we can get everything we need for spiritual development, is our everyday life.
7. The desire to win
In personal development, there is always a sports principle of organizing life: competition. There are always winners and losers. Ideal, ideal life– this is the life of a winner. And what more people developed socially and personally, the more likely he is to become a winner.
There is no competition in spiritual development. And what to compete in? Acceptance of oneself automatically leads to acceptance of another, and where there is acceptance, there is no competition, there is no desire to change someone. The dominant is not competition, but recognition, familiarity, awareness, experience.
8. Self-realization
Self-realization can be in the form of self-affirmation and self-expression.
If you have a need to assert yourself, leave your mark on history, show yourself to the world, prove something to someone, then this is the path to personal development.
Everyone chooses their own path: whether to move towards material well-being and success in society or take the path of spiritual development.
Based on an article by Tatyana Ushakova http://o-vni2.blogspot.com/2011/12/blog-post.html
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Spirituality is one of the components of self-development
When studying this issue, we can safely say that the very concept of “spirituality” is essentially a real adherence to internal principles, the main purpose of which is to help distinguish black from white, that is, good from evil. But at the same time, the meaning of this term carries a part of abstraction, because when using this word, everyone implies something.
But with all this, it is still possible to determine its semantic meaning. Spiritual development is a complete transformation of a person’s essence, his desire for self-knowledge, the manifestation of which helps to interact fruitfully with the inner world of a person. The very understanding of spirituality is the perception and implementation of knowledge of presence as positive, but also negative points in our world, awareness of their necessity for the complete formation of personality.
Spiritual growth of personality and its variety
During its various manifestations, it was possible to determine the following characteristics of a person’s personality, based on his current views on life and his desire for self-knowledge:
● Ignorant person - for representatives of this caste, the main values in their lives are material wealth, as well as a complete denial of any spiritual dogmas. Intellectual development be in embryo, without requiring development;
● Underdeveloped personality – a mind hungry for discovery, with a full set of fundamental values, with an emphasis on material wealth, while the rudiments of emotional reaction to various life situations;
● Developed person - full use the rational part of the mind for studying and understanding the world around us. Enough developed intuition, helping to determine the correctness of the actions taken and their consequences in the future;
● Versatile developed person– the intellect is actively developing, completely expanding the range of its activities. Formation of one’s own views on personal growth, as well as its aspects, acceptance of the possible shortcomings of other people, their awareness of their possible differences. Not only financial, but other earthly blessings are present in life, but they are optional and their presence in life is very impractical;
● Integration of the subject – active development of a person’s character, combined with empathy and compassion for other representatives of his species. Ability to implement important life lessons, increasing the level of intuitive discrimination and completely abandoning material goods;
● Overshadowing personality – widely developed intelligence, which, however, is controlled by the inner “I” of a person - his soul. On at this stage there is a complete separation own interests from the interests of society;
● A person who has undergone spiritual transformation – complete harmony with himself, bright strong personality, and among other things also the integral mind. At the same time, the spiritual growth of the individual has practically reached its peak, becoming more and more improved.
● A highly spiritual individualist is a person who was able to partially or completely reject the material side of existence. With all this, his spirituality is at highest level their development (full readiness for sacrifice on their part and response to helping others).
Of course, you shouldn't accept all these characteristics. internal state personalities literally - they are only a conditional demonstration of the possible stages of human self-knowledge, in other words, their conventional designation.
Stages of human spiritual development
Undoubtedly, before reaching its climax internal development, you need to go through all the stages, starting from the very end to the top. In the spiritual direction, there are only three such stages: awareness, then acquisition, and only then spontaneity. I propose to consider them more carefully, for a complete understanding, and, among other things, also to understand the importance of each period, which also greatly influences professional growth personality.
Mindfulness
A person’s ability to look, and above all, to evaluate himself from a detached perspective. The ability to change your own prism of perception of this reality, abstracting from the usual filters of habits, deep-rooted beliefs, guided only by emotions in them pure form. Going through this stage helps you see the world as it is, in its original form. For a person who is trying to overcome this stage for the first time, being in complete solitude with oneself is a real torture, which at the very beginning will be insurmountable. However, soon, as you get used to it, the process of awareness will help you see true value our world.
Self-sufficiency
Spontaneity
This is the acquisition of the ability to make decisions in life, absolutely not based on the previous personal experience and formed personal beliefs. The realization that our whole life is just a set of random and unrelated events. Life does not give any guarantees regarding possible successes and failures, and you must love it regardless of your status.
A striking example of achieving the results of the last stage are children - they are not limited by any moral principles that limit their character, desire to learn new things, and ability to self-knowledge. With all this, they are open and ready to empathize with those in need, without enduring them for any benefit at all. They are not constrained by the “framework” of rules, as well as necessary regulations, they live for their own pleasure. And only over time, under the strict supervision and advice of adults, do they lose their purity, thereby dooming themselves to search for the lost light.
Possible mistakes on the path to enlightenment
The more complex and ingenious the area of knowledge, the more likely errors occur. The spiritual sphere of personal growth is no exception to the rule. One of the most common mistakes not only of a person as an individual, but also of entire schools that decided to follow the path of enlightenment, is the complete ignorance and even rejection of the second component of complete development - the energy aspect (complete improvement of not only the spirit, but also the body, after all, the existence of the first without the second and vice versa is impossible). This is explained by the fact that many do not realize the importance of the symbiosis of body and soul, thinking that by rejecting earthly goods, we become one step higher in self-knowledge.
The spiritual growth of a person presupposes a mandatory system of assessment and a set of criteria to establish the level of a person’s spiritual development. It is complete confidence in the unnecessaryness of maintaining a kind of classification, reporting, which in the future will completely eliminate the possibility of studying, as well as analyzing the stages passed, further improving methods and detecting possible errors. The presence of criteria allows you not to destroy the logical sequence of spiritual and personal growth.
Going to extremes when projecting on yourself different options spiritual direction– the most common mistake of many people. When we get excited about a new idea, we almost mindlessly follow it, without realizing it. main goal and purpose. If we strictly adhere to the dogmas prescribed by this movement, we risk losing ourselves, our individuality. It is necessary to dose the flow of information, fully comprehend it, and only then apply the acquired model in practice in your life.
Tools for developing spirituality
Development itself completely excludes the possibility of stopping at a certain stage, considering oneself “enlightened.” Absolutely not. It is necessary to further improve your spirituality, so the following auxiliary tools that ensure personal progress will be very useful in this:
● Spiritual reading– study of religious and sacred treatises aimed at enriching the intellect through awareness of timeless wisdom; psychological and philosophical works of the past and present, the task of which is to help understand the true nature of man and his aspirations. Not only classical works, but also the creations of our contemporaries will be relevant for research. They help to look at unshakable axioms from a completely different perspective;
● Meditation - achieving absolute harmony and unity of all three human bodies: physical, mental and emotional. It is thanks to meditation that there is a chance to achieve absolute knowledge of oneself, the so-called “nirvana”.
● Love is the main driving force for the progress of any person. Only she is capable of pushing us to completely unthinkable actions, brave deeds. It forces us to discover new, previously invisible character traits and facets in ourselves. After all, it was precisely under the influence of this feeling that humanity created the most ingenious works of art, the theme of which was invariably devoted to love with all the ensuing consequences;
● Prayers - throughout its existence, humanity has been spiritually cleansed through prayers. This phenomenon is explained by the fact that during the creation of a prayer, we throw off all the previously accumulated negativity from our soul, activating a kind of catharsis - liberation from the burden of emotions;
● Spiritual practices – development of the cultural as well as intellectual aspect of the personality, readiness to acquire new knowledge, control own emotions as well as the ability to manage internal resources. The opportunity for self-analysis of the inner “I”, as well as almost instantly identifying a gap in your behavior model.
conclusions
To summarize, I would like to point out that many people mistakenly consider themselves spiritually developed, citing the fact that they observe generally accepted dogmas, believe in God and live according to high moral ideals. Can such people be called free and spiritual? I guess not. Highly moral - yes, but are they developed in spiritually- I doubt. After all, the main limiting factor in in this case is fear. Yes, yes, that's it. These people do not seek help or refusal out of spiritual inspiration, but only because of the threat of possible punishment.
The very concept of spiritual growth, as well as spirituality, presupposes complete absence from all of us moral principles and social foundations. But this does not mean that they are like animals and are completely beyond control. On the contrary, he is filled with love for himself ( healthy selfishness), including the people around him. He is simply free from the conventions of society. A highly spiritual person does not plan his life path- he simply lives, receiving the most important thing from his life - pleasure and comfort.
Spiritual growth is the most shining example growing up and becoming a person as an individual. Destroying our own masks, which were so carefully collected throughout our lives, allowing us to expose the very essence of each of us, the appearance of us to those around us without all kinds of tinsel.
How to achieve spiritual growth? I have heard recipes like “you need to do spiritual work, and there will be spiritual growth.” Unfortunately, definitions of “spiritual work” are no easier to obtain than “spiritual growth,” but a criterion for the correct performance of spiritual work is still needed.
The second problem is that many authors get carried away and completely leave their subtle bodies from the real world into the astral spheres. Such “growth” raises strong doubts about its adequacy and practical applicability. Other authors claim that the only way to achieve spiritual growth is to become a follower of their teachings. The problem is that the teachings are all different, so some of them are definitely wrong. Still others formulate things in a long, complex and vague manner. Such formulations cause me strong suspicions - those who understand and understand can usually clearly formulate and explain clearly.
I sat down and figured out what spiritual growth is.
I can clearly explain what it is and how to achieve it.
Sitting in an intricate position and muttering intricate mantras is not necessary. But you will have to work on yourself, because spiritual growth requires a number of practical skills, and skills do not arise by themselves, they need to be developed.
What is "spirituality"
I analyzed a dozen and a half definitions of spirituality, and came to the conclusion that Spirituality is understood as a combination of four qualities:
faith,
peace of mind,
unconditional love
and awareness.
Spiritual growth is a change in perception, a change in the picture of the world. A spiritual person sees the world, and himself in it, as it is, undistorted. A spiritual person has gained faith in himself, peace of mind, love and compassion for his neighbors. A spiritual person considers serving others as his top priority.
What is "faith"
There are a number of facts that can be verified. For example, if you melt ice, you get water. It makes no sense to believe or not to believe in facts. Such facts also include purely random processes. They are accurately described by statistical laws, and “faith” is also inapplicable to them.
Faith refers mainly to non-obvious and non-random future events that a person can influence. Faith mobilizes the will, i.e. allows you to make decisions and stick to them, and leads to the achievement of results that would not otherwise be achieved.
If you believe in victory, your chances of winning are much higher. If you believe that nothing will work out, then most likely it won’t work out.
People with weak faith adapt to people with stronger faith. Without strong faith, it is impossible to lead people, you can only follow someone.
What is "peace of mind"
Peace of mind is the absence
anxiety,
unrest,
experiences,
panic regardless of external circumstances.
This is a calm, confident look into the future.
What is "unconditional love"
“Conditional love” is when you love for something, for example, for money. I suspect that this is not love at all. "Unconditional love" is when you love without setting any conditions, you love not for something specific, but simply love . In other words, you love not “for”, but “in spite of”. In addition to love, when defining spiritual growth, good attitude towards people, sympathy, and empathy are mentioned.
What is "mindfulness"
Living consciously means perceiving yourself, those around you, and the whole world as it is, and not as we would like it to be. Stop deceiving yourself, stop hiding from reality, turning a blind eye to unpleasant facts, living in a fantasy world. Admit to yourself your desires, your weaknesses, your problems, your dreams. Understand yourself.
Why does a person need spirituality?
Spirituality improves quality of life . A person who loves, does not worry, believes in himself, and lives consciously, feels better than a person who hates, is stressed out, is convinced of the failures awaiting him, is trying to hide from reality in a fantasy world, and is trying to convince himself that the best choice for him is .
Spirituality releases energy
, which was spent on anxiety, worries, negative emotions, self-deception, and redirect it to constructive goals.
Spirituality allows you to develop
, move forward, and lead people, and at the same time help and serve them.
How to develop spirituality
How to achieve spiritual growth? Imagine that you are pulling a sled up a hill through the forest, and it gets caught in the branches. You can pull harder, you can unhook the caught branches, or you can combine these two approaches. It’s the same with spiritual growth. First, let's figure out what's slowing us down and how to unhook it.
What hinders spiritual growth
A person does not believe in himself, is nervous, isolates himself from people and is at enmity with them, hides in a fictional world - not from a good life. We all have psychological problems that largely determine what we think about ourselves and about others. These problems accumulate from childhood and prevent us from growing spiritually.
Self-confidence is hampered by the belief that nothing will come of you, you will make a mistake, only we, parents, can make the right decision for you, and you will make a bad one.
What interferes with peace of mind is the panic of your parents, and the belief that something bad will happen to you if you don’t listen to us, your parents, exactly.
It’s hard to love unconditionally if you yourself were “loved” conditionally in childhood, in other words, they didn’t love you, or pretended not to love you, or didn’t let you love yourself - in educational purposes and due to their psychological problems. It's hard to love if you grew up in an atmosphere of anger, hatred, revenge.
Avoiding reality, suppressing one's desires and emotions is the body's defensive reaction. To return to conscious life, you must first ensure that consciousness does not have constant need look for where to hide and what to hide behind.
What to do about these problems? They need to be worked through and treated. Even such a primitive approach as Dianetic auditing helps to greatly weaken them. But it's better to get help professional psychologist, for example, Gestalt or NLP therapist. Just make sure that this is a real doctor, and not a fashionable showman.
What promotes spiritual growth
Simply understanding what spiritual growth is is already a big step forward. Making the decision to seriously engage in your spiritual growth is the second big step forward.
Spirituality is a set of practical skills. It needs to be trained and developed. The most best workout- solution complex problems, preventing the people around you and all of Humanity from living and developing.
Solving problems will give you confidence in yourself, in your abilities, reduce anxiety, bring you closer to people, help you see reality and yourself in it better and more clearly, thanks to constant checking theory in practice. All difficulties that arise along the way should be considered as an opportunity for training and development of spirituality. When seemingly earned spiritual growth suddenly fails, rejoice at the opportunity to strengthen weakness, and persistently continue to move forward.
Spiritual growth is the skill of achieving peace of mind, the skill of strengthening unconditional love for people, the skill of restoring and growing self-confidence. It is the skill that is developed through practice that makes spiritual growth sustainable and irreversible - even if something very bad happens that shakes you. peace of mind, love for people and self-confidence, this skill will allow you to survive and recover.
How to develop faith
Steve Pavlina says that there are beliefs that help and give energy, and there are those that inhibit and take away forces. You need to cultivate the former and get rid of the latter. It's about about beliefs related to reality, and not about self-deception. Let's say, convincing yourself that you are the strongest in the world is most likely self-deception. Convincing yourself that you can achieve success in what you would like to do is an empowering belief.
Don't let other people impose their assessment of you on you. What a person is - only he decides for himself.
How to achieve peace of mind
At first glance, peace of mind is easier to achieve if there is external force, which takes on the concerns of the future. Followers of many religions entrust their destiny to God and do not worry about it. But if you look at it, God's help or not, you need to be ready to accept whatever tomorrow brings. Whether a person can configure himself this way or not depends only on him.
We need to get used to the fact that full control It is impossible to gain control over the future, so you need to be ready to accept any scenario and not worry in advance.
How to strengthen love
It is impossible to live for people and at the same time not love them. People do ugly things, including towards you, only because they lack spirituality, i.e. because they are afraid, nervous, panic, do not fully understand what they are doing, they are constrained by psychological problems, and they often simply have no other choice. But those same people, if helped to grow spiritually, will be kind, wise and loving.
There is a subtle point here. On the one hand, we need to help people grow spiritually. On the other hand, there is no need to try to remake a person to suit your idea of him, you need to perceive and love him as he is. These two conditions do not contradict each other. Each person grows spiritually in their own way. You need to help him grow in the way that is most convenient for him, and not try to force him to grow your way.
Look at people carefully, try to understand their problems, their motivation, their emotions. Once you understand a person, you will stop being wary of him and will be able to develop sympathy for him.
How to live consciously
Just as you look at others, look at yourself.
What do you really want?
What do you not allow yourself to dream about?
What are you trying not to notice?
What are you trying to avoid?
What makes you angry?
What keeps you up at night?
As you grow spiritually, you will be able to deal with many problems. But that's all for now defensive reactions your psyche is a part of you. You know how many fingers you have, what your height and weight are. The characteristics of your psyche are no less important characteristics. Study them, deal with them, have the courage to acknowledge them even if you don't like them.
Conclusion
Is it true that faith taken to the extreme is insane fanaticism, peace of mind is reckless carelessness, and love is the submissive suppression of all grievances? This is a misconception, but it needs to be dealt with in more detail. Love involves forgiveness, but not suppression of self-worth. If people's actions cause you negative emotions, you need to tell them about these emotions. Peace of mind does not mean ignoring problems and dangers, but it prohibits panic and allows you not to be nervous or worry. Faith becomes fanaticism when it is divorced from reality, when it becomes self-deception. In order not to go to extremes, you need to engage in spiritual growth persistently, but gradually, you need to be able to distinguish normal development from going to extremes, and monitor the direction of your spiritual growth. You will be lucky if you find a spiritual guide who can help you with this.
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