Browsing Tag: Spirituality

Out Of Respect

What I love most about being a Sikh, is that outside a few boundaries in the rehat marayada, I am free to define my own relationship with the Guru, so if that means I change rumaalay every day or my mutha tek routine takes 15 minutes...so be it. That said, Guru Sahib challenged us, not to be mere devotees...but to be students (Sikhs.)
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Why Do We Have Religion Anyway?

The vast majority of the world’s 7 billion people practice some kind of religion, ranging from massive worldwide churches to obscure spiritual traditions and local sects. Nobody really knows how many religions there are on the planet, but whatever the number, there are at least that many theories about why we have religion at all.
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Religious, spiritual support benefits those facing chronic illness: study

“We know that there are many ways of coping with stressful life situations, such as a chronic illness; involvement in religious/spiritual activities can be an effective coping strategy.”
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Four steps to God

The way to nirvana is actually quite simple, learnt Reena Singh at an inter-faith meet at the R K Mission in Delhi recently.
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Are You Spiritual?

We often hear people say things like “Well, I’m not into religion, but I’m a very spiritual person” or, “he’s really very spiritual.” But what does it actually mean to “be spiritual?”
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Celestial Grace - Thoughts on Sikh Spirituality

The book is a jarring reminder that beyond the prism of quotidian life there lies something more profound.
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Science of Spirituality: The Neurology of Spiritual Experience

During spiritual experience there’s a lot going on in the brain and some of that takes place in the parietal lobes — the part of our brain that’s responsible for creating our sense of self. This is the part of the brain that manages the distinction between self and the other.
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Spirituality and Religion

Religion follows spirituality. But in its zeal, it may go to the extent of vitiating spirituality.
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'Don't find God, release him'

...there’s no reason why we can’t strike a healthy balance between material things and spiritual enlightenment. Spirituality signifies achieving personal excellence in every area of one’s life...
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Self-denial and spirituality

Fasting or deprivation of the body through wilful hunger is not considered a spiritually beneficial practice.
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