The ABC's of spirituality

[The Universeable]

Lighten up John. This is for children LOL 

Then why fill children's minds with many things that are not to do with spirituality, or at least not directly? Why make it more complicated with beliefs and make-believe which often turn out to be mere fallacies?


Read my profile. 

John

John,
The intent of the thread is to give an innocent explanation of things spirituality to kids. Because they have innocent minds. As can be seen from my post, for example, i tried to get to the child's mind as best possible, for them to understand. When a child understands, they will filter out whatever they don't need, afterall, they are more intune than us. 

[Eugene66]

John it is ALL fallacies.

Words cannot give you enlightenment. You have to expereince it. Words cannot give it to you. So while we use words, that is merely a finger pointing at something, we can make it beautiful.

[Photon_electron]

Lighten up John. This is for children LOL 

Then why fill children's minds with many things that are not to do with spirituality, or at least not directly? Why make it more complicated with beliefs and make-believe which often turn out to be mere fallacies?


Read my profile. 

John

[Eugene66]

  Lighten up John. This is for children LOL 

[bugeye]

A - Always

B - Be

C - Childlike

[Photon_electron]

PS
Sorry about the several re-edits on my last post. I need to get it right but have problems finding the right words. 



 

[Photon_electron]

There are several meanings to the word "spirit" so consequently spirituality often gets confused with ghosts and the "the spirit world" and many other things such as much of the above ABC's.

The word "spirit" means that which is intangible which cannot be grasped by the hands as anything physical. Gasses and vapours would be in that category and this is why the Hebrew word ruah or the Latin word spiritus refer to breath and life (without breath we are not alive). Also, the Hebrew ruah, as also the Latin spiritus, designate the wind - no-one sees the wind although its effects can be felt and seen.

In regard to spirituality however, it's referring to what drives our thoughts and feelings, the essence of the real you (or I), the spirit of who we are - hence upon discovering who we really are, we evolve into spiritual people. It has little to do with ghosts, fairies (or Faeries), elves and so on but rather to be effective in the world; it's to do with how we express who we are when we know who we are (most people don't!) - then our very existence depends on the creative/love side of the universe - the attractive laws and principles of bringing matter (and people) together.

It has little to do with religious beliefs which substitute spirituality with doctrines and rules. True spirituality comes from within, not from outside ourselves via pious religious teachers or even a genuine guru. Then when we realise (awaken) to the bigger picture, we more clearly see that while we have identity (ego) as individuals, we all came from the same and are connected. Then and only then, can we truly unselfishly love fellow humans (and even other creatures) as ourselves. And 'love' is only real love when put into practice. To me this is practical spirituality.

John

[Eugene66]

A- astral plane - where you go to between lives.
Aura. Energy visible around a body in beautiful colours.
Anger - What you feel when you forget to think of how other people feel.
Alone-what you feel when you forget that we are all one God that includes me and you.

B- buddhist - someone who follows the teaching of buddha
Bliss. When you are absolutely happy Dharma.

C- chakra - energy like a wheel or flower inside you to help you get what you want.
Chi _ energy from the uiverse that flows through you.

D- dreams - your life being shown to you while you sleep
Dharma _ a state of Bliss.(see bliss)
Death - when you finish living in a body and you go back to the astral plane.
Divas- Nature spirits like Fairies.
E - energy - what you are made of

F- Faeries - little flying people who help you
Fear- when you forget what you are.

G- god/God - everything that is and is not  including you
Goblins - friends of the fairies.

H- Hindu - someone who calls God, Brahma.

I- India - one of the most spiritual places on earth.

J- joy - when you are yourself


K- karma - what you go through everyday on earth
Karma - the effect you create from within your thinking.
Ki - Prana or Chi

L-  lemuria - very old land where very spiritual people lived

M- maya - old people that lived long ago who's grandparents were from atlantis
M- Maya - Illusion. Something that is not what it appears.
Magic - nice things that happen when you live spiriritually.

N- nature - where everyone comes from

O- orb - energy balls that float

P- paranormal - everything that happens that normal people don't see or understand as normal.
Prana. Chi or KI. Universal energy that flows through you.
Pain - what you feel when you forget that everything is just an experience.

Q- quiet - what you should be when you are yourself

R- readings - stories which help you be healthy
Reincarnation - When you die and decide to come back again and you get born again.


S- spirituality - how you live everyday

T- tarot - cards that give advice

U- universe - you and everything (God)

V- Vegetarian - people who don't eat meat.(But they eat dairy and eggs.)
V- Vegan - People who don't eat anything that was made by animals or that comes from animals.

W- whole - where everything and everyone is included.
 
X- xtra terrestial - people from space where they live

Y- yoga  - stretching your body to be healthy in a way that allows prana to flow as you choose.

Z- Zen - your best time.



 

[The Universeable]

A- astral plane - where you come from
B- buddhist - someone who follows the teaching of buddha
C- chakra - energy like a wheel or flower inside you to help you get what you want.
D- dreams - your life being shown to you while you sleep
E - energy - what you are made of
F- Faeries - little flying people who help you
G- god/God - everything including you
H- hindu - someone who believes in their god, Brahma.
I- India - one of the most spiritual places on earth.
J- joy - when you are yourself
K- karma - what you go through everyday on earth
L-  lemuria - very old land where very spiritual people lived
M- maya - old people that lived long ago who's grandparents were from atlantis
N- nature - where everyone comes from
O- orb - energy balls that float
P- paranormal - everything that happens that normal people don't see or like.
Q- quiet - what you should be when you are yourself
R- readings - stories which help you be healthy
S- spirituality - how you live everyday
T- tarot - cards that give advice
U- universe - you and everything
V- Vegetarian - people who don't eat meat.
W- whole - where everything and everyone is the same 
X- xtra terrestial - people from space where they live
Y- yoga  - stretching your body to be healthy
Z- Zen - your best time.


This is a rough "sketch". People, feel free to improve on this. This can only benefit our (future) children greatly.