Rumi is absolutely swell! I refer to this one often, too:
"This silence is worth More than a thousand lives, This freedom worth More than all the empires on earth. To glimpse that truth within yourself, For even just a moment, is worth More than all heavens, all worlds, All this, and all that."
Breath and silence are a pretty decent combo, I'd say.
Thanks for sharing that.
I'd concur with the last line you shared, and would say it's best to interrupt breathing and silence only when you can improve upon it
I'm not entirely sure what a "spirit" is supposed to be other than what I consume on most weekend nights; but I usually conflate "spirituality" with the term "religion."
Thanks for the post.
I DO know some atheists who are still, self described, 'Have Spirit/uality', and I was intrigued because what I gather from folks is that this isn't the case...
That is that, Atheism = Nothing superstitious or unprovable.
For me another way I think of 'Spirit' is the elements of our interconnectedness with the Cosmos, our minerals, our make up.... the way we're interlaced and bound.
And on that note, I consider 'Spirituality' the awareness of that connection, like how some people describe that 'feeling' when they go for a walk in the woods.
I feel most people would admit to that feeling, so is it just a matter of labels?
I DO however think there can be intentional practicing of 'Spirituality' or 'Feeling of connectedness' religious/theist/spiritualist/atheist if we
PLAN to go on regular walks or things that make us feel more alive and aware.
It's 'provable', that is, I feel it could be investigated why these things make us feel 'present', but there is also the side of us that 'knows' without having to 'figure it out' or 'have proof'.
And that doesn't make 'connection' more or less real because of what we 'know' and 'know for sure'....
I don't see that experience, that I'm labeling 'spirituality' is mutually exclusive in the a/theist spectrum, and don't feel it implies 'superstition'... if anything, 'Practicing your Connectedness' or moments when you experience is seems pretty practical and empirical to me.
Not sure how you feel or what you'd say about it, and I'm not trying to TELL you anything, so I hope you didn't mind me expounding some of my own thoughts, which your post triggered for me
:namaste
SageTree