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Old 08-20-2006, 05:07 PM   #1
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How Spirituality Fits into Your Life

How Spirituality Fits into Your Life

Spirituality is a powerful force if you how to garner it. It is a rock to hang on to when you feel that the world is rushing out of control. It is the unseen force that gives you the courage to push when you'd much rather pull. It shows the way when it seems there is no way.

It's the balm that soothes and heals your inner wounds. With spirituality, you rest easy knowing that whatever ails you, enrages you, troubles you, or gets on your nerve, you can overcome it. Spirituality will enable you to cheer up when you feel down. It lightens you up. All of a sudden, you find that you are laughing at yourself. Laughing with yourself. And with others. Even when it hurts. Simply put, feeling the spirit brings you joy.

Spirit is the salve needed to heal and transform.

You can tap into the healing forces through positive visualization, deep breathing, nutrition, rituals, yoga, and color and sound therapy. But to change you -and your world-you have to change the way you look at things. Healing is really an expansion of consciousness. Healing is what our soul is about. We are many lifetimes behind in our spiritual growth.

Our spiritual healing can be enhanced by the way we live and conduct ourselves. The harder we work to be healthy, physically and spiritually, the more we clean our vessel - body and soul - the more we can be a vessel for the Almighty. The process may take time. Don't rush it. Take one step at a time. Have faith that God will do what is right.

There is no set way to be spiritual. Tapping into the life source-whether you call it spirit, energy, Creator, Allah, or God-is an intensely personal search that means different things to different people. You may have given up on religion years ago, but that doesn't mean you can't enjoy a rich spiritual life.

There are things that you do every day that get you in touch with your spirituality, such as walking along a beach, meditating, going to church, or performing rituals.
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