Spirituality: 

The state of the soul is essential for the psychological state of health. Spiritual growth is not an option that we can leave or take. Like the body, the soul needs care, however we live in a society that does not place much attention on the soul. In this new age, spirituality is nothing more that what nourishes and enlightens the soul. It is neither a combination of truths nor a complex ritual, nor is it a community or a poverty commitment, it is a combination of everything, which nourishes the soul and permits human growth. 

Spirituality therefore is not a theological speciality nor a religious sector but something humanly profound, a capability belonging to all mankind. Spirituality is universal and certainly can take all kinds of forms as seen in religion and cultures, however, each of these forms are nothing more than the manifestation of universal spirituality.  

We can find nourishment for the soul in Zen, Jesuit or transcendental meditations. Dervish or Quaker dances, in the silence of the Quaker or Cistercian monasteries, in Hindu ashrams, in orthodox or Taoist incense, also in the reading of Catholic liturgy or in the Indian Native customs and traditions.  

Spirituality allows us to be in contact with the primordial universal energy. This life force energy penetrates and overcomes us. When this energy fills us, the joy we feel is conveyed to those around us through compassion and which promotes peace.  

But where can we find it? Where do we look for our souls? Should we first look in the sacred religious scriptures, deep within the mystic raptures, in the birth of the New Age or with the gnomes who have the understanding and road to happiness or in the purifying rituals or ceremonies?  

According to the Hindu myth, in the beginning of time all humans were gods, but these humans abused their divinity that Brahman decided to remove all their powers but didn’t know where to hide them. There was a great meeting of the gods. The first god advised to bury them deep within the earth but Brahman said one day the humans may dig and find them. The second god suggested placing them at the bottom of the ocean and again Brahman said a day may come when the humans will learn to swim and find their divinity at the bottom of the ocean. A third had the idea of bringing the humans divinity to the top of the highest mountain but again Braham was not satisfied. He contemplated long and finally he said: this is what we will do. We will hide the human divinity deep within their own beings because the humans would never guess to look for it there.  

The word, soul, appears throughout humanity. It has been referred to as a universal dimension and does not belong to any one religion in particular. The soul is deep within oneself. Art is a perfect vehicle for the soul in which it prefers to express itself. The soul is associated with the true self, the root of our individuality. The soul has surpassed religion in search of spirituality.  

Are we to assume that religion has a positive and constructive effect to our spiritual growth and development? Has there not been evidence to the contrary which is to say that religion is a serious obstacle in the fulfillment, the articulation and suitability to our spirituality? Has religion not outlived its spiritual usefulness?  Hasn’t the religious era come to an end?  

Religion was born over 10,000 years ago and influenced man by patriarchal characteristics, such as insisting on fear, control and power, pessimistic tendencies as well as seeing everywhere signs of sin and the devastation in idolatry, instead of facing the obstacles and committing to solidarity. This new spirituality does not belong to a religion and has not transpired through any sacred scriptures. This spirituality is for all mankind, all nations, and all cultures and appears above all in nature and the universe itself. It urges us forward in our pilgrimage in the search of meaning and values, urges us towards each other, towards mother earth and the universe.  

This spirituality renounces exclusivist and any intolerance to see the good deep within ourselves. Religion was a temporary reality that has outlived its purpose. Spirituality is something that you experience within your being regardless of religious practice or beliefs.  

When the being is filled with the spiritual essence, this energy transcends to the soul and radiates outward towards others. This is the beauty of life, the essence, radiating from the soul, from your being that harmonises gently with the whole of mankind, towards a planetary and universal awareness.