Spirituality

All types of likes and dislikes, prides and prejudices, loves and hatreds keep creeping into our personal consciousness, frittering our energy, and keeping us away from the ultimate goal and purpose of life; to wit, self-realization. This ignorance of the aim of life is a serious malady we are afflicted with, and it is the cause of bondage – bondage of the soul to a world “bursting with sin and sorrow.” We have, therefore, to take a turn from this drama of hectic activity and find the still-centre of our being within the human body where the All-pervading and All-free Power resides.

Sant Kirpal Singh

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The great spiritual teachers of all time spoke of spirituality as the chance to regain our own inner greatness. They witnessed the oneness with God as a practical experience and described it as a mystic state of inner intoxication beyond mind and sensory perception. They did not tire of emphasising that what one person could achieve can be achieved by another one as well. But which can be our approach today?
Though philosophies and religious scriptures give hints, in the end, they remain only theoretical. The term spirituality is often confused with blind faith in sacred books, the display of miracles, spiritual healing, supernatural phenomena or yoga powers. But its alphabet begins where all philosophies and yoga practices end.

Spirituality directly concerns the soul and its link to God. The possibility of self-knowledge and God-knowledge is the privilege of man, it exists at all times, even today. The inner way implies an ethical way of life and meditation.

Ethical living

The ultimate teaching of all social religions is just to love God. As God resides in every heart, love all humanity, all creation. For the love of God, you are to love all humanity.

If we have love for all humanity, all other commandments follow. He whom you love, are you going to kill him? Are you going to rob him of his property? Are you going to bear false witness against him? No, not in the least. So on these two commandments hang all other commandments.

The Sermon on the Mount, the Eightfold Path of the Buddha, the Niyama yama and Sadachar of the Hindus all speak of the same thing, in their own languages and, of course, in their own ways.

Sant Kirpal Singh

Selfless service

Selflessness or altruism is an ideal to be found in every religion. While each animal lives for itself and its family, man is able to feel the suffering of others and has the impulse to help. Out of love and compassion one is ready to stand up for others without taking it as a burden, but feeling happy while doing so.

Spirituality does not mean secluding oneself in a monastery, or egocentric self-realization. It manifests itself in the fact that one does not only think of oneself and in loveable dealings with our fellow beings.

If everyone makes sure that the others are also well off, it will lead to a peaceful coexistence – in the family, at work, between social groups, religions and states.

Meditation

Many people are searching for peace and tranquillity and are interested in meditation. Nowadays, we are offered various meditation practices which differ in their scope and target.

Before taking a step into practice, it is therefore advisable to ask oneself: Why do I want to meditate? Where does a certain path lead me? Can certain practices also be dangerous?

The sense and purpose of meditation is closely related to the meaning of life.

A Persian poet says: “It is given to you to fly to the higher regions, and you can only do that with the wings of Naam”.