Spiritual growth and wisdom... what are they?
Physical health and spiritual growth
Is spiritual growth linked to health?
Right now I'm as exhausted physically as I've been in a long time. I've been moving house: painting the walls of my new apartment, packing all my books into boxes etc. Very tiring. I can get myself to do things (more packing mostly) - but the moment I sit down I feel a deep fatigue.
YET - this same weekend that I'll be moving into my new place - I've also created this lens on spiritual growth and wisdom.
More on the connection between spiritual growth and health
The essence of wisdom
... is to have the serenity to accept the things we cannot change, the courage to change the things that we can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
Adapted from the Serenity Prayer
What do you think wisdom is? or spiritual Growth?
[Please give general comments about this lens in the guestbook below]
iflo wrote...
to me spiritual growth means to identify more and more with God , letting go of life, the fact that you exist or not and choosing love and truth all the way. The growth is infinite, but limited when still identifying with this body.
Posted June 26, 2009
FreeSpiritSoars wrote...
Wisdom is knowing that you don't know everything. The spiritual growth part involves scraping off all the dirty layers of life's experience that have helped you forget who you truly are. Returning to the joy of living as you experienced as a very young child while still having the experience of life's seeming inequities today is part of this growth.
Wisdom is discovering Squidoo and all the cool people here.
Posted April 09, 2009
julcal wrote...
For me, spiritual growth is learning more about who i was before i got distorted by the influences of being an in individual on the face of the earth. Before conception I was in unity. In the womb I was in unity with mother. So stepwise, necessary separation with the universe begins in order to individuate. As a two year old I start to demand separation and as a teenager I rebeled to gain separation. Eventually I have forget who I really am = neurosis. Now I crave to know but it's so hard to see because I live in my complexes. It requires very deep work to see who is really at the steering wheel. Luckily, the unconscious WANTS to be known. With depth work, dream work, meditation, setting up a dialogue with our unconscious, watching our complexes at work objectively, slowly but surely, just as we separated from unity, we can re-connect with who we were born to be and and feel FREE!! :) :) :) GRRREAT lens! 5* FAV facebook, twitter, you name it!
Posted March 08, 2009
Daphne from Conscious Decisions wrote
It's having the strength and courage to discover what your true purpose is, and to be able to unleash your energy to fulfill your life's obligation.
Posted March 01, 2009
boshemia wrote...
For me it means learning to "harm not others and harm not myself," it means celebrating life, all life as being sacred. It means striving to learn from my enemies and my friends alike.
Posted January 09, 2009
AwakenYourSpirit wrote...
For me it is a lifelong experience of continuing to discover more and more of my true nature.
Posted December 09, 2008
Tim wrote
I would ask the vital question "Who is it that needs to grow - spiritually or otherwise?" Is the "you" that needs to grow a concept or thought? Do you really exists as an entity at all?
Posted August 26, 2008
DrBruceKing wrote...
Accessing you hyper-dimensional consciousness. Magnetic Pill
Posted August 25, 2008
jaktraks wrote...
For me, spiritual growth has had a lot to do with grounding myself in everyday life. I'd prefer to have my head in the clouds but apparently I require roots as well. And thank you so much for featuring one of my lenses.
Posted August 11, 2008
Joan4 wrote...
Spiritual growth, for me, is always a lesson in love - who am I critizing? why am I fault-finding? trying to stay in a loving place even when I feel angry. Removing from myself anything that allows me to criticize or grumble about another human being. That's a full time job! Spiritual growth is a process! for sure!
Posted August 03, 2008
Acceptance
How much of your energy do you waste getting annoyed at people that we know will never change?
How much of your energy is wasted obsessing over what is inevitable?
I know I struggle with that - and facing up to those tendencies has always been a way to a deeper appreciation of life and yes - happiness. But the facing up part is the hard part. It won't work to just tell myself I should not get annoyed. That's just the start - I have to delve into myself to find the emotional source of the annoyance. I've cried many a tear - and what a relief it was... Because these are the kinds of tears that are followed by the happiness that comes from being able to be happy with what is.
Great things...
Great things are possible only to strong souls and it's from the trivial events of daily life that strength is won.
L.W. Rogers
The wise and the foolish
Learning from others is essential to spiritual growth ...
But which others?
There is no easy dividing line between wise people and fools. If / when you're open to others you find out each brand of wisdom - even while discarding (after examination) 50% of what they say or do as rubbish... The other 50% may just contain jewels.
Wisdom quotes and Inspiration
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Khalil Gibran Quotes from The Prophet
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Love quotes - spiritual, romantic and religious
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Wisdom Quotes: Inspirational Spiritual Sayings
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I've gathered together some of the best quotes of the wisest people around. I hope you find them as inspirational as I do.
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The Wisdom of Crayons
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"We could learn a lot from crayons...Some are sharp, some are pretty, some are dull, and some have weird names, but they all have to live in the same box." ~ author unknown ~ "The capacity for getting along with our neighbor depends to a large exten...
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Spiritual Quotes and Wisdom Sayings
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Spiritual growth and development
Spiritual growth has been linked to spiritual experiences and growing success.
To me spiritual growth has mostly to do with growing in wisdom.
Spiritual experiences may happen.
Success may follow.
But neither success nor spiritual experience are proof of spiritual growth.
Courage
Developing wisdom and spiritual growth
In order to get out, to be different, to grow beyond what you learned as a kid - you need courage.
This applies to all of us. Whether we are rich or poor, whether our parents had a great education or not even finished highschool - we all have a choice: do we stick with what we grew up with, or change into something different.
That takes COURAGE.
Sometimes it's just easy to be what you are.
Sometimes it seems like all you can do is hang on, change is just too much to ask.
Sometimes - or all the time - doing things differently, being different, just doesn't seem even possible.
Take courage, and change just that one little thing you know you CAN change. When that has become your new normal, you may just be ready for the next small change.
Ups and downs in spiritual growth
Can you have a spiritual growth plan?
Sometimes it's obvious people are growing spiritually: they are calmer, nicer, more balanced.
But sometimes genuine spiritual growth requires going through what's called a dark night of the soul. Because you grow spiritually, you become more sensitive - and that's not easy. This sensitivity may bring along a deep sorrow about the state of the world. It may mean that unresolved issues from your past come up to haunt you...
Although in the long run this is good - in the short run it may make a person less happy and even less kind to others.
How are THEY doing?
Part of real spiritual growth is recognizing that unless you can see into a persons soul - you can't really tell how another is doing on the spiritual path.
Spiritual growth is something of the soul, not of the personality we can see.
The wisdom to know the difference - discernment
Spiritual growth and development
Trying to change too much is not going to work - we have our lives to live in the meantime. That's why new years resolutions usually don't stick.
Change can be as small as not drinking soda anymore.
Or parking your car a bit further from work.
Or making a point to smile at the cleaning lady - perhaps even talk to her.
One thing that helps is to read up about spiritual growth. To read about spirituality in general. Perhaps join a discussion group (or start one) that focuses on some book you think is inspiring.
More spiritual growth and development
- Spiritual growth, wisdom and psychology - theosophy
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- Short Wisdom Quotes and Aphorisms - Spiritual Quotations
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- All Considering
- I'm a spiritual person, but that spirituality gets expressed in ways that aren't that common. I don't do meditation. I don't actively seek out clairvoyance. I've stopped using tarot cards and the I-ching. This post is about what I do consider my spiritual path.
- Spiritual Growth Considered
- Considering life, spiritual growth and more ponderings.
Stepping out of your comfort zone...
Wisdom - and facing challenges
I've recently been impressed by the necessity (for me) of stepping outside of my comfort zone.
It's so easy to just be comfortable with the choices I made 10 years ago about how I would live my life - but do those choices really make as much sense as I thought they did? Or do they limit more than help?
I guess it has to do with stepping outside my comfort zone - to face the world that is, instead of the world as I'd want it to be.
More wisdom
Spiritual Growth: Being Your Higher Self (Sanaya Roman)
Amazon Price: $10.36 (as of 07/05/2009) 
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Guestbook: What did you think of this lens?
JoDeeVale wrote...
Katinka, I just love your lenses! I can't even tell which one is my favorite. They all speak to me! I just added this one to my newest lens: http://squidoo.com/Asilomar
Thanks for being an inspiration.
Blessings,
JoDee
Posted May 25, 2009
Treasures-By-Brenda wrote...
A lovely lens, Katinka. A nice one to start the day with ~~ Blessed By Brenda
Posted April 16, 2009
FreeSpiritSoars wrote...
Amazing. Thank you for reminding me to go back and re read my Sanaya Roman book!
Posted April 09, 2009
good lens, the last section, stepping out of your comfort zone is something i really need to start working on myself, very nicely done lens
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Posted March 23, 2009
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