| Spirituality
by Justin Stone
When I write about Spirituality, I am
certainly not talking about Religion. The latter brings
to mind an institution with dogma and doctrine, ceremonials,
belief in a personal God, all sorts of assumptions,
and a somewhat fabricated history. Finances often play
a large and necessary role. Religion brings great comfort,
sometimes with bigotry, to many people.
Spirituality has none of these, and authority
plays little part. To me it means an inner search for
the Real, the Lasting, and the effort to live and accord
with that Reality. Sometimes philosophy is mistaken
for spirituality, but the former is cerebral and deals
with theory only, not actual experience.
T’ai Chi Chih practice has nothing
to do with religion. The believer who practises regularly—and
correctly—will get the benefits of TCC practice,
as will the non-believer who practises the discipline
regularly and correctly. Swimming in circulating Chi,
one could not better accord with reality. The spiritual
person is usually the happy person, but he or she many
not be religious.
One can only be a truly guiding teacher
of spiritually if he or she has the inner experience
of Reality. This is usually accompanied by gratitude,
the way to happiness. Where there is sincere gratitude
one can experience a fulfilling life. Can money by itself
bring this joy? A thousand times “no.”
Reprinted with permission
from The Vital Force, March 2002
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