The Wonders Of Spirituality
Spirituality Is Oneness Through Love and Gratitude
In response to Dancing Elephants Press Prompt 13/52
What is Spirituality? For some, it is more religious and for some, it’s more of science. For some, it’s being in Nature and for some, it’s a state of mind achieved by winning over life's struggles. For some, it’s the knowledge gained from the books and for some, it’s the wisdom. It differs from person to person, from different perspectives. By all means, Spirituality is something that can be attained by anyone who desires to achieve it.
For me, Spirituality is a calm and happy state of mind that cannot be disturbed or altered easily by any means, a state of consciousness and self-awareness, a state of being connected and grounded. It narrows down to the two main ingredients, “Love” and “Gratitude.” When a person has these two main building blocks as the base of his/her character, then Spirituality is easily attainable.
Connection with The Earth!
I saw “Spirituality” in the connection with Nature, the connection with animals and birds, and the inner connection.
Like the roots of the tree if you can establish a connection between you and the earth, feel dissolved in it, feel a state of nothingness, that is spirituality!
In the lap of Mother Nature! You walk, You sit, You lie, and You Treasure!
Grow your roots stronger and wider! Get deeper and deeper!
Creating a spiritual resonance! Enhancing your spiritual connection!
I write from my own life experiences. I pick a portion, visit that time and place and write from that point. But, for this one, I want to see it from here. As a mature woman, I can understand and have the answers to most of the things that were “questions and wonders” at that point in time for a 7-year-old girl (it’s from that age, I could remember things clearly, but until then it’s bits and pieces). Now, at 44, I see a different meaning to life from a spiritual standpoint and understand;
- What it means to be able to be happy, calm, and more comfortable with oneself, even being alone doing nothing!
- What it means to spend a whole day without food or water, sitting on a rock 🪨 in a stream, gazing at the flowing water or the meadow or the flowers or the glistening silver oak trees or the waves of butterflies!🦋
- What it means to walk into the tea gardens or the woods, walk and walk and walk reaching nowhere until it’s time to say goodbye to the sun 🌞 and you realize your family will be worried!
- What it means to have a foal come running to you from nowhere when you visit home for holidays and in another instance a stray dog!
- What it means to be different and uncomfortable being normal to others!
This was my “normal” back in my hometown in the mountains. I always found solace out in Nature and felt very safe. It was like She always calls me and felt the connection deeply rooted in the earth like the roots of the trees. I was never scared to be alone in Mother Nature’s lap even when my bodyguard, “Dragon,” our dog, was taken away by a leopard and the hungry bear sneaked into our garden to gulp all that honey, breaking all the wooden beehives. Even today, that lovely house serves as a shelter for the bears and the Indian Gaur.
The Magical Touch
I also want to share the experience I had two months ago. It was a meeting fixed on short notice and we went on a trip to my hometown in the mountains.
When we reached there, the person who invited us happened to be my husband’s classmate’s friend and the official meeting turned into more of a casual and friendly meeting. We had lunch together and after a while, our new friend took us to a place in the nearby jungle. We parked the car where the road ended and started walking. After some 500 feet, we turned right and it lead us to the wilderness. Only a few people know this place and I wish it stays like that forever.
Now, we walked a few more steps and I started to feel a difference, the sense of the wild, the cool breeze, the warmth, the fresh air, going deep and deep inside I suddenly felt a jolt, a pulse, like stepping into a new planet. What an amazing experience, like Mother Nature held me tight in her arms close to her heart with warm hugs and cuddles…
And, then there was a beautiful lake and I thought that that was it and we’re going to head back, but our friend said that there’s more, and I was like out in heaven. Again, we walked and walked, it was very deep and thick and we reached another dam that was built in the 1900s. It was so serene and beautiful, the beauty cannot be expressed in words, and the energy, I am so blessed and grateful for that moment. I thank our friend and owe him a great debt of gratitude!
Connection with Animals
Animals are wonderful beings. The animal's love, care, and gratitude are so incomparable.
Again, I would like to share an awe moment! I was 18 or 19 at that time. The tea estate where we lived was one of the biggest estates in Ooty, India. There were some parts of the tea gardens where there was no access by vehicles, so they had two donkeys to go and fetch the tea bags. They have to go crossed our home to reach the deep valley behind our house, that’s how I met them.
We became friends very quickly and I used to feed them whenever I meet them. Even if they don’t find me anywhere, they’ll wait for me near the gate and call me. After some days, the jennet got pregnant and our friendship grew stronger and closer, as she was allowed to rest and we got more time to spend together. Jack continued with his job.
One morning, I could hear her braying, very loud and a little unusual, different than the regular signal she gives me. She was waiting near the gate. I walked to her and opened the gate. Before I walked out of the gate she grabbed my dress and pulled me, and took me to the godown where they store all the fertilizers and stuff. And, in one corner, there was this beautiful “Black Diamond.” Yes! the foal was so special, so cute and he was black. Such a lovely moment in my life!
But, within a week, I had to move to the city for my first job career. After a few months, I was going back to visit my parents. I got off the bus and started walking toward my father’s office. A few steps further, I was feeling some chillness in my fingers on the right and I slowly turned and went “awe,” it was the baby foal and I was shocked as well. I couldn’t see the mother or the father. I didn’t see the foal either when I got off the bus and I still wonder, how and from where did he come to me. I would like to call it “Magical bonding!”
What can I say about that same awe moment being recreated?
This happened in the city where I started my career in Medical Documentation Services for an MNC in May 2000. I chose to work in night shift because I needed the extra money to care for my elderly retired parents. My house was located within walking distance.
Every morning when I leave the shift there would be a gang of stray dogs in the street junction waiting to escort me. As I reach home, I’ll feed them some biscuits and they will all leave except this one dog, Vicky. He was different and he always had this pride like a gang leader, and looked nice, seemed like a crossbreed. He would never leave the gate, lying there the whole time, and slowly he gained my attention and we became friends. This continued for three years or so and then I moved to another place.
After a few months, I visited my friend who was residing on the street next to where I used to live. We spoke for a little while and when it was time to leave, I came near the door facing backward, saying goodbye to my friend, and there was that same feeling of chillness in the fingers of my right hand. I turned back and looked and went “AWE,” it was Vicky. I said to myself, “how did he even know I was here?” “Where did he come from?” I don’t have answers for that.
The Inner Connection!
Close your eyes! See your lungs! Feel your breath!
Talk to your mind! Help calm down! Feel your blood and beat!
Lose yourself! Up like a feather! High and disappear!
You are your own healer. Realize this and work on yourself to attain that state of mind where you can set yourself free!
Talking about “Inner Connection,” here comes the two building blocks, “Love” and “Gratitude.”
LOVE
Love yourself! So that you can love your family! “Love” is pure! “Love” is true!
Love your family! So that you can love your neighbors! “Love” is clarity! “Love” is patience!
Love your neighbors! So that you can love everyone around the world! “Love” is beautiful! “Love” is powerful!
Love everyone! So that you can love Earth and it’s Lives! “Love” is care! “Love” is joy!
Love the Earth altogether!🌎 So that you can help flourish Her!🌳 “Love” is serene! “Love” is “Peace!”
“LOVE IS EVERYTHING”
This one ingredient will make our lives sweet and even our dishes tasty.
GRATITUDE
Gratitude is the ORIGIN of happiness and happiness is the origin of love. Happiness plays the role of “The Aquifer” from which the spring originates to form the streams and then the rivers.
The aquifer of happiness needs to be charged by gratitude to flow out as the stream of love.
Being grateful for smaller things leads to more happiness and more fulfillment. A satisfied mind acts as a catalyst for positive vibes that are truly contagious. It’s the same theory for negativity, but the effect is twofold. More happiness, more positive energy, and vice versa.
Everything in life is a balance of both positives and negatives. Let’s only focus on the positives and practice GRATITUDE to get charged with the positive energy generated by HAPPINESS and light up the world with the power of LOVE with your eyes closed and your arms wide open with a feeling of “ONENESS.”
Spirituality is Oneness!
The Human Connection with Earth and Beyond through Love and Gratitude!
Stay Connected to Mother Nature!
Thank you Dr. Gabriella Korosi for giving me this opportunity to look deep within and nourish my inner self by creating this wonderful prompt, “Spirituality.”
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This morning, I read this lovely post by Dr. Gabriella Korosi and wanted to share it with you.👇🏻
A wonderful article on Spirituality by Dr. Preeti Singh 👇🏻
Our life journey is like that of the water in a stream!👇🏻
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🙏Thank You!🙏
