Everyone is spiritual to some extent. Most people look up to a higher source to interfere when their efforts fail. At the very least, they wish God existed, even when they claim that He doesn't exist. Wise ones know that He prevails everywhere - outside and inside our body as well.
When we genuinely become interested in Him, without any personal need, then we consider ourselves to be actually spiritual. At this time, whether we pray, read scriptures or meditate; we become increasingly aware of ourselves - our body and our actions. We become aware of a special force within us. Focusing on this force helps us stop the minds chatter, feel the LOVE of God and bring on the desire to meet Him and seek his Darshan.
When we become aware of our body, we realise that there is a force / energy that exists within our body. We learn to awaken this energy within us and increase its activity at Will. This is the same energy that acupuncture specialists awaken with their needles and masseurs with their message. When this energy becomes blocked at some point within the meridians, it causes unease and eventually disease. This energy's flow is dependent on our emotions. When certain events in our life, cause us stress; when we disagree with someone or something that is going on in our life; we create an energy block in our body. Regret, anger, sadness, helplessness are all different forms of Disagreement.
When we understand that any form of disagreement only causes energy block within our body, we try our best to avoid disagreements. This is why we are asked to accept God's Will. Accepting God's Will is accepting what IS. Somethings are not in our control, like another person's reaction to a situation; in such circumstances accepting Will is simply becoming aware of What Is, what action causes what reaction and working with the understanding to achieve favorable results. However, we are emotional beings and we can't always avoid disagreements.
The 2nd best thing is to learn how to unblock this energy before it becomes disease. When in meditation, you will automatically receive wisdom / information about where the energy block is. Once you do know, then you must take action to unblock it. You would know from the life history of many spiritual people, like Sikh Gurus that they had the ability to heal.
To be able to heal, one must know the body and its constitution. There are cases when western practices of medicine are unable to diagnose and / or heal the individual. The only explanation I have for this problem is that modern machines and scans can only see the physical contents of the body. The body, according to Guru Granth Sahib is made of 5 elements - Fire (ex. temperature), Earth (ex. muscles), Water (ex. blood), Air (ex. gas) and Ether / Akash (unseen force). This fifth element can't be seen with physical eyes or with medical instruments. This is here meditation comes in handy. In meditation, you are able to See and feel this unseen force. It is present all over your body. It is easiest to feel it in the palms of your hands and feet. When you learn to maneuver this Force / Energy / Chi with your breath, from the tips of your fingers, to your arms, trunks and all the way to your tips of toes ; you can heal yourself. Maneuvering this energy everyday for a few minutes, helps to keep the body healthy. Healthy body is helpful in realising God but realising this energy and manuvering it is not the end goal of a spritual person. A spiritual person does this in the beginning of his mediation session only to help focus his mind away from other thoughts. Once the minds chatter stops, feel the LOVE of God and bring on the desire to meet Him and seek his Darshan.
This is why gurbani says
When we genuinely become interested in Him, without any personal need, then we consider ourselves to be actually spiritual. At this time, whether we pray, read scriptures or meditate; we become increasingly aware of ourselves - our body and our actions. We become aware of a special force within us. Focusing on this force helps us stop the minds chatter, feel the LOVE of God and bring on the desire to meet Him and seek his Darshan.
When we become aware of our body, we realise that there is a force / energy that exists within our body. We learn to awaken this energy within us and increase its activity at Will. This is the same energy that acupuncture specialists awaken with their needles and masseurs with their message. When this energy becomes blocked at some point within the meridians, it causes unease and eventually disease. This energy's flow is dependent on our emotions. When certain events in our life, cause us stress; when we disagree with someone or something that is going on in our life; we create an energy block in our body. Regret, anger, sadness, helplessness are all different forms of Disagreement.
When we understand that any form of disagreement only causes energy block within our body, we try our best to avoid disagreements. This is why we are asked to accept God's Will. Accepting God's Will is accepting what IS. Somethings are not in our control, like another person's reaction to a situation; in such circumstances accepting Will is simply becoming aware of What Is, what action causes what reaction and working with the understanding to achieve favorable results. However, we are emotional beings and we can't always avoid disagreements.
The 2nd best thing is to learn how to unblock this energy before it becomes disease. When in meditation, you will automatically receive wisdom / information about where the energy block is. Once you do know, then you must take action to unblock it. You would know from the life history of many spiritual people, like Sikh Gurus that they had the ability to heal.
To be able to heal, one must know the body and its constitution. There are cases when western practices of medicine are unable to diagnose and / or heal the individual. The only explanation I have for this problem is that modern machines and scans can only see the physical contents of the body. The body, according to Guru Granth Sahib is made of 5 elements - Fire (ex. temperature), Earth (ex. muscles), Water (ex. blood), Air (ex. gas) and Ether / Akash (unseen force). This fifth element can't be seen with physical eyes or with medical instruments. This is here meditation comes in handy. In meditation, you are able to See and feel this unseen force. It is present all over your body. It is easiest to feel it in the palms of your hands and feet. When you learn to maneuver this Force / Energy / Chi with your breath, from the tips of your fingers, to your arms, trunks and all the way to your tips of toes ; you can heal yourself. Maneuvering this energy everyday for a few minutes, helps to keep the body healthy. Healthy body is helpful in realising God but realising this energy and manuvering it is not the end goal of a spritual person. A spiritual person does this in the beginning of his mediation session only to help focus his mind away from other thoughts. Once the minds chatter stops, feel the LOVE of God and bring on the desire to meet Him and seek his Darshan.
This is why gurbani says
| pwTu piVE Aru bydu bIcwirE invil BuAMgm swDy ] |
| paat(h) parriou ar baedh beechaariou nival bhua(n)gam saadhhae || |
| They read scriptures, and contemplate the Vedas; they practice the inner cleansing techniques of Yoga, and control of the breath. |
| pMc jnw isau sMgu n CutikE AiDk AhMbuiD bwDy ]1] |
| pa(n)ch janaa sio sa(n)g n shhuttakiou adhhik aha(n)budhh baadhhae ||1|| |
| But they cannot escape from the company of the five passions; they are increasingly bound to egotism. ||1|| |
| ipAwry ien ibiD imlxu n jweI mY kIey krm Anykw ] |
| piaarae ein bidhh milan n jaaee mai keeeae karam anaekaa || |
| O Beloved, this is not the way to meet the Lord; I have performed these rituals so many times. |
| hwir pirE suAwmI kY duAwrY dIjY buiD ibbykw ] rhwau ] |
| haar pariou suaamee kai dhuaarai dheejai budhh bibaekaa || rehaao || |
| I have collapsed, exhausted, at the Door of my Lord Master; I pray that He may grant me a discerning intellect. |
| moin BieE krpwqI rihE ngn iPirE bn mwhI ] |
| mon bhaeiou karapaathee rehiou nagan firiou ban maahee || |
| One may remain silent and use his hands as begging bowls, and wander naked in the forest. |
| qt qIrQ sB DrqI BRimE duibDw CutkY nwhI ]2] |
| thatt theerathh sabh dhharathee bhramiou dhubidhhaa shhuttakai naahee ||2|| |
| He may make pilgrimages to river banks and sacred shrines all over the world, but his sense of duality will not leave him. ||2|| |
| mn kwmnw qIrQ jwie bisE isir krvq Drwey ] |
| man kaamanaa theerathh jaae basiou sir karavath dhharaaeae || |
| His mind's desires may lead him to go and dwell at sacred places of pilgrimage, and offer his head to be sawn off; |
| mn kI mYlu n auqrY ieh ibiD jy lK jqn krwey ]3] |
| man kee mail n outharai eih bidhh jae lakh jathan karaaeae ||3|| |
| but this will not cause the filth of his mind to depart, even though he may make thousands of efforts. ||3|| |
| kink kwimnI hYvr gYvr bhu ibiD dwnu dwqwrw ] |
| kanik kaaminee haivar gaivar bahu bidhh dhaan dhaathaaraa || |
| He may give gifts of all sorts - gold, women, horses and elephants. |
| AMn bsqR BUim bhu Arpy nh imlIAY hir duAwrw ]4] |
| a(n)n basathr bhoom bahu arapae neh mileeai har dhuaaraa ||4|| |
| He may make offerings of corn, clothes and land in abundance, but this will not lead him to the Lord's Door. ||4|| |
| pUjw Arcw bMdn fMfauq Ktu krmw rqu rhqw ] |
| poojaa arachaa ba(n)dhan dda(n)ddouth khatt karamaa rath rehathaa || |
| He may remain devoted to worship and adoration, bowing his forehead to the floor, practicing the six religious rituals. |
| hau hau krq bMDn mih pirAw nh imlIAY ieh jugqw ]5] |
| ho ho karath ba(n)dhhan mehi pariaa neh mileeai eih jugathaa ||5|| |
| He indulges in egotism and pride, and falls into entanglements, but he does not meet the Lord by these devices. ||5|| |
| jog isD Awsx caurwsIh ey BI kir kir rihAw ] |
| jog sidhh aasan chouraaseeh eae bhee kar kar rehiaa || |
| He practices the eighty-four postures of Yoga, and acquires the supernatural powers of the Siddhas, but he gets tired of practicing these. |
| vfI Awrjw iPir iPir jnmY hir isau sMgu n gihAw ]6] |
| vaddee aarajaa fir fir janamai har sio sa(n)g n gehiaa ||6|| |
| He lives a long life, but is reincarnated again and again; he has not met with the Lord. ||6|| |
| rwj lIlw rwjn kI rcnw kirAw hukmu APwrw ] |
| raaj leelaa raajan kee rachanaa kariaa hukam afaaraa || |
| He may enjoy princely pleasures, and regal pomp and ceremony, and issue unchallenged commands. |
| syj sohnI cMdnu coAw nrk Gor kw duAwrw ]7] |
| saej sohanee cha(n)dhan choaa narak ghor kaa dhuaaraa ||7|| |
| He may lie on beautiful beds, perfumed with sandalwood oil, but this will led him only to the gates of the most horrible hell. ||7|| |
| hir kIriq swDsMgiq hY isir krmn kY krmw ] |
| har keerath saadhhasa(n)gath hai sir karaman kai karamaa || |
| Singing the Kirtan of the Lord's Praises in the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, is the highest of all actions. |
| khu nwnk iqsu BieE prwpiq ijsu purb ilKy kw lhnw ]8] |
| kahu naanak this bhaeiou paraapath jis purab likhae kaa lehanaa ||8|| |
| Says Nanak, he alone obtains it, who is pre-destined to receive it. ||8|| |
| qyro syvku ieh rMig mwqw ] |
| thaero saevak eih ra(n)g maathaa || |
| Your slave is intoxicated with this Love of Yours. |
| BieE ik®pwlu dIn duK BMjnu hir hir kIrqin iehu mnu rwqw ] rhwau dUjw ]1]3] |
| bhaeiou kirapaal dheen dhukh bha(n)jan har har keerathan eihu man raathaa || rehaao dhoojaa ||1||3|| |
| The Destroyer of the pains of the poor has become merciful to me, and this mind is imbued with the Praises of the Lord, Har, Har. |
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Of-course I agreed to you that spiritual person is capable of doing this in the starting stage of meditation session and feel to meet the god and his love.
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