Spirituality and Spiritual Growth

Articles about spirituality and spiritual growth

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Awareness is ever there. It need not be realized. Open the shutter of the mind, and it will be flooded with light.
- Nisargadatta Maharaj

The articles about spirituality and spiritual growth in this section are intended for everyone, and are not affiliated to any tradition or religion.

Eveyone is a spirit with a body, and therefore knowledge and understanding of the spirit, in the widest sense, are of primary importance for everyone seeking to improve himself and awaken the spirit within him or her.

Articles on spirituality and spiritual growth by Remez Sasson

1. Spiritual Growth Benefits, Tips and Suggestions
   Spiritual growth is an important inner process, not only for people who live in far away and secluded places, and who seek spiritual awakening. Spiritual growth is of paramount importance for a better, happier and more harmonious life...
   
   
2. Living in the Present
   Living in the present is to be aware of what is happening to you, what you are doing and what you are feeling and thinking. It is being conscious of your thoughts and focusing them on the present...
   
   
3. Consciousness, Awareness and Being
   Watch closely your consciousness, this feeling and sensation of being aware and alive, and observe what you feel. I do not mean that you look at the contents of your mind. I mean becoming fully aware and conscious of the sensation of being alive and existing...
   
   
4. The Benefits and Meaning of Inner Freedom
   How many people really possess inner freedom, and the freedom to choose their own thoughts? How many possess the ability not to let their minds and moods be affected by external events and by what people say and do...
   
   
5. Rising Above the Ego
   Imagine for a moment that you are dropping your identification with the ego, which is what you think you are - your personality. What will happen then? Suddenly you have no personality, but yet you are alive and conscious...
   
   
6. The Illusion of the Ego
   Who are you? How would you define yourself? If someone calls your name, would you turn your head to see who called you? Are you the name that was called, or is it just a way to refer to you? What if you changed your name...
   
   
7. Intensive Workshops and Retreats Versus Gradual Growth
   Sometimes, the public is led to believe that inner skills and powers can be attained almost overnight, if one uses certain methods. Quite often, we hear and read about certain techniques, workshops or books, which if followed, can improve our life...
   
   
8. Detachment and Being Detached
   Detachment is an inner state of calmness and being uninvolved on the emotional and mental planes. It is definitely not indifference. People who are indifferent, do not care about anything, and are not active and initiative. On the other hand, people who possess emotional and mental detachment...
   
   
9. Improve Your Life With Inner Detachment
   Most people allow external influences affect their moods and behavior, and do nothing to stop this state of affairs. Being emotionally affected by external situations and by what people say or do, often brings needless unhappiness...
   
   
10. 10 Tips For Spiritual Growth
    Spiritual growth is the process of inner awakening, and becoming conscious our inner being. It means the rising of the consciousness beyond the ordinary existence, and awakening to some Universal truths. It means going beyond the mind and the ego...

Articles abour spirituality and spiritual growth by guest authors

1. Discover Your Essence - by Dr. Steve Taubman
   the great spiritual leaders of every age have advocated detachment. Detachment is the ability to step back from our mental constructs and look at the world from a neutral perspective...
   
   
2. The Spiritual Path - by Dr. Steve Taubman
   What is it that we seek within? How do we seek? What will we find there? Is there a road map? Fortunately, there are several such maps. Every world religion and philosophical ideology provides a path for self-inquiry...
   
   
3. The Essential Guide To Spiritual Communities - by Axel Gjertsen
   It's useful to know that there are many types of spiritual communities. Some follow old traditions such as Buddhist monasteries while others are new-age centers, where the community members often follow their own spiritual paths...