Spirituality is the sacred center out of which all life comes, including Mondays and Tuesdays, rainy Saturday afternoons in all their mundane and glorious detail . . . The spiritual journey is the soul's life commingling with ordinary life. -- Christina Baldwin (Life's Companion [1990])
My heart is open. To life, to love, and to my greater good. Nothing can come to me if my heart is closed. Opening my heart doesn't mean laying myself out as a doormat. All my faculties are still engaged. I am not suspending my judgment and discrimination - I'm removing from my inner world that which blocks me from being able to receive and experience the simple pleasures of any given day.
Life is happening all around me; the world is full of magic if I can recognize it and take it in. I can own everything my eyes can see, but if I lack the ability to be touched and moved by the beauty that surrounds me, I am still poor. I can own more or less of anything. But if I have the facility to take in the wonder that surrounds me, I am rich.
I experience this magical mystery tour called life.
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Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. ~Dr. Seuss
There are many views on Spirituality today. I know that during my youth I struggled and wrestled with GOd over it. I wanted my way all the time. (Who would have thunk it!) This alcoholic woman was into every form of insane Spiritual walk. Because of choices like witchcraft, tarot, false religions, and many many more.
I had many strongholds, Pastors, elders, leaders, friends and my husband had prayed to be broken down. I accepted Jesus as Lord of my Life to honor and to serve when I became sober at 38 years old in 1995.
My Heart, Soul and Mind opened to the truth during SOBRIETY. I had begun to pray to an invisible GOd at that time. He is no longer invisible he dwells inside me, and is called The Holy Spirit. I took walks for my withdrawals from alcohol, coke, and cigarettes, I was 38 years old. I am going on 52 years old right now and am so happy to be walking this walk.
For me 13 plus years ago my prayer times, jounaling, going to meetings, working the 12-steps in JOURNAL FORM the first time, then as they are written down in The BIG BOOK with a SPONSOR of the OPPOSITE SEX the seconds time that had more time than I did, 4 years to 14 years recovery/ sobriety. Telling the TRUTH, "ALL OF IT, every sordid detail" during the step work is why I beleove I have made it today. Plus GODS Healing of course! I had to GET SOBER or I WOULD DIE, or WORSE die an ALCOHOLICS DEATH.
I don't like RELIGION but "I LOVE THE LORD," and his children so I fellowship where they hang out, Church.
To be Spiritual is weird to define. I am weird I guess because I am Born Again. Many people don't like or understand the meaning of To be Born-Again. I didn't write it, it is in The Bible.
Well thats my mental thoughts, truth, and knowledge about Spirituality. I pray that it helps someone, doesn't offend anyone, just gives Blessings not curses.
