Spirituality is a popular topic these days. Unfortunately, many people do not have a clear grasp on what it is all about. In fact, many often confuse spirituality with religion, or subjects pertaining to religion. While you can indeed be a very spiritual person if you are religious, you may be interested to learn that you do not have to practice or even believe in any religion in order to embrace spirituality and reap all of its wonderful benefits! Even though the two subjects can be connected, they do not need to be.
If this is the case, you may not understand why so many people confuse the two. Perhaps it is because they share some of the same factors which have the potential to enrich a person's life, increase one's personal sense of well-being, make interpersonal communications with other people even better, and provide for a brighter outlook on life. Of course these are all very desirable characteristics - and even if you have no interest in religion, spirituality can help you to gain these life-enriching factors!
Another provisionally helpful Buddhist belief is called "karma." Believing that thoughts, feelings and actions shake the entire reincarnation-spiraling web of consciousness, are we not motivated to pepper a wider and wider swath of our awareness with compassionate care for self and others? Belief in karma injects sober discernment into the giddy, channel-surfing preoccupations of ego. But what of astrology? Is it, too, a presence-friendly belief? Time to define our terms. What, for god's sake, is this thing called "belief?" Thoughts, beliefs and the paradigms they cluster into are simply objects in awareness - no different than rocks, trees and rivers. To demonize belief is to demonize phenomenon itself. And why in the world would we do that? Projected self-hatred? Old-fashioned evil? Nope. Simpler than that. Because all phenomena - no matter how beautiful or desirable our conscious mind may deem them, no matter whether the "stuff" is material or cerebral - is, to the mind, evidence of separation, proof that we're alone, severed from nature, each other and the boundariless, oceanic being that, I believe, we all subliminally recognize as our true self.
If you have a place in your home for prayer or meditation, there are Feng Shui principles which can enhance that experience. I have even evaluated a few churches and synagogues. I think that most religions preach family harmony and see the body as a temple which should be respected. This means peace at home and taking care of your health. Feng Shui theories only complement these goals.
People of all religions will acknowledge the special feeling they get from being in their respective houses of worship. The feeling of holiness, sanctity, and peace is consciously created in these religious spaces and people want that experience. If we all can acknowledge that a space feels holy, we have an idea or know from personal experience what the OPPOSITE feels like. If we are affected by spaces in a religious, spiritual or inspired context, we can also acknowledge that other forces are at work to affect us temporarily, if not long term, as well. As much as a space can feel holy or "unholy," Feng Shui can address this aspect, in addition to the more mundane concerns that most Feng Shui adherents have: money, health and love.
If you want the deepest sense of satisfaction and the strongest sense of connection that you can possibly have, perhaps it is time to reassess what you believe in and the effects that it has had. Upon doing this, if you find you want more and better, you will find the answers that you need are within yourself.
My own concept of God is very abstract and I love the acronym G.O.D.: the Generating, Organizing, and Destroying principles of the Universe. Feng Shui is about living in harmony with Nature. Nature as we know it is a manifestation of God.
If this is the case, you may not understand why so many people confuse the two. Perhaps it is because they share some of the same factors which have the potential to enrich a person's life, increase one's personal sense of well-being, make interpersonal communications with other people even better, and provide for a brighter outlook on life. Of course these are all very desirable characteristics - and even if you have no interest in religion, spirituality can help you to gain these life-enriching factors!
Another provisionally helpful Buddhist belief is called "karma." Believing that thoughts, feelings and actions shake the entire reincarnation-spiraling web of consciousness, are we not motivated to pepper a wider and wider swath of our awareness with compassionate care for self and others? Belief in karma injects sober discernment into the giddy, channel-surfing preoccupations of ego. But what of astrology? Is it, too, a presence-friendly belief? Time to define our terms. What, for god's sake, is this thing called "belief?" Thoughts, beliefs and the paradigms they cluster into are simply objects in awareness - no different than rocks, trees and rivers. To demonize belief is to demonize phenomenon itself. And why in the world would we do that? Projected self-hatred? Old-fashioned evil? Nope. Simpler than that. Because all phenomena - no matter how beautiful or desirable our conscious mind may deem them, no matter whether the "stuff" is material or cerebral - is, to the mind, evidence of separation, proof that we're alone, severed from nature, each other and the boundariless, oceanic being that, I believe, we all subliminally recognize as our true self.
If you have a place in your home for prayer or meditation, there are Feng Shui principles which can enhance that experience. I have even evaluated a few churches and synagogues. I think that most religions preach family harmony and see the body as a temple which should be respected. This means peace at home and taking care of your health. Feng Shui theories only complement these goals.
People of all religions will acknowledge the special feeling they get from being in their respective houses of worship. The feeling of holiness, sanctity, and peace is consciously created in these religious spaces and people want that experience. If we all can acknowledge that a space feels holy, we have an idea or know from personal experience what the OPPOSITE feels like. If we are affected by spaces in a religious, spiritual or inspired context, we can also acknowledge that other forces are at work to affect us temporarily, if not long term, as well. As much as a space can feel holy or "unholy," Feng Shui can address this aspect, in addition to the more mundane concerns that most Feng Shui adherents have: money, health and love.
If you want the deepest sense of satisfaction and the strongest sense of connection that you can possibly have, perhaps it is time to reassess what you believe in and the effects that it has had. Upon doing this, if you find you want more and better, you will find the answers that you need are within yourself.
My own concept of God is very abstract and I love the acronym G.O.D.: the Generating, Organizing, and Destroying principles of the Universe. Feng Shui is about living in harmony with Nature. Nature as we know it is a manifestation of God.
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