Spiritual... anything, really

[eric o'conner]

I know nothing of anything spiritual, yet spiritual things pop up in my life all the time. If I had more information, I might be able to understand what's going on better. If you know anything about anything spiritual, can you please tell me about it? Thank you.

[Nostalgic]

Ask some questions and we can start there
So much info around, right and wrong depending on who you speak to.

[eric o'conner]

That's why I went to an Internet forum and not Google.
But I can't really ask any questions if I don't know anything about the topic.

[Nostalgic]

I'm no expert and a non beleiver in many things.
I say start with meditation.

[jojo]

Maybe it is your unconscious mind trying to wake you up to living a better life, changing your situation?

On the unconscious mind: The unconscious mind might be defined as that part of the mind which gives rise to a collection of mental phenomena that manifest in a person's mind but which the person is not aware of at the time of their occurrence. These phenomena include unconscious feelings, unconscious or automatic skills, unnoticed perceptions, unconscious thoughts, unconscious habits and automatic reactions, complexes, hidden phobias and concealed desires.

[eekhx]

All these spiritual things that pop up, whenever they pop up again, and look into it a little more =) that's my advice xxx

[DRLHyper]

Maybe they are not actually there?

[*~*Isis*~*]

To me spirituality is all about finding oneself, one's God center. It's an ongoing journey, a lifelong quest. I think the mere fact that you are looking to know more about spirituality is a spiritual act. Keep looking, and never stop asking questions of God, the universe, and yourself. Every lesson learned takes you a step further.

[Nostalgic]

Nicely said Isis
I agree, minus the god comments

[eric o'conner]

2 things:
1) If you're only going to comment that "spirituality doesn't exist," then you're not helping me answer my question. I simply like knowing things, believing is a completely different thing.
2) I have a specific question: I had a post up about a set of dreams I've had, and several people commented that it rather accurately portrayed the spiritual journey. Can someone please describe the spiritual journey to me?

[Nostalgic]

I would also like to hear someone's spiritual journey

[DRLHyper]

2 things:
1) If you're only going to comment that "spirituality doesn't exist," then you're not helping me answer my question. I simply like knowing things, believing is a completely different thing.

That is the problem. You may be just imagining all of this. 99% of the 'experiences' regarding spiritually are by products of one's own brain (this includes but is not limited to things like lucid dreaming, for example). Even if you do believe these beliefs to be true, it would not hurt to sit down for a moment and question why those things happens, why they look like the way they look, etc... This brings up your next point:

2) I have a specific question: I had a post up about a set of dreams I've had, and several people commented that it rather accurately portrayed the spiritual journey. Can someone please describe the spiritual journey to me?

Dreams are not spiritual entities, they are for self-discovery. Everything in them is related to the dreamer, no matter how 'mystic' they may seem. Ergo whenever you pay attention to anything in a dream (no matter how big or small it is), it is related to you, the one who dreams it.

Now, there is room for personal interpretation. If you believe that self discovery is a spiritual experience, then you are likely to say I am wrong, since that makes by proxy dreams to be spiritual experiences (by that definition). It would then become an argument about semantics.

If you do want me to take a look at the dreams to explain why I think they relate to your persona, I would be glad to help.

[Abe1998]

The Holy Spirit of God leads and guides us. The Holy Spirit is how God communicates with us.

[eric o'conner]

2 things:
1) If you're only going to comment that "spirituality doesn't exist," then you're not helping me answer my question. I simply like knowing things, believing is a completely different thing.

That is the problem. You may be just imagining all of this. 99% of the 'experiences' regarding spiritually are by products of one's own brain (this includes but is not limited to things like lucid dreaming, for example). Even if you do believe these beliefs to be true, it would not hurt to sit down for a moment and question why those things happens, why they look like the way they look, etc... This brings up your next point:

2) I have a specific question: I had a post up about a set of dreams I've had, and several people commented that it rather accurately portrayed the spiritual journey. Can someone please describe the spiritual journey to me?

Dreams are not spiritual entities, they are for self-discovery. Everything in them is related to the dreamer, no matter how 'mystic' they may seem. Ergo whenever you pay attention to anything in a dream (no matter how big or small it is), it is related to you, the one who dreams it.

Now, there is room for personal interpretation. If you believe that self discovery is a spiritual experience, then you are likely to say I am wrong, since that makes by proxy dreams to be spiritual experiences (by that definition). It would then become an argument about semantics.

If you do want me to take a look at the dreams to explain why I think they relate to your persona, I would be glad to help.

1) Why are you on this site? Trolling? This site seems to me to be very spiritual in its purpose, and you seem to have no spiritual beliefs and even denounce everything spiritual. It seems very... illogical.
2) Once again, I will state that I'm not blindly believing all of this. It is simply a field of knowledge obtained through faith. Some believe in all this, some don't. I don't care, I don't believe or deny it, I simply like knowing things. Besides, it's good to see things from all points of view. I already know a lot about science and technology, I simply wish to know what lies beyond that, based off of other people's experiences. I already consider the scientific reasons for all of that. I simply wish to consider the spiritual reasons for all of that as well, and I would like it if I can at least start with a reasonable hypothesis, which is why I ask about general spiritual knowledge here. Even if dreams are not influenced by outside forces ("spirits"), then I would like to know why my mind presents these images to me. For example, I could be having a nightmare about my sister dying because I didn't notice that I don't actually hate her, I simply need to realize that I love her. So please refrain from "trolling" (as I will call it that from now on) or "reasoning with [me]" (as you probably call it), as I have already considered the base scientific and base emotional reasons behind such events like dreams. I simply wish to view all the possibilities (which, ironically, you seem to desperately want me to do).

[The Eagle]

I know nothing of anything spiritual, yet spiritual things pop up in my life all the time. If I had more information, I might be able to understand what's going on better. If you know anything about anything spiritual, can you please tell me about it? Thank you.

spirit is defined as the non physical part of a person.

that makes spiritual to be anything to do with the non physical part of a person.

so the idea that somehting 'spiritual' has to involve god i believe is incorrect.

to an individual the non physical part of themselves is thier thoughts or beliefs about anything - there is the level palying field, then you delve into the beliefs and to some will involve a belief in a god to antoher it won't.

going back to the level paying field - an atheist is just as spititual as someone who believes in god or indeed follows a religion.

so what it comes down to is what you deem yourself to be important, what you yourself deem to be truth - but realising people that hold the complete opposite view are doing what you yourself does - they are still spiritual.