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SPEAKING OF….
First nutshell
Spiritual Development
Spirituality has always been a hip thing to talk about, but often it is confused with religion. Be careful however because the two are not necessarily one and the same. Spirituality is a state of being as opposed to a short, or long, list of obligations. Spirituality is experienced from the inside, it is a consciousness.
Spiritual consciousness represents the religious aspect which lives within all of us. It is the divine counterpart of the being and it takes several lifetimes for only becoming conscious of the spiritual consciousness within us, and many more to actually develop it.
What difference does it make whether you live according to spiritual consciousness or not? When spiritual consciousness awakens inside of you, you begin to recognize the beauty, the goodness, the wonder of life that is within you. You discover you fortitude and your power of action in the face of each choices you have to make and, best of all, you realize that YOU DO HAVE the choice.
A great many people have followed a personal development path, especially since the beginning of the new age era. However, only a few of them have reached a state of spiritual consciousness. Many desperately want to heal their body, their soul and their spirit without wondering about spirituality or think that they are spiritual beings simply because they have undertaken a personal development involving therapies, treatments or alternative care. They only have the consciousness of the word 'spiritual', not the consciousness of spiritual 'state' and much less of the spiritual 'action' and 'commitment'.
Spirituality is a constant commitment that must be renewed continually. A consciousness of the self opened 24 hours a day. It is a questioning of the self and a carefree concern about the discovery of self-perfection. It is a thirst to become aware of our origins, of our possibilities and of our spiritual powers, and acceptation of our state of Enlightenment.
Enlightenment is the result of a spiritual process. An individual who consciously chooses spiritual development must become aware that he/she is committing himself/herself to a path of enlightenment, the end of the rebirth and death cycle.
Ma Deva Eshana
