Spirituality and me - the journey

        
             I have always maintained that I am more spiritual than religious. As I grew up, I came to realise that spirituality is not just knowing what is right and what is wrong, or what ought to be done and what is not to be done. It had a much deeper meaning. I took a plunge into its depths for the first time when I read this incredible book, "The Monk who sold his Ferrari" by Robin Sharma. I remember being overawed not just by the whole plot but the numerous teachings and wisdom embedded intricately into the plot.
            I realised what it means to be truly at one with myself. I felt connected with my inner self and through that I was connecting to every single soul around me. A lot of ancient wisdom is involved in truly understanding the journey of a soul and I pray that in my life I get opportunities to get acquainted with them and when I do I have enough light in me to understand them, cause now I am ready to be a student..

 As someone said," The depth of learning is in direct relation to the intensity of the experience" , I am looking forward to the wonderful experience.
            

Spirituality and me..-the beginings.

             This is my first blog on spirituality. This is probably the first time ever I am writing about spirituality and more so about my views. I have always thought of myself not as a religious person but a spiritual one.When I grew up I did not receive any religious training. So my concept of spirituality evolved from the notion of right and wrong. I knew love, compassion, generosity, courage,etc  were the right values and hatred, jealousy, selfishness, etc are the wrong values. All throughout my teenage, these were the principles which guided my behavior and helped me face my life's dilemmas with ease. I used to think "Even though I don't go to religious places, I don't worship God like others, I don't follow religious traditions, I know whats right and whats wrong, Morals and Values make more sense to me rather than submitting oneself blindly to traditions."
              I am not an atheist I do believe in God. I believe in existence of the "Supreme". I believe that someone is watching over me and guiding me. I just prefer not to name my God. I prefer not my religious affiliations but my actions for the mankind be my religion.
              I have a great interest in various religious texts and I have had brief exposures to teachings of a lot of them. All have essentially the same underlying principles of love, brotherhood, compassion to all living beings. None of them preach hatred or violence and if they do they cannot be words of God. I chose to follow the essence rather than mere text.
            This is how my spiritual identity took shape...