Digest Number 1363 cool Jeff

February 3, 2005

That was cool Jeff, what you posted. And we should all keep it in mind. Love,

Michael

Stickman <stickman wrote:

>Spirituality is nothing but flowering of four things in you and they are

physical health, mental health, >healthy inter-human relationships and the

capacity to respond spontaneously in all aspects of life

>(what is called responsibility). If these four things are achieved, you

become a spiritual person.

It is interesting to me how many spiritual figures throughout history have

had to deal with illness and pain. In many shamanic traditions it is

assumed one must first undergo such a crisis before one knows how to heal,

and healing does not necessarily mean overcoming an obstacle but perhaps is

found in transcending the sense of limitation. Think of people with

terminal disease who awaken consciousness; one of the most aware people I

know is blind and crippled. Illness can be such a teacher! An enlightened

mind is not limited by the flesh.

I'd even go further and say that we are all spiritual people, wherever we

are an whatever our current state or condition. Higher consciousness is

greater self-awareness and insight into cosmic or divine energy, but we all

are potential buds on a blossoming tree. I'm sorry if this is just

semantics, and I agree that awakening has manifestation, but I don't see it

as a checklist of criteria to be achieved.

Jeff

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