Define Spirituality
Spirituality is not what you talk about. Spirituality has a deep ingrained meaning! Spirituality is knowing real self of us... the wisdom of our soul atman within! Spirituality is gaining enlightenment (kaivalya jnana) at the earliest. Spirituality is becoming a Mahavira, Gautama Buddha, Jesus Christ or prophet Mohammed early in life.

Spiritual Guidance
Guidance in matters spiritual... where to find it! At 11 years of age I finalized my goal of life... I had to search God in this life come whatever may. At 13 years of age my desire had converted into absolute conviction.
I wanted a spiritual guide... I got none. I ventured all over my country but found none to guide me. Hordes of religious teachers but spiritual master none. I tried my best but failed. In exasperation I requested God Almighty to send an angel to guide me... I kept waiting but it was nowhere in sight!

Spirituality not religion
To be spiritual... is following the path of God. Religion is a ritual... a following!
Spirituality provides Inner peace... Religion outer happiness!
Spirituality is understanding the truth of our soul atman within our heart. Religion is living peacefully amongst the community.
Spirituality is reading the Bhagavad Gita and assimilating the pearls of wisdom therein. Religion is going to the temples, churches or mosque and praying to God. Whether you get anything in return is not the question. It is simply abiding by the dictates of the elders.

Spiritual Experience
I had one of the best spiritual experiences... the personal experience of coming face to face with God Almighty on one-to-one basis. It was an experience that can never be explained in words.
When I was 11 years of age I had a very strong conviction of experiencing God in this life. Another two years to go... my conviction had turned into a burning goal of life. Come whatever may... I shall face God Almighty in this very life.

Spiritual Life
Spiritual life is best lived having absolute faith in the system of God. I have observed many people world over doing their part... the daily prayers, religiously going to the places of worship like churches, temples and mosques but to what avail! Having hundred percent faith in God Almighty... The basic ingredient on the path to spirituality was missing in most!

Initiation and Spirituality
In spirituality... initiation by a Guru is not necessary. It is not an essential must although many religious leaders emphasize upon it.
I would have definitely had a spiritual guru for myself if I could find one. When I was 11 years of age I started in search of a spiritual master but could not find one. However best I tried... there was none to be found! In my life I could never find a Guru who was self realized and who truly had seen God.

Being Spiritual
As a human being we have two facets of life. One pursuing the physical manifested itself... the physical body that lives for approximately 70 to 80 years and the other our real self... our soul the atman within that exists within our heart.
The ultimate crux of life is... our soul atman within our heart is the owner of the body and it is this soul atman that has manifested the body and not vice versa. The ego within every human being always tries to contradict this statement but the absolute truth can never be belied.

Become spiritual
Being spiritual is practicing spirituality to the core. Spirituality does not demand any rituals whatsoever.
Every serious seeker of spirituality must follow the dictates of Bhagavad Gita... the most sacred scripture available on Mother Earth (the doctrine put forward by Lord Krishna in Mahabharata). This one document... the sacred Bhagavad Gita is sufficient for one to gain enlightenment (kaivalya jnana) and finally salvation (aka moksha in Hinduism) in this very life.

Body Mind spiritual well being
For a serious seeker of spirituality... every type of vegetarian food is ok. Consuming non vegetarian food leads to invoking impure thoughts.
Consuming pure drinking water... roughly 10 to 12 glasses per day is ideal. Apart from water consuming fresh fruit juices helps maintaining a healthy body. Any type of hard drink is just not permissible in the spiritual domain.

Spiritual consultant
Having realized God in 1993... I try to impart the spiritual pearls of wisdom that I learnt on the path of spirituality.
My two web sites below contain many essays and articles related to purely spirituality. Some of the essays like, "Truce with my Inner Self" are as pure as the Bhagavad Gita itself. Every reading will give a new meaning.

Mother Earth
God Almighty is equated with Father. Likewise Mother Earth is the equivalent of Mother. In absence of one... the other loses its meaning! If souls were not there... the necessity for planets like Mother Earth would not exist. Also if life supporting planets like Mother Earth do not exist... souls atmans would never manifest a body and the whole Cosmos would grind to a halt.

Money and Divinity
Collecting money for a divine purpose is not wrong... what is wrong is building mansions and accumulating material riches.
Here we need to understand the difference between spirituality and religion. Those who pursue spirituality as the goal of their life are after enlightenment (kaivalya jnana) and salvation (moksha). The stage of enlightenment and salvation can be reached after having crossed the threshold of the five senses and the mind.

Spirituality and Family Life
Traveling the spiritual path... one simply cannot maintain a relationship that involves love and sex. A relationship between people of opposite sex demands sensuality which is never forthcoming because of the spirituality involved. The path of spirituality demands practice of absolute celibacy (Brahmacharya)... something that is tough to practice in real life!

Path of Spirituality
Only those who travel the path of spirituality can act in a truly selfless way! Mahavira, Gautama Buddha, Jesus Christ and Prophet Mohammed... never had a selfish motive in life! They all traveled the path of pure spirituality... there aim being gaining enlightenment (kaivalya jnana) and finally salvation (moksha) at the earliest! They were never after things ephemeral in nature. Those pursuing the path of wanton desires and materialistic riches always have a selfish motive!

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