emily.mae50 writes: The word "spiritual" always amuses me. Re: "for spiritual people." How do you define "spiritual?"
In 1957, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi said of Spirituality that: 'Spiritual development is the birthright of everyone, for it is the unfoldment of the essential nature of the soul, or inner consciousness…. Soul is the individual property of everybody. It is the natural and inseparable possession, nay, the very existence, of every man. Everybody has the right to enjoy his own possession. Everybody has the right to enjoy the sat [truth] chit [Being] ananda [bliss] nature of his own soul. In the most natural manner, everybody has every right to enjoy permanent peace, bliss eternal, which is the nature of his own soul.' -- Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Thirty Years Around the World—Dawn of the Age of Enlightenment, Volume One 1957-1964 (Netherlands: MVU Press, 1986), p. 195. The Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God.. -Thomas Jefferson ..of the Unified Field the laws of Nature yet work in mysterious ways. -JaiGuruYou Spiritual Practices would be cultivating of Spirituality. Scientifically, stopping to pray may not be as effective as taking a 'quiet-time' or 'quiet-in' meditation, according to the Bible.. Matthew Ch:6 6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret(Silence); and thy Father (Unified Field of Nature) which seeth in secret (Silence) shall reward thee openly. 7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, (verbal prayers) as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. 8 Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. FairfieldLife, “Not the customary analysis of politics and economics but a conversation about spiritual questions. What did it mean for our spiritual lives?” Om, as we have seen before on FFL, religiosity is not necessarily spirituality defined. History has shown us with plenty of repetition that religious formalisms as religion are not necessarily spiritual. Spirituality: In 1957, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi said that: 'Spiritual development is the birthright of everyone, for it is the unfoldment of the essential nature of the soul, or inner consciousness…. Soul is the individual property of everybody. It is the natural and inseparable possession, nay, the very existence, of every man. Everybody has the right to enjoy his own possession. Everybody has the right to enjoy the sat [truth] chit [Being] ananda [bliss] nature of his own soul. In the most natural manner, everybody has every right to enjoy permanent peace, bliss eternal, which is the nature of his own soul.' -- Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Thirty Years Around the World—Dawn of the Age of Enlightenment, Volume One 1957-1964 (Netherlands: MVU Press, 1986), p. 195.
