Namastay World
We are one
We often talk to each other
We know each other very well!
I am talking to you, the one who is reading this! Yes You
Strange?
Let's do one experiment
Try to imagine my voice(male voice) and from now onwards read this post in that voice in your mind. Please do it for me and you'll get to know what I am actually trying to tell you.
The more you'll find it outside The more you'll Lose it
So before I talk about what Spirituality meant to me, I just want to talk about the difference between Religion and Dharma
I am a follower of Sanatan Dharma and the majority of people calls it Hinduism and treat it like any other religion. Hinduism is not a religion, It was and is Sanatan Dharma always but the history of the Indian subcontinent was so bloody, almost every invader who invaded this land destroyed every books and scripture which were the source of this Dharmic Knowledge.
Let it be, That's Past and Today we'll talk about Present and would try to shape our future
Did you ever hear about the religion of Dogs? The religion of Lions? The religion of Planets?
sounds weird? but don't you think it's a very important question?
If God made everything and every creature and the religion and its holy book which you follow are the own words of God then why does God always talk about us, Humans? What about other creatures?
Whereas the concept of Dharma is different and it's for every creature in this universe. Dharma defines what one should do in order to sustain this whole universe. Let's talk with few examples
Let's take earth and try to find what would be its Dharma? To rotate on its axis and revolve around the sun? Every celestial body in-universe is following the same dharma i.e. revolving around which have higher mass than itself? isn't it? What if suddenly every planet and star get the power of "Free Will"?
Let's Take Lion and try to find out what would be its Dharma? To hunt a deer? To hunt a bison? If you are a fan of wildlife then you must be aware of the fact that Lions hunt a particular deer or bison from its crowd, That prey might be the oldest, weakest or Infected. In this way, Lion is maintaining the order of stable nature! Interesting?
For him the world is totally different from your Imagination
We humans may have more than one Dharma that depends upon our relationships and responsibilities. Like the dharma of a father is to gather food and shelter for his family and for that he needs money. For that money, let's assume he is working as a guard in the bank from 9 AM to 8 PM. Now for that particular frame of time, his duty is his Dharma. Likewise, Dharma is subjective and it's very important that everyone follow their dharma to maintain stability in life and the universe.
If you do what your dharma says then it is Good Karma and If you don't do what your dharma say then that's Bad Karma.
Yes, even the Dharma of a soldier is to protect his national boundaries and in order to perform that dharma if he had to kill any intruder, then also that would be counted as good karma.
What Could be the Dharma of a Monk?
Till Now whatever I wrote over here is totally connected with what spirituality meant to me, let me explain further in short
Spirituality is related to Spirit and upliftment of that spirit is the main goal of spirituality, though it's related to religion yet its essence resides in dharma.
What Could be the Dharma of a Mother?
The more you'll find yourself, The more you'll get spiritually enlightened. In this crowd of fake relationships and extreme desires, we tend to do what is not meant for us or what is not as per our Dharma which ultimately blocks our path of spiritual enlightenment and put a shadow on our real self.
The day you would find yourself would the day of your spiritual enlightenment and to find yourself you have to find your Dharma. You don't have to do meditations or other fancy practices to achieve it.
even just doing your regular duties with good karma would take you to your destination.
Sanatan Dharma says that there is one "Paramatma" i.e. The Supreme Soul which gave birth to every living and non-living creature. We all are connected and a part of that supreme soul.
In Bhagwad Gita, Krishna says that this whole world is Mithya (Illusion) and Only Brahman (you) is Satya(True).
That's It for this article!
I might be able to help you understand something about my views on spirituality.
If your brain still has few questions then I would be happy to know that, so feel free to comment down below!
BTW Did you completed that experiment? Which I tell you at the beginning of this post.
I would like to thank @regenerette, because of her postI came to know about this contest. I would also like to Thank @naturalmedicine, @miriannalis, @lotusshares for such a wonderful topic to talk about and discuss in the form of contest.