Humans live between the sky and the earth. Between spirituality and materialism, so that they could connect these two mights.
Spiritual growth has become such a popular thing these days. But who can answer what it specifically is? A lot of young people have the feeling that the world is something more and deeper than just eating, hanging out with friends and watching TV. But they don't know exactly where that feeling comes from; while the society has got a name for this feeling (i.e. spiritual growth). This of course doesn't help a lot. So now there are lots of spiritual teachers and every one of them sends out different messages and point to their "only true path" towards spiritual growth.
A human being is the most wonderful creation on earth. His organism is the most perfect and the most complicated creation of this world. Also, the intellect of a human being stands out from all the other earthlings. When you use your knowledge and think of something new that you haven't known before, it is called intellect. That is creation.
Every human is so amazing that he is a separate world, a separate philosophy, a separate study. He is perfectly fit to live on this amazing planet, in which everything is perfectly joined where harmony dominates. Body, mind and feelings are given to the human consciousness so that he could altogether feel all of this wonderful world.
But then there are "teachers" who claim that this world is a dream or a trick and that there is no freedom here. They say that here you can only live and suffer, everything depends on god and that if you will be good then after death you will be rewarded. A person lives and suffers in scarcity, everyday he works a hundred jobs and it seems that soon so soon... but that "soon" never comes any closer. And the person comes to a conclusion "This world is made up of only suffering". He starts to believe in the spiritual teachers. By that he adds them more power and possession.
And then the person is divided into materialism and spiritualism. Spiritual gurus them him that happiness is only inside and that he need to surrender everything else that is in this world and to what is said and he will grow spiritually. And that everything that is material is temporary and that you will not be able to take it with you after death... But it is so hard for him to refuse that so called materialism, which is his body, feelings, pleasure and human nature... So he gets mad at himself for wanting to be happy the way he wants and he feels so sinful because it is hard for him to adapt to what the guru is saying.
The person is always fighting with himself. Material things attract him but he still goes against his own will... towards spirituality. And battle is happening all the time... during his whole life.
Now read ahead about what spirituality really is.
A human lives in a material world, with a material body. God gave you a body, wishes, hands, mind.. so maybe not for nothing? But understand that you are here in this world not to seek for temporary pleasures, that's not what God gave such a perfect organism for.
Now find out how to pursue the will of God.
A human has two paths: I. is the path of creation - the freedoms path AND II. the path of temporary pleasures - the slavery path. This is how creation works: You receive an impulse from the inside or in other words the conscience or intuition. Then your mind connects to it and starts to think and creates a material plan of actualizing that impulse. Then your feelings connect and they turn on energy to reach that aim - You start to feel the want to act. And then your body, your hands, your feet and everything else connects to start the process of creating. That is how the realization process of God's will take place. What happens when you reach so much for something that God ordered and make it happen? Then a wave of delight takes you over! So, you pursue the God's task and God awards you with great delight. That is what the Real spirituality is - delight.
There are times when people aim for something mean and they feel ecstasy. But that is something different. That is a brutal pleasure, like a devil inside that person feels satisfied and this pleasure is completely different. I am talking about what is called a meaningful generous aim. These things should not be confused. So, I have told you about what is a path of creation and freedom.
The path of slavery and pleasures is when the aim comes from the outside. Fist the body switches on: you see something and you start to want it. Then you start to think of ways how you can get it and you reach for it. While the conscience, the voice of the God, stays behind the curtain. People like that say "no matter the means the goal must be reached". And the person reaches for it but everything goes wrong and he gets frustrated. His reaching is not full of happiness and joy. Then God communicates with him in a material way through the environment, through situations, through failure saying "STOP! This is not what you need!". But the person doesn't hear the voice of his conscience. He is taken over by his desires and to reach for his goal he goes through fire and water. That is called "Trying to break the wall with your head".
Take interest in how the great people of the world, the scientists, how they are creating. They don't need neither food not sleep. When a person is listening to the speech of God then the whole world seems to help you reach your goal.
What is happiness? The word happiness means to win. To win means to aim and to reach your goal. SO you become happy when you reach your aim. You can also say that a person becomes happy when he is successful, because he always succeeds. When do you become successful? When you reach for a generous and meaningful goal, because then the whole world helps you. When are you unsuccessful? When you are controlled by desires and you don't listen to your inner voice of conscience, intuition.
So you ask why some have intuition and some don't? That is because the intuition, the voice of your conscience cad be heard only by a conscious person. Remember how it is when you over eat: you become so sleepy, you don't want to work and you become lazy... How do you feel in the morning after a good sleep? You feel active, full of creative energy, your thoughts purely and smoothly float through your mind. So, alcohol, smoking, meat and other brute food destroy consciousness completely and make the person a biorobot...
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Author: Marius Metrikis