What Is Spirituality?

Most of us have been brought up with the idea that spirituality is something that happens at a designated time of the week in a holy house. I know that for many insight timer listeners, this definition will feel inaccurate and restrictive.
In this track, I offer up my thoughts on what spirituality is. Feel free to agree with me or not - this is all about feeling into what your heart feels.

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Transcript

What is spirituality?

Many of us have been brought up to think of spirituality as something that happens in a sacred building,

Requires others who worship like you do,

And that it requires ceremony and rules and rituals.

To me,

Spirituality is applied.

What is the energy that you embody as you walk through your day?

Is it kindness,

Caring,

Compassion,

Friendship,

Generosity,

Nurture,

Peace,

Joy,

Love?

Or is it lack,

Judgment,

Not good enoughness,

Envy,

Fear,

Entitlement,

Superiority,

Disconnection?

If you meet the world with the second type of frequency,

All the holy houses in the world and all the rituals are not going to connect you with your spiritual self.

If you can carry the first kind of energies,

You are living as a spiritual being whether you go to a holy house or not.

You can see the sacred everywhere and in everyone.

You can connect deeply with other beings and know that they are kin whether they are human or not.

You can feel the sacred and the beauty of different places on the earth in all their diversity.

You treat others with respect,

Kindness,

Care and compassion whether you agree with them or not.

You can feel the pain of violence whether the people are your people or not.

You can see what connects all living beings.

You meet the world with love and gratitude in your heart.

Side note,

You're not expected to be a saint who does nothing but vibrate at this frequency.

Life happens to all of us and getting angry or sad or impatient is a part of the human experience.

This all refers to what your usual baseline frequency is.

If you meet the world with love and gratitude in your heart,

You are expressing your spirituality.

And then you can gather with others and perform rituals and ceremonies and sing and connect in holy places and feel uplifted and nurtured by the experience if you so wish.