Okay, spirituality has definitely come a long way but we’re not out of the woods yet.
The words meditation, personal growth, and spirituality still smack of misconception. People still have that picture in their mind of a fat guy eating ice cream standing in the self-help weight-loss section of the book store. Or worse, of a new-age, shoeless, hippie making daisy chains.
Of course, spirituality and personal growth have come a long way, there’s no doubt about that. Even rap moguls like 50 Cent and Jay-Z are getting into this field.
But as we move into the more popular domains of the media, does this mean people will start taking spirituality seriously?
Check out this article below from the Huffington Post as it calls personal growth junkies out and suggests ways for spirituality to get serious.
Will Spirituality Ever Be Serious?
By Jay Michaelson
Will American spirituality get serious? Those of us who do regular spiritual practice — whether it’s meditating every day or giving our time to the less fortunate, spending focused time with our kids or going to church each week — have long been vilified by the cynical press as narcissists, flakes, or worse. In general, this is a cliché born out of fear and ignorance. But let’s admit that the insult has some truth to it — and will take work to rise above.
Let’s start with two hard truths. The first is that spirituality makes claims to transformation and transcendence, but is often just a balm. Now, all of us who do a spiritual practice have experienced transformation. In small ways, this happens all the time. Before yoga, you feel angry, tense, and egocentric; after yoga, at least for a little while, you feel open, loving, and generous. In larger ways, it happens once in a while. A particularly inspiring sermon, a deep insight gained on an extended retreat, an ecstasy experienced at a place like Burning Man — these kinds of things can meaningfully, and more or less permanently, change one’s life. What they all have in common is transformation: a growth beyond one’s previous limits.
All too often, however, spirituality reinforces rather than transcends conventional limits, boundaries, and notions of the ego. Sandwiched in between manicures and lunch dates, the quickie yoga class becomes just another way to augment and reinforce the self; pop Kabbalah and the Secret promise ways to get what you want more effectively, rather than, say, question whether “what you want” is really aligned with your deepest humanity, and your potential to lessen the suffering of others.
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Yes, will spirituality ever be serious and when will it break out of its stereotype? I was thrilled when I stumbled into this web site. “At last,” I thought, “A site that purports things I already know or believe. Here I can grow and share thoughts with other lightworkers.“
Partially true. Everything here eventually costs money. I’ve always found it fascinating that spiritual people seek to make financial gains on aspects of humanity that could better the entire planet if they were freely accessible. We talk about spirituality — the non-corporeal essence of our true selves — and yet stay tuned to the corporeal part in attempt to manifest money.
An examination of religious and spiritual history proves the greatest gains were made when individuals (“prophets” if you will) freely shared their knowledge so that it could be spread to others similarly.
I understand the need for money. But it appears to me that the main writers/contributors of this site have enough money to sustain their lifestyle and quest for more knowledge, whereas people like me do not have abundance because I share my resources in assisting those in need.
So to answer the question posed on this page, spirituality will be serious when the true nature of our beingness, love of mankind, is more important than the love of money. Otherwise, spirituality is just a subset of Capitalism.