"What does Spitirtuality mean to you?"

[Richard49]

As a take off from Curiousity: What faith do you follow?
I would like to ask

"What does Spitirtuality mean to you?"

How do you practice spirituality?
What do you mean when you say someone is spiritual?

 

[D's mariposa]

As a take off from Curiousity: What faith do you follow?
I would like to ask

"What does Spitirtuality mean to you?"

How do you practice spirituality?
What do you mean when you say someone is spiritual?

Good question, Richard. Let me think for a bit and I'll get back to you.

 

[A Desert Rose]

Richard, why did you post this in here and not on the "front page," sort of speak? This is definately not a fluff thread. As I understand it, Page one of this forum is for serious threads and this area is for fun and fluff.

 

[kayte]

Well, I do think this is a kind of 'Cafe' type of discussion to have with friends over coffee.

I will have to think on it Richard. I think you put it in the right place.

 

[MissTaken]

I think, for starters, that spirituality has to do with having a sense of something greater than ourselves and finding peace and comfort with that.

No, I am not suggesting that people who use the higher power as a crutch or a social ladder are spiritual, but those "spiritual" among us are at peace with themselves and their universe.

That is just for starters.

Tough question, I will have to think on it more.

 

[entitled]

i'm just tossing the link to my serious post on the thread, but the whole thing is more or less on the topic.

https://forum.literotica.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=4206599&highlight=spirituality#post4206599

 

[Pixie Mischief]

I consider myself a pagan....

to me.. my idea of what is spiritual..
are.. the wind.. the sky.. the stars...
trees.. rocks.. life..

Nature to me is what spirituality is about.

 

[~*sunkyssed_kym*~]

I think, for starters, that spirituality has to do with having a sense of something greater than ourselves and finding peace and comfort with that.

No, I am not suggesting that people who use the higher power as a crutch or a social ladder are spiritual, but those "spiritual" among us are at peace with themselves and their universe.

That is just for starters.

Tough question, I will have to think on it more.

Good start MissT, and if I might add? Its applying those principles in our daily life which are for the higher good not only for ourselves but those around us. Whether one is Christian,Jewish, Buddist, Muslum, whatever.........We are are of the same origin. We all have the right to be respected as divine creations. We are more then flesh and blood. Spirituality is recognizing that and looking within for the strength and guidence to manifest it in our daily lives, and ultimately in the lives of those we have contact with.

Hmm, sorry if I've gotten a bit deep, I'm in one of those moods.


-kym- it really is about doing unto others

 

[Richard49]

i'm just tossing the link to my serious post on the thread, but the whole thing is more or less on the topic.

https://forum.literotica.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=4206599&highlight=spirituality#post4206599

Here is your post

while it's still early enough for me to be somewhat coherent
The first thing that should probably be done is to define a few terms. Yes, i promise this all ties in somewhere. Sex is sex. We should all have an idea what that is.

spirituality: \Spir`it*u*al"i*ty\, n.; pl. Spiritualities. [L. spiritualitas: cf. F. spiritualit['e].] 1. The quality or state of being spiritual; incorporeality; heavenly-mindedness.
2. (Eccl.) That which belongs to the church, or to a person as an ecclesiastic, or to religion, as distinct from temporalities.
3. An ecclesiastical body; the whole body of the clergy, as distinct from, or opposed to, the temporality. [Obs.]

religion: \Re*li"gion\ (r[-e]*l[i^]j"[u^]n), n. [F., from L. religio; cf. religens pious, revering the gods, Gr. 'ale`gein to heed, have a care. Cf. Neglect.] 1. The outward act or form by which men indicate their recognition of the existence of a god or of gods having power over their destiny, to whom obedience, service, and honor are due; the feeling or expression of human love, fear, or awe of some superhuman and overruling power, whether by profession of belief, by observance of rites and ceremonies, or by the conduct of life; a system of faith and worship; a manifestation of piety; as, ethical religions; monotheistic religions; natural religion; revealed religion; the religion of the Jews; the religion of idol worshipers.
2. Specifically, conformity in faith and life to the precepts inculcated in the Bible, respecting the conduct of life and duty toward God and man; the Christian faith and practice.
3. (R. C. Ch.) A monastic or religious order subject to a regulated mode of life; the religious state; as, to enter religion. --Trench.
4. Strictness of fidelity in conforming to any practice, as if it were an enjoined rule of conduct. [R.]

All that bla-di-bla from dictionary.com can be boiled down to very simple ideas: spirituality is what goes on inside a person in relation to their deity(ies) while religion is the physical act or the show put on to display to friends, family, and neighbors that somebody is a spiritual person. In other words, a person can be very spiritual without adhering to a specific religion (without going through the motions).

Right. Fine. What does that mean? Simple. It means that sex is fine with a truly spiritual person. The deities never put any taboos on sex that i know of. i'm probably wrong there. *laughs* All the taboos and societal norms came from the differing religions - the institutions made up by the people that know how to bend an ear or were strong enough to muscle their bone-headed way into the head seat of the tribe, depending on the day and age. What the leader said went. Period. That's where things get interesting.

Today's mainstream society frowns upon things like bestiality, BDSM, incest, etc. Much of that has come in the past couple hundred of years. i don't have the facts right in front of me, but in times not very long past, some of these things were actually preferred by the elite of society. It was only when the 'lesser' people started emulating the 'high class' folk that it was seen as crude and unbearable, becoming taboo.

Religion has flowed along the same lines as sex in that regard. Mainstream religions have become based less on superstitions and the 'old ways' as the holy scriptures have been written, revised, rewritten, revised again, etc. Most of the spirituality part has been blanched out until people have ended up with a list of rules and regulations written out in fancy words. Even with that there have been problems. It's hard to put into a book what was taught for centuries through one person's teachings punctuated by pictures (that's what stained glass windows were for - to teach the illiterate the stories). There are literally thousands of versions of scriptures and very few agree, with the exception of a few things. Most, if not all, religions and spiritualists will agree on these few things.

1. Do to others what You want done back. This basic rule is in every religious script i know of.
2. Stand up for what You believe in. Some scripts say to do this more violently than others, but the premise is there.
3. If it won't hurt You, Your family, Your friends, or Your God(s) it can be done.

That third one is where sex falls back into the whole thing. It falls under that one. Does sex do major harm? Under normal circumstances, no. What about all that 'kinky' or 'nasty' stuff? Most of it will not harm, no. It has the potential, but if it's consensual on all parts, it doesn't go against the main rule. Will it damage mentally? That's for each individual to decide. That's where the struggle with religion, spirituality, and sex comes in. Religion's constrictions have had their way with some people to the extent that sex will never be enjoyable because it's a taboo act. On the other end of that, there are people who just don't care if they fit into religion's little corset and do as they please. me? i say if they don't find out.....

 

[Richard49]

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