Share Your Spiritual Experiences With Others
There was once a man who left his home and all his possessions and went off into the jungle to live all lone in close proximity to the trees, owers and the animals. His purpose as to attain spirituality in communion ith nature. He may have reached his pal, but his spirituality was only a matter of personal solace and, as such, as limited in its reach. It was not pplied' spirituality, that is, spirituality hrough which others gained from one's ersonal spiritual experience. Practically, there is a vast difference tween the spiritual person who lives idthink society and shares his spiritual tperience with his fellow beings, and he who lives in solitude. Spirituality fosters development of 1 kinds of constructive qualities and, in doing, makes one a complete, person. n individual endowed with such alities is one who is wanted and needed by society and the nation. He will be wasting his spiritual treasure if he leaves society and goes off to the jungle to live alone in peace and tranquillity. In fact, a spiritual person is the most desirable individual when it comes to establishing a better society, which is after all a collection of better persons. And, it is true spirituality that turns one into a better person. To create a civilised society and keep it running on course, we need professionally trained people at the helm of affairs. Without such trained people, it is impossible to have a properly structured society. As such the guidance the spiritual person can give is of a superior nature and he is, therefore, qualified to steer the engine of social existence along the right lines. It is such spirituality that we have called 'applied' spirituality. In the basic sense, spirituality is a personal asset. but in its expanded sense, it has many applications. And where spirituality is an individualised matter, applied spirituality is a universalised form of it. It is not only others who benefit from applied spirituality. The spiritual person himself also benefits. When such a person devotes himself to sharing his spiritual training with others, he adds a whole new dimension to his own spirituality. Experience can be gained only within society. Moreover, experience adds wisdom to one's spirituality. Without wisdom, spirituality is incomplete. Spirituality plus wisdom gives rise to the emergence of a superior state of being. Spirituality, moreover, being an inner quality, has to be applied if its external actualisation is to take place. Applied spirituality means living in society as a spiritual giver One who has the capacityto apply his spiritualis the giver of such assistance and thiwill be good for intellectual health. If you discover the value of well-wishing, and decide to live asa well-wisher for all humankind, then careened who engages in applied spirituty. Likewise, if you have a bad experienwith your neighbours, but avoid treatinthis as a departure from normalcy andface those neighbours with a smile, thethat too isan exampleof applied spiritlity. Spirituality comprises a set of valuAnd, appliedspirituality means practising these values in conjunctionwith your fellow beings in society. Applied spirituality is ostensibly amatter of giving. But, every instancegiving is paralleled by an instance of receiving. The giver is not simply a giver. The giver is also the receiver ofmany things-appreciation, goodwillbetter relations and peace.
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Share Your Spiritual Experiences With Others
There was once a man who left his home and all his possessions and went off into the jungle to live all lone in close proximity to the trees, owers and the animals. His purpose as to attain spirituality in communion ith nature. He may have reached his pal, but his spirituality was only a matter of personal solace and, as such, as limited in its reach. It was not pplied' spirituality, that is, spirituality hrough which others gained from one's ersonal spiritual experience. Practically, there is a vast difference tween the spiritual person who lives idthink society and shares his spiritual tperience with his fellow beings, and he who lives in solitude. Spirituality fosters development of 1 kinds of constructive qualities and, in doing, makes one a complete, person. n individual endowed with such alities is one who is wanted and needed by society and the nation. He will be wasting his spiritual treasure if he leaves society and goes off to the jungle to live alone in peace and tranquillity. In fact, a spiritual person is the most desirable individual when it comes to establishing a better society, which is after all a collection of better persons. And, it is true spirituality that turns one into a better person. To create a civilised society and keep it running on course, we need professionally trained people at the helm of affairs. Without such trained people, it is impossible to have a properly structured society. As such the guidance the spiritual person can give is of a superior nature and he is, therefore, qualified to steer the engine of social existence along the right lines. It is such spirituality that we have called 'applied' spirituality. In the basic sense, spirituality is a personal asset. but in its expanded sense, it has many applications. And where spirituality is an individualised matter, applied spirituality is a universalised form of it. It is not only others who benefit from applied spirituality. The spiritual person himself also benefits. When such a person devotes himself to sharing his spiritual training with others, he adds a whole new dimension to his own spirituality. Experience can be gained only within society. Moreover, experience adds wisdom to one's spirituality. Without wisdom, spirituality is incomplete. Spirituality plus wisdom gives rise to the emergence of a superior state of being. Spirituality, moreover, being an inner quality, has to be applied if its external actualisation is to take place. Applied spirituality means living in society as a spiritual giver One who has the capacityto apply his spiritualis the giver of such assistance and thiwill be good for intellectual health. If you discover the value of well-wishing, and decide to live asa well-wisher for all humankind, then careened who engages in applied spirituty. Likewise, if you have a bad experienwith your neighbours, but avoid treatinthis as a departure from normalcy andface those neighbours with a smile, thethat too isan exampleof applied spiritlity. Spirituality comprises a set of valuAnd, appliedspirituality means practising these values in conjunctionwith your fellow beings in society. Applied spirituality is ostensibly amatter of giving. But, every instancegiving is paralleled by an instance of receiving. The giver is not simply a giver. The giver is also the receiver ofmany things-appreciation, goodwillbetter relations and peace.
DISCLAIMER:
The views expressed in the Article above are Maulana Wahiduddin Khan/ kashmiribhatta.in is not in any way responsible for the opinions expressed in the above article. The article belongs to its respective owner or owners and this site does not claim any right over it.
Courtesy : Maulana Wahiduddin Khan/ Speaking Tree,Times of India