The Best Way to Ease Your Spiritual Hunger
The Best Way to Ease Your Spiritual Hunger
Mindfulness, meditation, and the meaningful life.
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There are many people who content with life, generally happy, and yet are possessed with a passion for deep thought and inquiry. I call this spiritual hunger, the pain of longing.
Here are the most common questions I am asked in my seminars and coaching program on this subject.
How would you define spirituality?
What is an example of spirituality?
What are the 5 types of spirituality?
What are the 3 elements of spirituality?
Of, course there are many types of spiritual practices. The five different types of spiritual practices that promote ongoing recovery from materialism or any other addictive patterns include
· # 1 Prayer. ...
· # 2 Connecting With Nature. ...
· # 3 Yoga. ...
· # 4 Attending a Spiritual or Religious Service. ...
· # 5 Meditation.
As for the 3 elements of spirituality?
The shamans, healers, sages, non-dogmatic clergy, and wisdom keepers of all times, all continents, and all peoples, in their ageless wisdom, say that human spirituality is composed of three aspects: relationships, values, and life purpose.
There are many reasons why a person might seek a deeply contemplative or spiritual life. I have always appreciated the concept called the “pain of longing.” This is a pain that naturally arises from within - an indescribable hunger for something deeper. It reflects a profound need for connection to some inner source or truth that transcends ego and desire. One of the first inclinations one may have when experiencing discomfort is to become rigid and dogmatic, or the polar opposite - to experience a sudden sense of freedom. With social freedom one may discard many of the rites, rules, and rituals automatically accepted in the past. It is easy for one to become psychologically and emotionally imbalanced, even devoured by the pain of longing. It actually has many similarities to romantic love. In my early days of mystic inquiry, my teachers and mentors spoke of the essential law of “conservation and balance.” They spoke of the tools needed to remain focused while in this “ecstatic state.”
The key to much of this is conservation and balance. This refers to a harmonious place at the middle point of two polarities; Between macrocosm and microcosm; between resignation and surrender; and of course, inner peace and the external world of action/interaction.
It is as if there is a tug-of-war going on between the wisdom that lies within and the dance of desire – how you engage the world. When you live in a state of ‘conservation and balance’, new and unexpected possibilities arise. Your un-focused mind suddenly becomes conscious of a previously unthought-of potential. This awareness often becomes a door to the deeper aspects of your journey on the Wisdom Path.
In its application in daily life, conservation and balance invoke discretion, foresight, forethought, new wisdom circumspection, the exercise of good judgment and common sense, an appreciation for caution, and an open doorway to kindness, compassion, and love.
A Final Thought
Can any of us really know love through logic? There are so many different types of love. How many ways can we speak of love?
In one sense, the pain of longing is a form of love – but the object of this love cannot be defined through intellect or logic. It requires serious introspection
..Remember…Life is a process, not a conclusion.
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