If you read columns like ‘God in Gucci’ or ‘I AM’ in the prominent dailies, you would have definitely noticed the growing fad of spiritualism. Almost every star, actor, P3’ite, and even wannabes claim that they are no longer religious; they are all spiritual. And you start wondering what type of spiritualism they are all talking about. Is it any different from what you the Metro riding-Tiffin carrying-Spouse tolerating species perceive off, or is it something on a level which is beyond your grasp because of your material and social standing?
To start with it’s far easier to be spiritual than to be a God-fearing, principle following believer of any religion. There are no rules, no rituals, no discipline required to be spiritual and it suits….Oh so very much….all our pub hopping, gun trotting, skin revealing, two-minute fame seeking souls.
Don’t ever get fooled by all this grand talks of spiritualism, stay steady on the path of whatever religious practice you believe in and in the years to come by, you would definitely emerge as a better person if you go by the dharma of your religion whereas the en-vogue hollow spiritualism will leave you with nothing more than high levels of spirit in your body.
Your religion is a tool and technique to reach/discover the all important final destination and while you are in search of the end don’t abandon the means. The problem with that kind of pseudo-spiritualism is that you would never know when you fall from the path of righteousness. Spiritualism is not something that you adopt, its what you evolve into and I refuse to believe that we have so many evolved souls around us and that too all of them competing in that – BIG RAT RACE.
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Spiritualism = Character, Values, Attitude....
I am of the opinion that one does not have to react to folks who label themselves as spiritual in order to gain something other than character. There are plenty of so-called religious folks as well...who do everything mentioned in the book of religious rules....they pray hard...but care a damn about anything other than themselves. What good?
hi nimmy,
great to see your views
..because of the dramatization it does appear that i'm being judgemental on the "I-too-spiritual" kind, but the fact is that i'm more concerned about the dithering pie.
When you do everything mentioned- you can't but be aware of the ecosystem around you and feel for it. The keyword here is 'dharma'.
The definition of spiritualism changes with your plane. Spiritualism to me today is 'the shedding of character, values, attitude....everything'. We need to pause here just to clarify that this does not necessarily mean that i have reached this level, it's just what i understand -intellectualy- at this point in time.
These days "dharma" is a more controversial word. Dharma to one is adharma to another. Its not very easy to ask someone to follow his dharma. Its better to discuss dharma first to frame it and then allow people to follow it. And by all means dharma and spiritualism are distinct topics.
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