"Anything that removes what grows between our hearts and the day is spiritual. Being spiritual is much more useful and immediate than the books about books would have us think." Mark Nepo
What a delightful definition of being spiritual. The spiritual path has long been the path I have chosen, but I have not thought to define it like Nepo does. I knew that it was not the same as religious, although there is an aspect. I knew that it involved what Carl Jung and Joseph Campbell describe as an interior journey, and I knew that it involved all aspects of one's life (not just 1 hour on Sunday). Being spiritual means that we consider all involved when making decisions, that our actions and words are congruent, that our actions speak as much - or more - for us as our words, that we look for the meaning of life within our life context, that we fully feel the many emotions that it means to be human, that we value relationships rather than things. What does being spiritual mean to you?
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