Spiritual Growth Is Vital For Wellness

By Jerry King


A human being is body, mind and spirit. It is important for all these areas to grow. One should not take spiritual growth for granted. It gives sense and meaning to life. Life will become better once a person embraces spirituality. This is simply connecting with something bigger. There is more than what an individual can see with his eye. There is the realm of the spirit. This is unseen and intangible. One can choose to see it as something outside one's body. Alternatively, other people think that they have spirits inside them.

Food for the spirit matters. A person who feeds his soul grows. One who only feeds his body is doing a great disfavor to himself. If there is need for holistic wellbeing, an individual should feed the soul, the mind and the body. Knowledge and information help the mind to grow. However, growing spiritually is a completely different ball game.

The spirit is there. It exists, even if a person is ignoring it. It listens to everything in one's mind and knows beforehand what an individual will do next. Life will be meaningless and sad if one does not appreciate the value of the spirit. To be happy, comfortable and satisfied, growing one's spirit will help. It starts with baby steps.

To many, life seems a mystery. Some see life as one big Rubik's cube or an unsolvable crossword puzzle. This is because of failure to connect the dots. The equation will be complete once the spirit is factored in and one will be able to enjoy the abundance of life. It is not all about flesh, blood, thoughts and emotions.

By growing in relation to spirituality, one will get valuable enlightenment. The eyes of the spirit best see some things because the physical eyes are deceiving. There are many ways to connect with the spiritual side. It all depends on a person's belief. In most cases, religion and spirituality go hand in hand. However, this is not always the case. Most religious people are spiritual.

Spirituality can be shaped by religious thought. Religion has made the world a better place. Religious thoughts, stipulations and moral codes have shaped the legal systems of most countries. It is impossible to imagine a religion that does not involve spirituality. The leading world religions depend on the ability of people to activate their spirits through prayers, fasting and meditation.

One can be a non-believer yet place a lot of value on issues pertaining to the spirit. It is not an issue of faith. It is more than what someone believes in. This matter is primarily about the inner self. That side that no one can see but only a person. People can only see the outside. They cannot see the soul.

Man was meant to be a spirit being. However, most humans try very much to separate themselves from their essence of being that is their spirit. Before a person was conceived and brought to this world, he existed as a spirit. With death, the body decomposes and perishes and the soul is removed and starts existing on its own.




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