{"id":1983,"date":"2013-05-20T10:41:42","date_gmt":"2013-05-20T16:41:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wrestlingwithyourself\/?p=1983"},"modified":"2013-05-20T10:41:42","modified_gmt":"2013-05-20T16:41:42","slug":"my-two-cents-spiritual-or-human","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wrestlingwithyourself\/2013\/05\/my-two-cents-spiritual-or-human\/","title":{"rendered":"My two cents: Spiritual or Human?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Just because you call your walk spiritual doesn\u2019t necessary mean you are authentic and because you call your walk human doesn\u2019t really mean that you are aren\u2019t spiritual. Everyone is learning, and no one really knows it all in \u201cspiritual\u201d or \u201chuman\u201d because none of us really knows what is actually happening. Just when you have it \u201cfigured out\u201d, life comes and brings you down to the earth to remind you that we are all connected to both Earth and sky and each other.<\/p>\n

My take is one in which we treat ourselves as \u201cbeings\u201d\u00a0 simple. I have been around lots of \u201cspiritual\u201d or \u201chuman\u201d\u00a0 and most of them are sincere, kind people. But because someone doesn\u2019t practice some spiritual practice doesn\u2019t mean that any of us are above them or below them.\u00a0 By seeing each other as beings we take away the nonsense and put things in perspective.\u00a0 As beings we become equal again.\u00a0 I have seen to my disgust \u201cspiritual communities\u201d turn their nose up to people who are \u201cSpiritual\u201d as they struggle,\u00a0 suggesting they did something wrong as their world is falling apart, or suggest that they aren\u2019t positive enough, or they can\u2019t manifest correctly, or they don\u2019t understand spiritual law, and frankly that is gross and despicable.\u00a0 On the other hand I have seen people who may not have considered themselves \u201cspiritual\u201d, open themselves up, and share compassion and kindness with the suffering, with friends.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know what Jesus\u2019s intent was but it appears it was to love and love others in the way in which you love yourself.\u00a0 Simple. And yet that act has taken us over 2000 years to understand.\u00a0 Maybe as a society we need to redefine ourselves as \u201cbeings\u201d, let go of labels, spiritual, human,religions,\u00a0 nationalities, sexuality, job titles, etc\u2026and relate to each other as \u201cbeings who love each other as we love ourselves\u201d. And if to do that you have to practice something every morning to connect to your heart then so be it. If not, so be it.<\/p>\n

My take is we are all beings, simple.\u00a0 Lets end the division in spiritual communities. So your religion helps you achieve connection to your heart, and that works for you, wonderful, does it mean that you have something on me, or you are better, and I am less for not being a part of your dogma. No way.\u00a0 It means we are two beings who connect to our hearts in different ways but that in that connection we see we are connected, we are connected, and that is beautiful.\u00a0 I love you, because I love myself. I AM YOU and YOU ARE ME.\u00a0 Now lets speak to each other that way.<\/p>\n

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