How To Improve Your Spirituality  

Spirituality can be an important part in your plan for living. Taking positive action in this area helps keep you centered and focused. Please be aware that for our purposes we are not speaking of religion, but rather spirituality. The former being more process oriented and the latter being more concentrated on your own personal relationship with your own choice, recognition and relationship of whatever Higher Power is acceptable to you.

Not so strangely, you may call your Higher Power whatever you want to, Natural Force, Jesus, Force of the Universe. More relevant than the name or label you attach is your humility and acceptance of such an energy and allow it into in your life.

The following are basic tips to help you improve your spirituality as well as help you develop a stronger and deeper connection with your own spiritual self. Understand that spirituality, just like Rome, was not built in a day. Work on spiritual aspects of your life in a consistent and gradual way. Doing a little at a time keeps you from being overwhelmed.

Practice meditation

As much as possible, try to establish a place and time where you could spend a quiet moment in the morning or during the evening. Just a few minutes is all it takes. This is also a good time to assess how your life is going or to simply quiet and still the mind. Your mind needs some personal space too.

Praying is a form of meditation. Having a short meditation phrase helps you focus on your breathing instead of any random thoughts that may come and go in your mind.

Go to a worship service of your choice

The point of the matter is involved with like minded people. There are those people who prefer to spend time alone and focus on their spirituality and those who prefer to spend time with people while working on developing their spirituality. See which works best for you.

Get involved with people.

You could try joining a dance class or acting in a group play. For some people, having positive relationships and interaction with different people can take away hat feeling of being alone.

Never too late to learn

It is always never too late to go on learning. The mind is like a sponge. Make sure you continually feed it. You could do so by taking some courses at your nearest community college. You can start engaging in a study book group or just by reading books and other materials related to psychology, spiritual concepts or self-improvement books.

Be healthy, stay healthy

Being physically healthy is always better and feels so good compared to leading an unhealthy lifestyle. Being fit and engaging in an appropriate diet helps keep the body toned and the mind more receptive.

Have fun

This is the part I like. Believe it or not, being spiritual does not only mean being serious at all times. In a paradoxical way, being spiritual allows you the freedom to not take yourself all that seriously all the time.

You may also engage in some hobby or activity for the simple fun of it. You could start by exploring sports, hobbies or whatever it is that gets you excited.

Help other people out

For some people, doing some volunteer activities or doing some acts of random kindness works best to help them become more spiritual. Helping someone out out not for some ulterior motive makes people feel good inside. This is a situation where everyone is a winner.

Become non-judgemental

This is difficult because everyone makes judgements all the time. In judging someone you really are comparing them to your own standards. If they are fall below your standards you can look down on them and feel better than them. If they exceed your ideas you could feel inferior. This is a lose-lose situation.

Give thanks

There is quite a lot to be thankful for in our lives. When you discover the many wonderful things that life has to offer, and appreciate what you already posess possibilities.

Again, try to practice each day appreciating an aspect in your life you know you are grateful for. Thank the universe for another day to spend and another day to make yourself, your life, or others lives better.

Appreciate other points of view

Ironically, seeing things objectively helps in developing your spirituality. There may be times when we live seeing life with rose-colored glasses. We then become frustrated when the world does not all agree with us.

The world is at it is, most things are beyond our control. The world is what you are, and what you perceive it to be. All things said, developing your spirituality takes time and effort. The rewards however, for the time invested are limitless

About the Author

Tell your story! Pick up tips and tricks to help your spirtual connection and enhance your life. The author, Bill Urell MA.CAAP-II, is an addictions therapist at a leading residential treatment center. He teaches healthy life styles and life skills. Join our growing community. Visit: http://www.AddictionRecoveryBasics.com/