International Lifestyle Magazine Issue 51 | Page 98

Spirituality Made Simple
Wo r d s : H a l a A z z a m

Y

ou’ve
stretched
and
strengthened
your
body
practicing
various
yogic
postures more than a few
times, sat down in a meditative
position while watching the breath
on occasion and read several books
describing the joys and benefits of
becoming an enlightened being.
You have a general feeling, deep
down, that something feels right and
good about practicing ‘spirituality’
and being a ‘spiritual’ person, and
endeavour,
whole-heartedly,
to
embark upon your own spiritual
journey. Perhaps you feel you have
already begun, or even made it
pretty far along the road, so to
speak. But, at the end of the day
what is all this ‘spiritual journey’ talk
about, really? So, let´s break it down,
in a simple kind of way, Dalai Lama
style. In a brilliant quote he says very
matter-of-factly “The purpose of your
life is to be happy... If you want others
to be happy, practice compassion.
If you want to be happy, practice
compassion.”
Being so intelligent
we like to overcomplicate things,
think a lot about the complexities of
spirituality and what it means, but the
truth of the matter is quite simple: love
really is the answer, really.

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