Spirituality: An Unsung Journey

Spirituality: A pathway to the actual growth

So according to the oxford dictionary it can be defined as the quality of being concerned with the human spirit or soul as opposed to material or physical things.

Well before looking at the definition, let's read about what the people say about it. 

Chanakya: As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it. "God is not present in idols. Your feelings are your god. The soul is your temple."

Sadhguru: Spirituality does not mean any particular practice. It is a certain way of being. This is like a garden in your house. If the soil, sunlight or stem of a plant is in a certain way, it won’t yield flowers, you have to do something. You have to take care of those things. So if you cultivate your body, mind, emotions and energies to a certain level of maturity, something else blossoms within you – that is what is spirituality.

Gaur Gopal Krishna Das: Spirituality is not about killing ambition it's about directing it. 

And lots of instances can be presented in front of us. 

Wait a minute, do we actually have clarity about spirituality? 

Or we're just mingling it with Religion. 

In order to get the answers to the questions like these:

  • Who I am?

  • What's the purpose of me in this life? 

  • What do I really want?

  • What is the meaning of life? 

We used to have two synonymous pathways : religion and spirituality. These words are often used over others but there exists a thin line difference between the two. 

Religion by definition means religion is a personal set or institutionalized system of religious attitudes, beliefs, and practices; the service and worship of God or the supernatural.

And spirituality means an inward journey that involves in search for oneself. 

So here are some good points to note: 

● Deeper is spirituality and surficial is religion

● Boundless is spirituality and organized is religion. 

● EndoLearn is spirituality and Exolearn is religion

● Evolution is spirituality and constant is religion. 

Now pretty what to follow or what not to. 

Well the way to spirituality is coming via religion. Since it's quite inclusive, inner and deep phenomena so let's gonna meet HOG and GIF. 

Let Me introduce you to the two beautiful aspects of 'SPIRITUALITY'. 

GIF is the one and HOG is the other one. You all might be thinking about the meaning of their weird names. 

Well these are acronyms. 

"GIF" means 

  • G Gratitude

  • I Intention

  • F Forgiveness


"HOG" means 

  • H Humility

  • O Optimism

  • G Generosity


Voila! We can derive the formula of Spirituality :

Spirituality = GIF + HOG

When we excel in these principles then only we're truly spiritual. This is a practical experience which is based on the deeds. 

The common prevailing misconceptions about the aspects of Spirituality are:

1. Gratitude doesn't lead to complacency. Also a common misconception about gratitude is that it comes naturally to people and that people who are grateful never have to work at it. In reality, gratitude is more like a muscle the more you workout and the more it'll develop.

2. Intention can be misleading.

3. Forgiveness doesn't mean forgetting what happened and restoring trust. 

4. Humility doesn't make someone big or small. Even if you can't claim you're good or you yourself need to be tamed. 

5. Optimism doesn't mean there's no struggle or you've to be positive for all time long. 

6. Generosity doesn't really mean altruism. It's not about being nice. 

This is not the end yet. We will dig deeper into the text as we'll move forward. 

God bless you all.

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