How Do You Define Spirituality?

Recently, I was asked by someone to define my spirituality. I thought it was an excellent question, and realized that although I consider myself to be a very spiritual person I never really sat down and thought about how I defined it! If you consider yourself to be a spiritual person I highly encourage you to take some time and really delve into what spirituality means to you. Let me share what came up for me as I pondered this question.

I believe in God, but do not practice a particular religious denomination. My spirituality is something that I feel from the inside that emanates outward. It’s what makes me feel internally and eternally connected with something greater than myself. And even though I feel this Source is much larger than my human existence, I feel completely one with it...I'm not separate from it. The "it" that I speak of is God or what I more commonly refer to as the Universe. I’ve found that when I refer to God as the Universe I tend to get a more expansive perspective of what God is (notice I didn’t say “who”). The Universe is everywhere and encompasses everything and everyone, which to me is where God resides—everywhere, in everything, and everyone.

I used to view God as a figure (an entity or non-human person), but that belief actually made me feel much less connected to my spirituality because the figure was external to and removed from me (He resided in heaven and watched over the world from above). What I believe to be true at this point in my journey, and what resonates with my soul, is that spirituality is about my spirit, and my spirit is the energy within me that is connected to all that is...the Universe/God. This, to me, is the meaning of the phrase: We are all one.

How do YOU define spirituality? I’d love to hear what resonates with your soul. Please feel free to share your thoughts.

Love,
Terri