Spirituality

[Moar]

Namaskar EveryOne, This thread has been started to 'Share & Discuss' everything You wish to, about Spirituality.

Initially, some of the Great Spiritual Thoughts are being shared by Me; and I AM sharing them because I Felt very Good by Feeling them !!

You are Welcome !!

[Moar]

(1) ‘ya mati sa gati’ meaning - ‘As is Your mind so is Your destination’. Hell and Heaven and Vaikuntha are born in Your mind first and then You reach there. ~ ASHTAVAKRA GITA

(2) 'atmagyanat na bhasate' meaning - A self–realized person will not see the world. He will lead a detached life as a witness only. ~ ASHTAVAKRA GITA

(3) 'bhog leelaya khelatah' meaning - Consumption of material things is a leela for Gyani or self-realized person. ~ ASHTAVAKRA GITA

(4) 'jeevanmuktah sansaran api sukhi sriman shohat’ meaning - Jeevanmukta person leads normal life. Inspite of worldly affairs, He is happy, prosperous and glorified. ’To be happy Jeevanmukta, it is not essential that You renounce world and go to forest. ~ ASHTAVAKRA GITA

(5) ‘vinirdhootrajastamah dheerah shobhate’ meaning - ‘One Who has risen above tamas and rajas attitude and has even mind, will glorify (as happy person). ~ ASHTAVAKRA GITA

Source: http://www.scribd.com/doc/29712540/Happyness-Simplified-Management-Self

[cooljat]

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Religion is for people who are scared to go to hell. Spirituality is for people who have already been there.

[Moar]

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Religion is for people who are scared to go to hell. Spirituality is for people who have already been there.



I AM ONE (of those Who have already been there) !!

[raka]

Namaskar EveryOne, This thread has been started to 'Share & Discuss' everything You wish to, about Spirituality.

Initially, some of the Great Spiritual Thoughts are being shared by Me; and I AM sharing them because I Felt very Good by Feeling them !!

You are Welcome !!
के बिमारी स या ?आजकल कई दूकान खुलरी स इसके नाम त ....असल का तो बेरा कोणी के स .....

[Moar]

के बिमारी स या ?आजकल कई दूकान खुलरी स इसके नाम त ....असल का तो बेरा कोणी के स .....


उस्ताद जी, आप वड्डे शिकारी हो, डरेड्डे चुप ए रहण मै ए भला है | एन्काउन्टर हो ज्यागा नहीं ते मेरा आढै ( ताग्गे के माध्यम से ) !

[Moar]

* "You don't have a Soul. You are a Soul. You have a body." - C. S. Lewis

* "Miracles do not, in fact, break the laws of Nature." - C. S. Lewis

* "When the heart weeps for what it has lost, the Soul laughs for what it has found." - Sufi aphorism

* "Even death is not to be feared by One who has lived wisely." - Buddha

* "When You meditate, the silence of the senses illumines the presence of God within." - Gurumayi Chidvilasananda

[Moar]

* Latest research on near-death experience supports Survival hypothesis >> http://whitecrowbooks.com/michaeltymn/entry/latest_research_on_near-death_experience_supports_survival_hypothesis

* Theory: ATransC Survival Hypothesis >> http://atransc.org/theory/survival_hypothesis.htm

* "We attempt to show that We are absolutely driven by scientific principles to acknowledge the existence of an Unseen Universe, and by scientific analogy to conclude that it is full of Life and intelligence - that it is in fact a Spiritual Universe and not a dead one." - Stewart and Tait (The Unseen Universe)

[Moar]

Consciousness On Death's Border >> http://www.jesusisright.com/content/view/157/103/

[Moar]

Reason Behind Your Birth: http://www.buddhanet.net/audio.htm

excerpt:

"There's a reason behind Your birth.... It's not by chance.... You're here on Earth.... Who You are is how You have been.... the Law of Karma tirelessly spins.... "

[Moar]

* "Every though of Yours is a real thing - a force." - Prentice Mulford

* "When You turn that fantasy into a fact, You're in the position to build bigger and bigger fantasies. And that, My Friend, is the Creative Process." - Bob Proctor

* "Basically put, the Law of Attraction says that like attracts like. But We're really talking a level of thought." - Bob Doyle (Law of Attraction Specialist)

* "Our job as Humans is to hold on to the thoughts of what we want, and from that We start to involve one of the greatest Laws in the Universe, and that's the Law of attraction. You become what You think about most, but You also attract what You think about most." - John Assaraf

* "If You see it in Your mind, You're going to hold it in Your hand." - Bob Proctor

* "Thoughts become things!" - Mike Dooley (International Speaker)

* "What most people don't understand is that a thought has a frequency. We can measure a thought. And so if You're thinking that thought over and over and over again, if You're imagining in Your mind having that brand new car, having the money that You need, building that company, finding Your soul mate . . . if You're imagining what that looks like, You're emitting that frequency on a constant basis." - John Assaraf

* "Thoughts are sending out that magnetic signal that is drawing the parallel back to You." - Dr. Joe Vitale

* "The predominant thought or the mental attitude is the magnet, and the Law is that Like Attracts Like , consequently, the mental attitude will invariably attract such conditions as correspond to its nature." - Charles Hoanel

>>>> note: all the above mentioned quotes are placed in the book >> "The Secret" by Rhonda Byrne

"As You learn The Secret, You will come to know how You can have, be, or do anything You want. You will come to know who You really are. You will come to know the true magnificence that awaits You in life." - from the introduction of the book <<

:applause:

[Moar]

"If You take any activity, any art, any discipline, any skill - take it and push it as far as it will go, push it beyond where it has ever been before, push it to the wildest edges of edges, then You force it into the realm of magic." - Tom Robbins

[Moar]

"Imagination is the true magic carpet." - Norman Vincent Peale

[Moar]

"Miracles are not contrary to Nature, but only contrary to what We know about Nature." - Saint Augustine (Theologian and Catholic Bishop)

[Moar]

* "In the magical Universe, there are no coincidences and there are no accidents. Nothing happens unless someone wills it to happen." - William S. Burroughs (Writer and Poet)

* "The World is full of magical things waiting for Our wits to grow sharper." - Eden Phillpotts (Novelist and Poet)

[skarmveer]

कल हम कुछ मित्र वृन्दावन गए थे आधे से जयादा दिन काम करने के बाद ३.३० पैर दिल्ली से निकले और ७ बजे बांके बिहारी जी के दर्शन करने के बाद मन को जो शांति मिली उसका वर्णन नाही किया जा सकता लगभग २ घंटे के बाद जब निकले तो न कोई थकान थी और नाही ये एहसास की कब खाना खायेंगे कब घर पहोंचेगे और सुबह भी ऑफिस टाइम से जाना है यही स्प्रितुअलिटी है !
जो काम मन को शांति दे और उस-से किसी का नुक्सान न हो वो ही सच्ची पूजा हे

[Moar]

"A hundred times every day I remind Myself that My inner and outer life depend on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert Myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and Am still receiving." - Albert Einstein (Nobel Prize-Winning Physicist)

[Moar]

"Gratitude is the memory of the Heart." - Jean-Baptiste Massieu

[Moar]

"You say Grace before meals. All right. But I say Grace before the concert and the opera, and Grace before the play and pantomime, and Grace before I open a book, and Grace before sketching, painting, swimming, fencing, boxing, walking, playing, dancing and Grace before I dip the pen in the ink." - G. K. Chesterton (Writer)

[Moar]

>> In 1912 Chris Haanel described the law of attraction as, "the greatest and the most infallible law upon which the entire system of creation depends." - Rhonda Byrne (The Secret)


"Basically put, the Law of Attraction says that Like attracts Like. But We're really talking at a level of thought." - Bob Doyle (Author and Law of Attraction specialist) <<

[harveer53]

jai siyaram ......
great work
Main problems in everyone life
1 birth
2 old age
3 disease
4 death
these problems can be solved by bhakti (mantra jaap mam dranh visvasa)

[harveer53]

correct sir very true
jai siyaram

[harveer53]

ram kaho aram tajo ..........

14570145711457214573

[Moar]

correct sir very true

हरवीर जी, कृपया मुझे भाई कह कर संबोधित करें |

>> to Me, being known as a Boy is a better Feeling than being known as a Man <<

[ravinderjeet]

ram kaho aram tajo ..........

14570145711457214573


मूर्ति पूजा स्प्रिचूअलिटी नहीं हे ,ये धर्मभीरु अंधभक्तों का काम हे |

[Moar]

मूर्ति पूजा स्प्रिचूअलिटी नहीं हे ,ये धर्मभीरु अंधभक्तों का काम हे |

मैं आपसे सहमत हूँ रविंदरजीत जी |

[Moar]

हरवीर भाई, आप किसी को आदर्श मानते हो तो उनके द्वारा सुझाई गयी सुशिक्षा का अनुसरण करो; अगर आप हर वक़्त गुरु की जय जयकार करते रहो, और जो सुशिक्षा का मार्ग उन्होंने दिखाया हैं उस पर आत्म-मंथन न करो, उनका अनुसरण न करो, तो भाई अपने सीखा ही क्या ?!

[Moar]

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>> "Newton's Law is One for One - what You give, You receive, equally." - The Magic by Rhonda Byrne


>> "Thoughts are sending out that magnetic signal that is drawing parallel back to You." - Dr. Joe Vitale


>> "The predominant thought or the mental attitude is the magnet, and the Law is that Like attracts Like, consequently, the mental attitude will invariably attract such conditions as correspond to its nature." - Charles Haanel


>> "The vibrations of mental forces are the finest and consequently the most powerful in existence." - Charles Haanel

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[Moar]

"Turn Your wounds into Wisdom" - Oprah Winfrey [B. 1954] (Media Personality and Businesswoman)

[Moar]

"This World, after all Our Science and Sciences, is still a miracle; wonderful, inscrutable, magical, and more to whosoever will think of it." - Thomas Carlyle (Writer and Historian)

[Moar]

"It is quite possible to leave Your Home for a walk in the early morning air and return a different person - beguiled, enchanted." - Mary Ellen Chase (Educator and Writer)

[Moar]

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>> "Are You grateful to be Alive each day ? Or do You take Your life for granted." - The Magic by Rhonda Byrne


>> "When You arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be Alive, to think, to enjoy, to love." - Marcus Aurelius


>> "When You arise in the morning, give thanks for the morning light, for Your life and strength. Give thanks for Your food and the joy of living. If You see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies with Yourself." - Tecumseh


>> "Let Us rise up and be thankful, for if We didn't learn a lot today, at least We learned a little, and if We didn't learn a little, at least We didn't get sick, and if We got sick, at least We didn't die; so, let Us all be thankful." - Gautama Buddha

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[Moar]

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"You are meant to have a amazing life!

You are meant to have everything You love and desire. Your work is meant to be exciting, and You are meant to accomplish all the things You would love to accomplish. .... You are meant to to be living Your dreams - all of them! ....

When You wake up each day, You should be filled with excitement because You know the day is going to be full of great things. You are meant to be laughing and full of joy. You are meant to feel strong and safe. You are meant to feel good about Yourself and know You're invaluable. Of course there will be challenges in life, and You are meant to have them too, because they help You to grow, but You are meant to know how to overcome problems and challenges. You are meant to be victorious! You are meant to be happy! You are meant to have an amazing life! ....

You were not born to live a life where the moments of joy are few and far between. .... You were not born to live with limited energy, feeling exhausted at the end of each day. You were not born to be worried or afraid. You were not born to suffer. What would be the point of Your life ? You are meant to experience life to its fullest and have everything You want and, at the same time, be filled with joy, health, vitality, excitement, and love, because that is an amazing life!

The life of Your dreams, everything You would love to be, do, or have, has always been closer to You than You knew, because the power to everything You want is inside You!"

>> Source: from 'Introduction' of the book, 'The Power' ~ by Rhonda Byrne

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[Moar]

Thank You Rhonda Byrne :angel:

[Moar]

Moral Fiber / Fibre : http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/moral+fibre.html

:applause:

[Moar]

Buddha Quotes - BrainyQuote : http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/b/buddha.html

[Moar]

"It's not how much We give but how much Love We put into giving." - Mother Teresa

[Moar]

"A change of Feeling is a change of destiny." - Neville Goddard (New Thought Author)

[Moar]

"We can only be said to be Alive in those moments when Our hearts are Conscious of Our treasures." - Thornton Wilder (Writer and Playwright)

[Moar]

"When You realize how perfect everything is, You will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky." - Buddha

[Moar]

"God speaks to Me not through the thunder and the earthquake, nor through the ocean and the stars, but through the Son of Man, and speaks in a language adapted to my imperfect sight and hearing." - William Lyon Phelps

[Moar]

"The final test of a Gentleman is his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him." - William Lyon Phelps

[Moar]

"Those who decide to use leisure as a means of mental development, who love good music, good books, good pictures, good plays, good company, good conversation - what are They? They are the happiest people in the World." - William Lyon Phelps

[Moar]

"Natural forces within Us are the true healers of disease." - Hippocrates [circa 460 - circa 370 BC] (Father of Western Medicine)

[Moar]

" .... अन्खियाँ विच लै के सपनें रातां नु जगराते करदें .... " - 12 साल / इश्क बेपरवाह ( गीत ) से, गायक - बिलाल सईद

[Moar]

Official Web Site of The Secret and The Power : http://thesecret.tv/ (http://thesecret.tv/)

[Moar]

"Love is the greatest power on Earth. It conquers all things." - 'Peace Pilgrim' born 'Mildred Lisette Norman'

[Moar]

"A Mighty, Eternal and Incomprehensible Force pushes Us all forward. But while all are being pushed, many linger and look back. Unconsciously, They oppose This Force." - Prentice Mulford (New Thought Author)

[Moar]

Spirituality - University of Maryland Medical Center : http://www.umm.edu/altmed/articles/spirituality-000360.htm

[DrRajpalSingh]

Inner enlightenment not external show offs sign of a spiritually awakened persons.

[Moar]

Inner enlightenment not external show offs sign of a spiritually awakened persons.

"What goes around, comes around." - most agreed upon author is Gautama Buddha; however, few more people have also been linked to this quote over time

[Moar]

"I believe in Karma. If the good is sown, the good is collected. When positive things are made, that returns well. " - Yannick Noah

[Moar]

"Again, You can't connect the dots looking forward; You can only connect them looking backwards. So You have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in Your future. You have to trust in something - Your gut, destiny, life, Karma, whatever. This approach has never let Me down, and it has made all the difference in My life." - Steve Jobs

[Moar]

"Whether or not We Believe in Survival of Consciousness after death, Reincarnation, and Karma, it has very serious implications for Our behavior." - Stanislav Grof

[Moar]

"Everybody laughs the same in every language because laughter is a Universal connection." - Yakov Smirnoff

[Moar]

"Balance is so important in our lives. In our busy world, We can give ourselves balance between thinking and Feeling." - Yakov Smirnoff

[Moar]

"I believe that Love and laughter can only happen when one person takes the time to think about what would cause the other person to Feel good." - Yakov Smirnoff

[Moar]

"In today's society We sometimes forget to balance our hearts and our heads; this is the reason We stop laughing. " - Yakov Smirnoff

[Moar]

"It's kind of bittersweet. The human Spirit is not measured by the size of the act, but by the size of the Heart." - Yakov Smirnoff

[Moar]

"Laughter is the shortest distance between two people." - Yakov Smirnoff

[Moar]

"We have been learning since We were children how to make money, buy things, build things. The whole education system is set up to teach Us how to think, not to Feel." - Yakov Smirnoff

[Moar]

"We may have forgotten how to Feel. Nobody is teaching Us how to live happily Ever after, as We've heard in fairy tales." - Yakov Smirnoff

[rakeshsehrawat]

भाई बुरा न मानिये (तू तो न्यू भी न माने भगत आदमी है ) बाकी मन्ने इसा लगे है जणू रेडुवा गलत टेसन पकड़ रहया हो !

[DrRajpalSingh]

भाई बुरा न मानिये (तू तो न्यू भी न माने भगत आदमी है ) बाकी मन्ने इसा लगे है जणू रेडुवा गलत टेसन पकड़ रहया हो !

What an observation!

Do you really feel so, I cannot believe.

[cooljat]

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"The mind can be used and can be put aside.
It is an instrument, a very beautiful instrument;
no need to be so obsessed with it."
- Osho

[cooljat]

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“People are afraid of themselves, of their own reality; their feelings most of all. People talk about how great love is, but that’s bullshit. Love hurts. Feelings are disturbing. People are taught that pain is evil and dangerous. How can they deal with love if they’re afraid to feel? Pain is meant to wake us up. People try to hide their pain. But they’re wrong. Pain is something to carry, like a radio. You feel your strength in the experience of pain. It’s all in how you carry it. That’s what matters. Pain is a feeling. Your feelings are a part of you. Your own reality. If you feel ashamed of them, and hide them, you’re letting society destroy your reality. You should stand up for your right to feel your pain.”
― Jim Morrison

[cooljat]

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"If you know how to enjoy a roseflower, a green tree in your courtyard, the mountains, the river, the stars, the moon, if you know how to enjoy people, you will not be so much obsessed with money. The obsession is arising because we have forgotten the language of celebration."
- Osho

[Moar]

>> You must be a seeker When You seek You have a direction. - http://www.shivyog.com/ <<

[Moar]

>> Shiv Yog is not a technique; it is the path of Grace. - http://www.shivyog.com/ <<

[Moar]

>> http://www.shivyog.com/index.php?option=com_courses&view=detail&id=6&Itemid=53 <<

[Moar]

>> The Greatest Experience is Experiencing the process of Death while living. - http://www.shivyog.com/ <<

[Moar]

>> SHIV YOG is the Science of SHIVA - the Science Beyond Science : http://www.shivyog.com/index.php?option=com_science&view=detail&Itemid=56&Itemid=68 <<

[cooljat]

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‎"Looking at a sunset, just for a second you forget your separateness: you are the sunset. That is the moment when you feel the beauty of it. But the moment you say that it is a beautiful sunset, you are no longer feeling it; you have come back to your separate, enclosed entity of the ego. Now the mind is speaking. And this is one of the mysteries, that the mind can speak, and knows nothing; and the heart knows everything, and cannot speak. Perhaps to know too much makes it difficult to speak; the mind knows so little, it is possible for it to speak."
- Osho

[cooljat]

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"To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person."
- Bruce Lee

[Moar]

. . . . मैं दुनियाँ तों होर की लैणा . . . .

[Moar]

A new command I give You: Love one another. As I have Loved You, so You must Love one another. ~ Lord JESUS CHRIST

[Moar]

And know that I AM with You always; Yes, to the end of time. ~ Lord JESUS CHRIST

[Moar]

But I say to You, Love your enemies and Pray for Those Who persecute You, so that You may be Sons of Your FATHER WHO is in Heaven; for HE makes HIS sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. ~ Lord JESUS CHRIST

[Moar]

Do not let Your hearts be troubled. Trust in GOD; trust also in ME. ~ Lord JESUS CHRIST

[Moar]

It is not the healthy Who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. ~ Lord JESUS CHRIST

[Moar]

Let me into Your lives, Your world. Live on ME, so that You may become truly Alive. ~ Lord JESUS CHRIST

[Moar]

Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every Word that proceeds from the Mouth of GOD. ~ Lord JESUS CHRIST

[Moar]

Open the door to ME, as I have Opened MYSELF for You. ~ Lord JESUS CHRIST

[Moar]

So I say to You, Ask and it will be given to You; search, and You will find; knock, and the door will be opened for You. ~ Lord JESUS CRIST

[Moar]

'God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life' (John 3:16 NIV).

[Moar]

[Christ speaking] "I came that they might have life, and might have it abundantly" [that it might be full and meaningful] (John 10:10).

[Moar]

[Christ speaking] "Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if any one hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him" (Revelation 3:20).

[Moar]

The FATHER's Love Letter ~ Barry Adams & FathersLoveLetter.com


Please do Read : http://www.fathersloveletter.com/ & http://mahagod.jesus.net/?/1/the-fathers-love-letter.html/&txt=1#txt


Hats-off to Barry Adams & FathersLoveLetter.com !!

[Moar]

Come home and I'll throw the biggest party heaven has ever seen (Luke 15.7)

[ravinderjeet]

भाई हरदीप ,क्यूँ इसाइयत का प्रचार करे स ,यु भी पोगा पन्थियाँ का-ए सौदा स | महा बकवास |

[Moar]

. . . . मैं अन्खाँ बन्द कराँ, कन्नाँ विच्चों सुणा आवाज़ तेरी प्यारी . . . .

[soniadabas]

" Every Spirit makes its house , But as afterwards the house confines the spirit , You had better build well " .

By Elbert Hubbard

[DrRajpalSingh]

Sword conquered for a while, but spirit conquers for ever.
--Sholem Asch

[DrRajpalSingh]

Come home and I'll throw the biggest party heaven has ever seen (Luke 15.7)

Moar Sahib, Could you share with us the information as to location of the 'home' the party is being organised at so lavish scale! Is it for earthly people or just to be seen by 'heaven'.
Thanks

[cooljat]

Mate, don't mix Religion with Spirituality .. both are entirely different !



So I say to You, Ask and it will be given to You; search, and You will find; knock, and the door will be opened for You. ~ Lord JESUS CRIST

[Moar]

Mate, don't mix Religion with Spirituality .. both are entirely different !

Thanks bai G !!

[sunnytewatia]

Spirituality is the concept of an ultimate or an alleged immaterial reality (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reality);[1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirituality#cite_note-0) an inner path (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Involution_%28philosophy%29) enabling a person to discover the essence of his/her being; or the "deepest values and meanings by which people live."[2] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirituality#cite_note-1) Spiritual practices (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiritual_practice), including meditation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meditation), prayer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prayer) and contemplation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemplation), are intended to develop an individual's inner life. Spiritual experiences can include being connected (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connected) to a larger reality, yielding a more comprehensive self (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self); joining with other individuals or the human (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human) community (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community); with nature (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nature) or the cosmos (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmos); or with the divine (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divinity) realm.[3] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirituality#cite_note-2) Spirituality is often experienced as a source of inspiration or orientation in life.[4] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirituality#cite_note-3) It can encompass belief (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belief) in immaterial realities or experiences of the immanent (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immanent) or transcendent (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcendence_%28religion%29) nature of the world.

Traditionally, many religions have regarded spirituality as an integral aspect of religious experience (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_experience). Among other factors, declining membership of organized religions and the growth of secularism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secularism) in the western world (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_culture) have given rise to a broader view of spirituality.[5] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirituality#cite_note-4) The term "spiritual" is now frequently used in contexts in which the term "religious" was formerly employed; compare James (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_James)' 1902 lectures on the "Varieties of Religious Experience".[6] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirituality#cite_note-5)[7] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirituality#cite_note-6)
Secular spirituality (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secular_spirituality) emphasizes humanistic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanistic) ideas on qualities such as love, compassion (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compassion), patience, tolerance, forgiveness, contentment, responsibility, harmony, and a concern for others[8] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirituality#cite_note-Dalai-7):22, aspects of life and human experience which go beyond a purely materialist view of the world, without necessarily accepting belief in a supernatural reality or divine being. Spiritual practices such as mindfulness and meditation can be experienced as beneficial or even necessary for human fulfillment without any supernatural interpretation or explanation. Spirituality in this context may be a matter of nurturing thoughts, emotions, words and actions that are in harmony with a belief that everything in the universe is mutually dependent; this stance has much in common with some versions of Buddhist spirituality. A modern definition is as follows:

"Spirituality exists wherever we struggle with the issues of how our lives fit into the greater scheme of things. This is true when our questions never give way to specific answers or give rise to specific practices such as prayer or meditation. We encounter spiritual issues every time we wonder where the universe comes from, why we are here, or what happens when we die. We also become spiritual when we become moved by values such as beauty, love, or creativity that seem to reveal a meaning or power beyond our visible world. An idea or practice is "spiritual" when it reveals our personal desire to establish a felt-relationship with the deepest meanings or powers governing life."[9] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirituality#cite_note-8)
The psychology of religion (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychology_of_religion) uses a variety of metrics to measure spirituality.[10] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirituality#cite_note-kapuscinski10-9)
Spiritual path In a wide variety of traditions, spirituality is seen as a path toward one or more of the following: a higher state of awareness, perfection of one's own being, wisdom, or communion with God (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God) or with creation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creation_myth). Plato (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plato)'s Allegory of the Cave (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegory_of_the_Cave), which appears in book VII of The Republic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Republic_%28Plato%29), is a description of such a journey, as are the writings of Teresa of Avila (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teresa_of_Avila). The Vedas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vedas) and Upanishads (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upanishads) also describe such a path of transformation.[citation needed (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)]
Disciplines such a path entail may include meditation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meditation), prayer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prayer), and the contemplation of sacred texts (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred_text); ethical (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethic) development.[8] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirituality#cite_note-Dalai-7) Love and/or compassion are often described as the mainstay of spiritual development.[8] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirituality#cite_note-Dalai-7)[11] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirituality#cite_note-10)

[sunnytewatia]

Religion Whilst the terms spirituality and religion both relate to a search for an Absolute or God (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God), and thus have much overlap, there are also characteristic differences in their usage. Religion implies a particular faith tradition that includes acceptance of a metaphysical or supernatural reality;[8] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirituality#cite_note-Dalai-7):22, whereas spirituality is not necessarily bound to any particular religious tradition. Thus William Irwin Thompson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Irwin_Thompson) suggest that "religion is the form spirituality takes in a civilization."[12] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirituality#cite_note-11)
Those who speak of spirituality outside of religion often define themselves as "spiritual but not religious" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SBNR) and generally believe in the existence of different "spiritual paths," emphasizing the importance of finding one's own individual path to spirituality. According to one poll, about 24% of the United States population identifies itself as spiritual but not religious.[13] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirituality#cite_note-12)
Spirituality within particular religious traditions In the Catholic Church (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church), spirituality is generally seen as an integral part of religion, as much for the laity as for the 'religious' (i.e. those who have taken vows to the Church). There is a variety of charisms (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charism) that emphasize particular ways to serve God and humanity. See Catholic spirituality (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_spirituality), Ignatian spirituality (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignatian_spirituality).
For Anglican (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglican) spirituality, see Anglican devotions (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglican_devotions).
Science See also: Relationship between religion and science (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relationship_between_religion_and_science)
Since the scientific revolution (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_in_the_Age_of_Enlightenment), the relationship of science to religion and spirituality has developed in complex ways.[14] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirituality#cite_note-13)[15] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirituality#cite_note-SandR-14) Historian John Hedley Brooke (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hedley_Brooke) describes wide variations: "the natural sciences have been invested with religious meaning, with antireligious implications and, in many contexts, with no religious significance at all."[15] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirituality#cite_note-SandR-14):16 The popular notion of antagonisms between science and religion[16] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirituality#cite_note-15)[17] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirituality#cite_note-16) has historically originated with "thinkers with a social or political ax to grind" rather than with the natural philosophers themselves.[15] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirituality#cite_note-SandR-14):13 Though physical and biological scientists today avoid supernatural (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supernatural) explanations to describe reality (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nature)[18] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirituality#cite_note-17)[19] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirituality#cite_note-18)[20] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirituality#cite_note-19) (see naturalism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naturalism_%28philosophy%29)), many scientists continue to consider science and spirituality to be complementary, not contradictory.[21] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirituality#cite_note-20)[22] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirituality#cite_note-21) Neuroscientists (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuroscience) are trying to learn more about how the brain functions during reported spiritual experiences.[23] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirituality#cite_note-22)[24] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirituality#cite_note-23)
During the twentieth century the relationship between science and spirituality has been influenced both by Freudian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freud) psychology, which has accentuated the boundaries between the two areas by accentuating individualism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Individualism) and secularism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secularism), and by developments in particle physics (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Particle_physics), which reopened the debate about complementarity (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relationship_between_religion_and_science) between scientific and religious discourse and rekindled for many an interest in holistic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holistic) conceptions of reality.[15] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirituality#cite_note-SandR-14):322 These holistic conceptions were championed by New Age (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Age) spiritualists in a type of quantum mysticism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_mysticism) that they claim justifies their spiritual beliefs,[25] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirituality#cite_note-Capra-24)[26] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirituality#cite_note-25) though quantum physicists (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_mechanics) themselves on the whole reject such attempts as being pseudoscientific (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudoscience).[27] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirituality#cite_note-26)[28] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirituality#cite_note-27)
Personal well-being In keeping with a general increase in interest in spirituality and complementary and alternative treatments (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_medicine), prayer has garnered attention among some behavioral scientists (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavioral_science). Masters and Spielmans[29] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirituality#cite_note-28) have conducted a meta-analysis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta-analysis) of the effects of distant intercessory (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercession) prayer, but detected no discernible effects.
Spirituality has played a central role in self-help (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-help) movements such as Alcoholics Anonymous (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcoholics_Anonymous): "...if an alcoholic failed to perfect and enlarge his spiritual life through work and self-sacrifice for others, he could not survive the certain trials and low spots ahead...."[30] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirituality#cite_note-29)
Philosophers across many traditions, from Stoicism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoicism) to Buddhism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism), have suggested that a spiritual practice (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiritual_practice) is essential for personal well being. Such practices do not necessarily include a belief in supernatural beings. Contemporary authors, too, suggest that spirituality develops inner peace (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inner_peace) and forms a foundation for happiness (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happiness). Meditation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meditation) and similar practices may help any practitioner cultivate his or her inner life (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Introspection) and character.[31] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirituality#cite_note-30)[unreliable source? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Identifying_reliable_sources)] [32] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirituality#cite_note-31)

[sunnytewatia]

Near-death experience (NDE) Main article: Near death experience (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near_death_experience)
If consciousness (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consciousness) exists apart from the body, which includes the brain, one is attached not only to the material world, but to a non-temporal (spiritual) world as well. This thesis is considered to be analyzed by testing the reports from people who have experienced death (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death). However, some researchers consider that NDEs are actually REM (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_eye_movement_sleep) intrusions triggered in the brain (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_brain) by traumatic events like cardiac arrest (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiac_arrest).[33] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirituality#cite_note-32)
Sacredness Social scientists have defined spirituality as the search for "the sacred (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred)," where "the sacred" is broadly defined as that which is set apart from the ordinary and worthy of veneration. Spirituality can be sought not only through traditional organized religions, but also through movements such as the feminist theology (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminist_theology) and ecological spirituality (see Green politics (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_politics)). Spirituality is associated with mental health (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mental_health), managing substance abuse (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Substance_abuse), marital (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marriage) functioning, parenting (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parenting), and coping (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_skills). It has been suggested that spirituality also leads to finding purpose and meaning in life (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meaning_of_life).[34] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirituality#cite_note-PP11-33)
Origin See Timeline of religion (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_religion) and Evolutionary origin of religions (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolutionary_origin_of_religions)
History See also: History of religion (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_religion)
Words translatable as 'spirituality' first began to arise in the 5th century and only entered common use toward the end of the Middle Ages.[35] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirituality#cite_note-34) Spiritual innovators who operated within the context of a religious tradition often became marginalized (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marginalized) or suppressed as heretics (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heresy) or separated out as schismatics (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schism_%28religion%29). In these circumstances, anthropologists (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropologist) generally treat so-called "spiritual" practices such as shamanism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamanism) in the sphere of the religious, and class even non-traditional activities such as those of Robespierre's Cult of the Supreme Being (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cult_of_the_Supreme_Being) in the province of religion.[36] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirituality#cite_note-35)
Eighteenth-century Enlightenment (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Enlightenment) thinkers, often opposed to clericalism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clericalism) and skeptical of religion, sometimes came to express their more emotional responses to the world under the rubric of "the Sublime" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sublime_%28philosophy%29) rather than discussing "spirituality". The spread of the ideas of modernity (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modernity) began to diminish the role of religion in society and in popular thought.[citation needed (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)] Ralph Waldo Emerson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Waldo_Emerson) (1803–1882) was a pioneer of the idea of spirituality as a distinct field.[37] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirituality#cite_note-36) Important early 20th century writers who studied the phenomenon of spirituality, and their works, include William James (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_James), The Varieties of Religious Experience (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Varieties_of_Religious_Experience) (1902), and Rudolph Otto (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolph_Otto), especially The Idea of the Holy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Idea_of_the_Holy) (1917).[citation needed (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)] The distinction between the spiritual and the religious became more common in the popular mind during the late 20th century with the rise of secularism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secularism) and the advent of the New Age (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Age) movement. Authors such as Chris Griscom (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Griscom) and Shirley MacLaine (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_MacLaine) explored it in numerous ways in their books. Paul Heelas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Heelas) noted the development within New Age circles of what he called "seminar spirituality":[38] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirituality#cite_note-37) structured offerings complementing consumer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumerism) choice with spiritual options.
Study In the late 19th century a Pakistani scholar Khwaja Shamsuddin Azeemi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khwaja_Shamsuddin_Azeemi) wrote of and taught about the science of Islamic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic) spirituality, of which the best known form remains the Sufi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sufi) tradition (famous through Rumi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumi) and Hafiz (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hafiz_Shirazi)) in which a spiritual master or pir (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pir_%28Sufism%29) transmits spiritual discipline to students.[39] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirituality#cite_note-38)
Building on both the Western esoteric tradition (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_mystery_tradition) and theosophy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theosophy),[40] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirituality#cite_note-39) Rudolf Steiner (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Steiner) and others in the anthroposophic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthroposophy) tradition have attempted to apply systematic methodology to the study of spiritual phenomena,[41] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirituality#cite_note-40) building upon ontological (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontological) and epistemological (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epistemological) questions that arose out of transcendental philosophy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcendental_philosophy).[42] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirituality#cite_note-41) This enterprise does not attempt to redefine natural science, but to explore inner experience – especially our thinking – with the same rigor that we apply to outer (sensory) experience.

[prashantacmet]

Perhaps Gautam buddha was the first person who saw clearly "who am I". . Buddha said that enlightenment is " no suffering" but he is silent on what will be left after " no suffering" so intentionally he left that on us to feel that. Here are some quotes from the greatest spiritual teacher of the world.

- Peace comes from within, don't search it outside
- It is better to travel well than to arrive
- You can not travel on a path until you become the path itself

[prashantacmet]

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[Moar]

>> When You become peaceful, You perceive existence. That peace is Your true Self. So, do not agitate, yell and shout. <<

[cooljat]

.

“The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are. You trade in your reality for a role. You trade in your sense for an act. You give up your ability to feel, and in exchange, put on a mask. There can't be any large-scale revolution until there's a personal revolution, on an individual level. It's got to happen inside first.”
― Jim Morrison

[rathi2727]

16531 Osho the master of masters

[cooljat]

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"Being an Intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers. You can fill your life up with ideas and still go home lonely. All you really have that really matters are Feelings. That's what Music is to me."
- Janis Joplin

[tarusehrawat]

~A dreamer is the one who can find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world..!~

[tarusehrawat]

~ Only dead fishes move along the river..!!~

[tarusehrawat]

~ An arrow can be sent only by dragging it back....so, when life is dragging you back with difficulties...it means that its going to launch you into victory..!!~

[tarusehrawat]

~ Use what talents you possess. The woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang the best..!!~

[tarusehrawat]

~ Opinions are like hand watches..Everyone's watch shows different time from others.. But everyone believe that their time is correct....!!~

[tarusehrawat]

~ Candle sizes may be different...but they yield the same light. It's not the matter of our position, but our ability that makes us shine....!!~:angel:

[tarusehrawat]

~ Lovely relations are like a "RING" ...when you wear it, it will hold your finger tightly and when you remove it, it will surely make you feel its absence, with a mark...!!~:)

[tarusehrawat]

~ Dreams visit us when we are asleep but GOD is truly wise, he wakes us each day and gives us every chance to make our dreams come true....!!~:)

[tarusehrawat]

~ The greatest pleasure in life is doing what others say you cannot do...!!~:)

[tarusehrawat]

~ When you want more time to take correct decision then remember : " Even a correct decision is wrong when it's too late" ~

[cooljat]

Hi Taru,

Thanks a lot for contributing to the thread however somewhat I felt the quotes you posted are more of inspiring and inspirational quotes than spiritual thoughts. I believe there is a fine line between spirituality and inspirational thoughts.

Should you have any confusion feel free to post here and I would love to reply back.

Cheers
Jit

[tarusehrawat]

Hi Taru,

Thanks a lot for contributing to the thread however somewhat I felt the quotes you posted are more of inspiring and inspirational quotes than spiritual thoughts. I believe there is a fine line between spirituality and inspirational thoughts.

Should you have any confusion feel free to post here and I would love to reply back.

Cheers
Jit
hello....
actually i like insipirational quotes and i didnt find any thread related to that...but i felt it somewhat related so i posted here...if theres any objection..i will not...:)

[rekhasmriti]

Welcome Aboard Taru .

A good thought is always a good one , you may like to visit :
http://www.jatland.com/forums/showthread.php?31749-Nice-Quotes/page2&highlight=quotes

http://www.jatland.com/forums/showthread.php?33037-Good-ones/page35&highlight=quotes

Please feel free to explore .

Take care .

Regards,

[cooljat]

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“I'm simply saying that there is a way to be sane. I'm saying that you can
get rid of all this insanity created by the past in you. Just by being a simple
witness of your thought processes.

It is simply sitting silently, witnessing the thoughts, passing before you.
Just witnessing, not interfering not even judging, because the moment you
judge you have lost the pure witness. The moment you say “this is good, this
is bad,” you have already jumped onto the thought process.

It takes a little time to create a gap between the witness and the mind. Once
the gap is there, you are in for a great suprise, that you are not the mind, that
you are the witness, A watcher.

And this process of watching is the very alchemy of real religion. Because as
you become more and more deeply rooted in witnessing, thoughts start
disappearing. You are, but the mind is utterly empty.

That’s the moment of enlightenment. That is the moment that you become for
the first time an unconditioned, sane, really free human being.”
― Osho (http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2856822.Osho)

[tarusehrawat]

~ Anytime we perceive that someone else has weakened us,
has downed us, has hurt us, has come "against" us,
we really have to evaluate that honestly.
Did they really. or did we decided they did,
then hurt ourselves with that series of thoughts?....~