Spirituality ! why ?
When we look around we see lot of people who are not spiritual or religious who are having a great time, they are having the time of their lives. Makes one wonder if it really is of any use to be spiritual or even try to be spiritual. When someone who is spiritual and he or she is talking to someone who is not, this is the common questions and it makes sense. If someone telle me that I will go to heaven if I live my life in spirituality or if someone tells me I will have a better life next time, than all that is something that someone is promising me in the future. Especially if it is being promised in a future which no one can verify,. There is no way for me to make sure what I am being promised is going to be delivered because no one who dies and goes to heaven is able to come back and report what is out there. Although the religious leaders, saints, swamis etc will say that they have experienced what it is on the other side to some extent. But than we have to take their word for it.
So to be able ot convince me to be religious or spiritual the benefits have to start here in this life, now at this time. Not in the next tlifwe and not in the future life. No one has seen any of that future stuff.
So what are the benefits of being spiritual in this life:
You will begin to see a change in the way you handle things: You won't over react to the situations. Not that adverse things won't happen to you or to your loved ones. But the difference would be that you will bounce back much faster and the events will not leave a long lasting mark on your psyche or personality. In contrast the reaction previously where the mark left by an adverse experience could be like a line drawn on stone, to stay there forever, now the it is like a line drawn on water. IT goes away much faster and you get back to your life faster. How does this help ? You won't be boiling inside for days and months. Boiling for days and months inside means lot of ill effects on your health. High blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease to name a few. So if you are not boiling inside forever and you do not get any of these health problems, is that not a benefit here and now ? You do not need to wait for a future life to reap the benefits of spirituality. Not only you are the recipient of these health benefits, your family and friends will be also spared the ill effects of your anger which otherwise would have lasted for days and months. So you will have a healthier family and friend circle.
You will also be able to be and stay happy spontaneously. What does that mean ? Most of the time we are happy because we possess an object or we are in a situation of our liking and we are happy. But it is a common observation that those objects and situations are not everlasting. Sooner or later they change to the worse and if we are dependent on them for our happiness than what happers ? we become unhappy again. But if we are spiritually trained we still enjoy the pleasant in the objects and situations but more so we are able to get in touch with an infinite source of happiness that lies within us. Spirituality trains us to be able to tap into that source of happiness that can be had anywhere we are. It does not depend on anything outside. We can tap into it Any time and any where and as much as we want.
One could also say that a spiritual person gains wisdom to see the transient nature of things and situations and he is prepared for them to end any time. So the degree of attachment he would feel to those situations and objects would be moderated by the wisdom he possesses. He will enjoy while the object is there but accept the absence of the object when it is not there.
Combination of all of the above gives us a form of peace and tranquility that can not be had any other ways. It will show on our face and how we interact with other people, it will reflect in how we use the natural resources or for that matter any other resources. It will reflect in how we interact with other living beings in general, not just with other human beings.
Some of the qualities of the Spiritual person are as follows:
Will have compassion and be kind to others including all living beings, not just human beings
Will be naturally happy and tranquil
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