Spirituality- This special kind pure energy, which a person is enriched in the process of life, as a result of high morality, good deeds, humane deeds and the acquisition of spiritual knowledge.

Spirituality- this is not at all a higher institute education, it is not a mass of technical knowledge and not constant prayers in the church. It is always a combination of many things.

What is included in this concept of "many"?

First of all, and most importantly - spirituality cannot be achieved without high morality and morality is, first of all, internal value those actions that will not harm others; knowledge that reaches automatism, that is, a person, without hesitation, always turns any situation for good, for not causing harm to others.

Spirituality also includes a body of knowledge about life to be able to give helpful advice others, allow them life situation or a problem.

Spirituality is the ability to accept someone else's pain as your own. and, as far as possible, try to alleviate it, soften the blow of fate, direct the one who has gone astray to the right path of life, open to someone in the darkness his guiding star.

Spirituality means to absorb so much kindness, light, love in order to exude them yourself, so that people, in contact with you, draw from you as from a spring of pure water, so that in contact with you they purify their souls, experience relief and tranquility. But this great power of goodness and love must come from the soul, from the heart, and only then will it acquire a healing, healing power.

Saints accumulated this pure energy through prayers and in such quantity that their aura began to glow, golden halos appeared. Sergius of Radonezh, for example, accumulated so much spiritual energy with prayers that he healed with it both during his life and after death: his bones continue to exude energy for several centuries.

And in order to get to this point, you need to understand and rethink a lot in life yourself, you need to learn mercy and kindness, love and self-giving, you need to be able to sacrifice yourself for the sake of another, that is, these are all the foundations and principles of high morality and moral qualities.

But more specifically, spirituality is acquired through a set of actions, deeds, knowledge, thinking, religion. But the most important thing, due to which spirituality acquires a special quality and miraculous power, is goodness or self-giving.

The quantitative set of spirituality must necessarily turn into quality due to the transformation of the already accumulated quantitative supply of energy. The transformation of quantity into quality is carried out through action and only action, but not any, but a certain one - leading to good.

If there is no action that brings good to other people or beings, or to the Cosmos, then the person will remain closed in on himself, and no transformation of spiritual energy will be produced in him.

Up to a certain quantitative level, energy in a person accumulates without action. This limit is usually 350 conventional units. And in order for there to be a further growth of spiritual energy, deeds, good deeds, actions are needed. There will be no action, and a person's energy will not rise above 350 units. (It can be assumed that this limit is also individual for different groups of people).

Mother Teresa, a Spanish nun, was involved in charity work, her spirituality increased to 600 units due to this.

Breathing exercises, when used as an adjunct to the above, also help raise energy levels. But if only the last method is used, then this will lead to the disclosure of low psychism and all sorts of negative sides character of a person.

Thus, you can gain energy up to a certain amount (350 units) by any means, but depending on which method a person chooses next: good deeds, charity, etc. or he will start looking for fame and build himself an almighty magician, manipulating energies, it will depend on what this energy will turn into - into spirituality or will serve to develop further egoism and selfishness of the individual.

Technical knowledge does not give any spirituality. And an engineer higher education can have 5 spiritual energy if you take some relative scale from "O" to "100". Also, an academician-technocrat can have only 13 units, because he, apart from his technical sciences, was not interested in anything else in life. BUT Technical science always taken away from spirituality. At the same time, another illiterate woman has spirituality of 70 units, because she does good to others, sympathizes with the heart of every unfortunate person and is ready to give everything to alleviate his plight.

But back to the methods of raising spirituality.

Religion, reading religious literature and books, written by contactees such as Swedenborg, the Roerichs, as well as modern contactees, increases energy level souls, because their lyrics are charged with energy. And the prayers are structured in such a way that each carries a certain energy charge.

When reading prayers or a charged text, part of the charge is transferred to a person, due to which his overall energy level rises. At the same time, individuality is respected: each person assimilates his own specific energy volume. After reading the prayer "Our Father ...", one person's energy can increase by 10 units, the other by 25. It all depends on the willingness of the soul to accept, absorb this pure spiritual energy.

Breathing exercises also increase the energy charge through redox reactions, as a result of which subtle energy is produced and the subtle body is saturated with it. By the way, prayers breathing exercises, prayer creates the rhythm of breathing.

As a result of one-day exercises or prayers, a person’s energy can immediately increase by 50 or more units, but after a while it will subside, since the body is not yet able to retain such a volume. He is underpowered. Energy in it accumulates gradually and bit by bit from day to day. Only systematic exercises during the year can increase a person’s energy charge from 20 units, for example, to 40. (If a person practices daily for a month, and then quits, then, as measurements showed, after two weeks all the acquired energy subsides and the person remains at the same level as he was)

In addition to these mechanical methods, a person is obliged to expand his consciousness with the appropriate knowledge of the Cosmos, its laws, in order to correctly perceive all the changes that can happen to him.

Increase spirituality and all kinds of art, but at the same time, not any and every work, but only those of them that have reached the level of classics. This is classical music, classical paintings, literature, any masterpieces of human creation. They form the right aesthetic taste in a person, develop the right moral standards and include the harmony on which bright worlds are built.

True, people often attribute unworthy works to classical works, but these are already mistakes of society as a whole. People do not understand what a classic is and why it is singled out in a special category. Of course, not in order to perpetuate someone's surnames, but in order to educate and direct souls upward. Everything that pulls the soul down or contributes to at least the slightest degradation of it should have nothing to do with the classics.

Classic- this is not just a set of outdated norms and canons, traditions, these are certain code energy combinations that convey to a person who has grown up in his development to understand it, that energy higher worlds on the basis of which their harmony is created and the higher planes of consciousness are achieved.

Spiritual development human - a process that includes intentional evolution personal qualities which is to improve inner world for the sake of its rational interaction with the external environment. In fact, it becomes an act of intellectual self-improvement. As a result, on the basis of comparing their experience with the great historical achievements in different areas, one comprehends one's own destiny in this world, the probability of taking a worthy place in it. Spiritual improvement is a long and thorny path, full of ups and downs. Ideally, it is infinite. Having achieved certain results, a person only approaches the truth, but does not know it completely. Any stop, confidence that everything has been achieved, leads to degradation. Personal development is possible only in the direction from simple to more complex and continuous improvement of what has been achieved.

But how to do it? To study! For those who have already reached certain heights in their biography. The development of spirituality, its level, is tested by life. Shifts in the evolution of personality can be considered really positive only when they are gratefully noted by the environment of a person: his relatives and colleagues. Only in this way does career growth occur in any of the existing cases. A spiritually developed subject can have a significant impact on people. This will help him solve many problems that were previously unsolvable. The reverse side of this involvement in the environment becomes isolation on oneself. Such a person is constantly acquiring new knowledge and opportunities, but does not realize them outside. A person could improve the situation of other people around, but does not. He only imagines that everything is in his power. There is no benefit to society from its existence. Such spirituality is usually empty, and ultimately leads only to frustration and thoughts of a wasted life.

What becomes the illusion of spiritual self-improvement

People think about how they can develop themselves spiritually. Popular methods are:

• reading educational literature;
• visits to high-rated films, concerts, theatrical performances;
• religious or philosophical meditations;
• hermitage;
• denial of the material world for the sake of the spiritual.

These methods are correct to some extent and allow you to raise the intellectual bar to impressive heights. But each of these actions and all of them as a whole have no direct relation to spirituality. At best, they expand the horizons of knowledge of life.

What do books and more or less similar visual spectacles give? Indeed, they contain knowledge and sensory experience. But knowledge that is not applied in reality is quickly forgotten. The time spent on acquiring them can be considered pointlessly lost.

To know does not mean to know. Skill, unlike knowledge, is a purely practical category. It's a habit driven to automatism. It is acquired in the constant use of the information received in a particular case. This is the only way to actualize knowledge and give it a generally significant, spiritual coloring.

The same goes for sensory experience. Someone else's experience that does not correlate with one's own feelings can teach, but only in the abstract. To act or not to act also, he will not force not everyone. This requires personal experience. Only they get stuck in memory and help in the future.

How does this happen? The main postulates are formulated in the Bible, in the moral instructions of Moses. He details what should not be done in order to avoid the condemnation of society. Kant formulates this in a more collected form, proposing categorically not to commit those acts that you consider unacceptable in relation to yourself.

Meditation also does not lead to spiritual development. It only contributes to the concentration of biological energy to achieve its own goal, which does not matter to others. The humanitarian factor, which is one of the defining indicators of spirituality, is absent here.

Prayers and all kinds of mantras provide an opportunity to escape from real problems and transfer their decision to certain mythical sources. Spiritual meaning can only be given to them by crowded ceremonies that unite their flock around events that are equally valuable for everyone. For example, concerning war and peace, life and death.

Hermitage, as a way of withdrawing from the world, was originally called upon to preserve the values ​​pursued by modern society and considered truly correct. AT pre-Petrine Russia such were the old believers, Ancient China- monks of mountain monasteries remote from the capital.
The culture of hermits, like wild tribes South America or Africa, wear a shade of even high spirituality, but it is closed within a certain territory and, in essence, inaccessible to others. Its significance is limited to world civilization.

The rejection of material well-being in the name of spiritual self-improvement is one of the extreme concepts. The ascetic worldview is based on the belief that only a person, liberated from the constant search for livelihood, is able to freely develop himself.

This idea is persistently promoted by numerous pseudo-religious sects. At the same time, their true goal is to enrich the preachers with the help of a complete robbery of their adherents. All doubts about the selflessness of all kinds of spiritual teachers are suppressed by force.

In fact, the material well-being of a person does not in the least contradict the development of his spirituality. On the contrary, it only helps this process. The capabilities of a wealthy person allow him to constantly improve his education, as well as travel, adopting the best from other cultures and civilizations and thus increasing his spiritual potential. The problem is only in achieving harmony between material and spiritual development.

What is meant by spirituality

There is no exhaustive definition of spirituality that can convince of its practical necessity. Only one thing is clear: a person deprived of spiritual potential will not have a beneficial effect either on the development of society or on the happy determination of his own destiny.

What, then, to focus on in order to develop qualities in oneself that are more or less close to the spiritual ideal? Sociological survey, conducted among students of several leading universities of the country, showed that they made a conscious choice in favor of a number of life attitudes. The main ones include:

1. all-round development of the personality;
2. morality, ensuring respect in society;
3. meaningfulness of their actions;
4. the formation of intellectual and spiritual baggage sufficient for career advancement;
5. selflessness and devotion in friendship;
6. sincerity in love;
7. equality in marriage, where a man and a woman help and support each other without disturbing peace of mind with unnecessary quarrels.

Young people are inclined to eternal, recognized by the majority, ideals. Such, for example, as faith in God, cementing the best spiritual traditions of generations. At the same time, the very name of the Lord will be different for people, signifying any of the world religions. But whether it is Orthodoxy, Islam, Judaism or Buddhism, the concept of supreme justice, which each of the gods personifies, remains the same for representatives of different religions.

An important place among the values ​​of the spiritual plan is occupied by patriotism. This sublime feeling concerns not only love for loved ones and for the country, but also the readiness to consciously protect all this in difficult times. Family and society should instill it from childhood. Every child, having been born, becomes a citizen responsible for his fatherland. He needs to constantly introduce this into his consciousness.

Modern man, according to young people, is obliged to constantly improve.

Only in this way will he be able to act adequately in a world that is changing at an ever-increasing rate. Along with obtaining information useful for professional activity, one should also develop one's own emotional-sensual sphere, which makes it possible to humanize, make more humane, the personal relationships of various people.

An indispensable tool for harmonizing your inner world is communication with the beautiful. This is how books train fantasy, fine art expands the range of visual representations of life, suitable immerses in a host of unusual sounds that can create any mood that is comfortable at the moment.

Much of this is perceived unconsciously, at the level of hidden instincts. Not everything is accepted right away. At the first stages, something read, seen or heard may be misunderstood and rejected. Only over time, gaining knowledge and experience, having the opportunity to compare different things, people realize what is not important for them, but what is necessary, like air.

Why is it needed

Spiritual development of a person always gives a positive effect. No matter how minor it may seem at first glance, in the end, its fruits are tangible in life.

As a result of the constant improvement of the inner world, honing the intellect and the sensual sphere, a person acquires the ability not to be afraid of difficulties and achieve his goals, regardless of any obstacles. On the scales of biography, each of us has a destiny. It is possible to furnish life properly only fully armed, clearly presenting the ultimate goal and having the appropriate spiritual potential to achieve it. A truly spiritual person proceeds precisely from these considerations, daring, but correct.

The only exceptions here are the so-called "evil geniuses", people who direct their extraordinary energy to the detriment of others. The consequences of their activities in world history and simply in everyday life are terrifying. Good and evil, in the understanding of these individuals, often change places. Violence, fear, godlessness, savagery are exposed as fair. What can be opposed to the activities of the villains? There are different views on this matter, including the Biblical-Tolstoyan non-resistance to evil by violence. In practice, however, the most effective method the fight against evil is most often brute force.

A weak, ignorant nature is alien to such contradictions. She is constantly overcome by doubts about her vulnerability. Such people are not even sure of the possibility of achieving any significant goal. She scares them. Failures force us not to look for a new course of action, but only to make excuses, referring to harmless circumstances, which, out of laziness, are considered insurmountable. The existence of such entities is meaningless. They don't deserve respect. Their destiny is vegetating in life and oblivion in its bitter ending.

It is very difficult to overestimate the importance of spiritual maturity for each individual and society as a whole. Its result is not only technical, but also social progress. Evidence of this is the positive development of world civilization, capable of overcoming all sorts of difficulties that stand in its way and moving through thorns to the stars.

The determining factors of the spiritual growth of an individual can be called awareness, acceptance, the ability for unconditional love and empathy for all other living beings. You understand that the time has come to harmonize the mind, soul and body and find peace of mind? So you need spiritual growth where to start it - of course, with reading special materials and daily practice.

Programs of spiritual and moral development of the individual

The moral and spiritual elevation of a person presupposes a high level of awareness, self-knowledge, acceptance of one's mistakes and imperfections, and understanding one's own life. From the moment when a person begins to feel the lack of something important in his life, and begins to search for himself and the meaning of existence, this is where spiritual growth begins.

In order for your path to enlightenment to pass in the most convenient and safe way, the Evio-Club team creates and regularly updates the list of all kinds of thematic materials that are part of the program of full-fledged spiritual and moral development. These and others are a complex of interconnected materials for achieving happiness and improving the quality of being.

How to get started with spiritual growth

Here you can read articles about spiritual development created by psychologists of our project. They contain descriptions of practices and recommendations that will help you go through the program of spiritual and moral development from the very beginning in order to consistently balance your spiritual, physical and intellectual qualities.

In my article "Why engage in self-development" I described in detail that for harmonious development in life, a person needs to develop at all 4 levels. But today we will talk in more detail about one of the levels, namely, about spiritual development.

Spiritual development is the development of the soul and spirit. It is important to realize the essence of these words and their meaning in order to exclude illusory spiritual development from your life and really develop.

The soul is an intangible substance that has a connection with the body and experiences feelings, desires and emotions. No wonder they say that it is in the soul that dreams are born. The soul has the right to choose in this world, and by choice it creates its own life. Accumulating experience from the choices already made, she can change them both in a creative and destructive way. Based on this, a person can both improve and worsen his fate.

The soul is connected with the spirit, in which the energies accumulated by the soul with the help of experiences are concentrated. Spirit is immaterial. Therefore, people who have chosen the path of full-fledged revelation of the Spirit renounce the material world. The spirit has a connection with the Soul and God, but has no connection with the body. It turns out that the soul is a link between the body and the spirit. The body helps the soul to receive more intense emotions that influence its new choice, and the accumulated energies through the Soul enter the Spirit.

Spiritual development is work on developing, first of all, one's spiritual qualities: kindness, love, trust in God, gratitude, forgiveness, etc. You need to identify your destructive, negative personality traits, such as: anger, vindictiveness, resentment, stupidity, envy, pride, etc. and transform them into bright sides.

spiritually developed personality is known not in beautiful, highly spiritual words, but in deeds. Not in regular church attendance and prayers, not in spiritual knowledge. One can know everything about God, but remain at the same level. Spiritual development involves the regular practice of spiritual laws in Everyday life. This is the forgiveness of those who hurt, this is gratitude and faith to God in any circumstances. It is openness and love for the world.

The actions of each person clearly and clearly show his level of spiritual development, pointing him to his own growth zones in this matter. And if a person's actions, feelings for people, the world do not change, then whatever he does is an illusion of spiritual development. He is self-deceiving.

It is very difficult to change yourself, your dark sides but it is possible with sincere desire and faith. When a person is open to God, the books, films, and teachers he needs begin to attract into his life. God hears the choice of everyone and sends information in accordance with the choice.

There's no doubt what's inside of us

contains an incredible energy that can reach

everything you ever dreamed of.

The very fact that you are interested in this topic sets you apart from most people and shows that you have the determination to become a winner and master of your mind, body and character.

The first thing that gave me an impetus to self-knowledge was the birth of my beautiful, temperamental son;). I began to ask questions: how can I realize myself? to be an example for your son? how can I become the best mother, wife, etc.

And you know, after that, Robin Sharma's book "Who will cry when you die" fell into my hands. This book had a significant impact on me, my thoughts began to change, everything became somehow different.

Where to start your self-development?

I give specific advice on where you can start your self-development:

Read the biographies of great people, at least once a week, well, or a day, as you wish. I advise you to become a "mirror image" of someone who has made significant progress in your area of ​​interest.

By studying the lives of great leaders, businessmen and other miracle workers, you will very quickly see that their results of greatness are achieved thanks to clearly articulated goals. For example, on our self-development portal you can learn about the secrets of success famous people and even about the exploits of people with disabilities.

- Sit less at the TV, computer, on phones. They take a lot of time. By the way, I want to note that TV is one of the weapons of politics. I highly recommend everyone to see documentary, banned from showing "Prosperity" here is a link to watch it says a lot about the political system, the education system, why the world works this way, etc.

- Listen to motivating music while you go to work, clean your house, go somewhere.

- Daily physical exercise is the most effective means to achieve personal excellence, set aside at least 15 minutes. Go swimming, running, skiing, cycling, just breathing fresh air, etc. Physical perfection precedes spiritual perfection.

- Relaxation of the body and mind. It is very important to take time every day to relax and calm the mind for at least 10 minutes. It can be stretching, yoga, meditation, qigong, contact with nature, self-massage. Make this practice a habit.

- Think positively. Your level of success is determined by how you think every second of every minute of every day. Your thoughts shape your world. Develop the habit of positive focus.

"A person should not let the clock and the calendar blind him and forget that every moment of life is a miracle and a mystery." H. G. Wells

- Discipline and willpower. Read about the life of Mother Teresa, Helen Keller, Mahatma Gandhi, Bruce Lee, Coco Chanel and you will understand what willpower means in action.

- Be sure to plan your day. Get a notebook, paint your action plan for a week, a month and even a year.

- Get up early in the morning. Take a morning jog, start running once a week for a start, then start alternating every other day. Morning run, warm-up, yoga, it doesn’t matter what it is, but it gives such a boost of energy for the whole day! Get yourself a partner with a similar goal to achieve physical perfection.

In order to develop the habit of getting up early, you must first remember that it is the quality of sleep, and not its duration, that plays a paramount role.

- Believe in yourself! “Don't be afraid of life. Believe that it is worth living and that belief will help make it a fact.” William James

Use the method of self-hypnosis (repeating ideas out loud) throughout the day.

- Find like-minded people. Attend self-development courses, go to oncoming clubs where you can exchange information, motivate yourself in any way!

- Laugh more. Daily laughter is uplifting, creative, and energizing.

- Use various pictures to develop yourself, what you would like to achieve. It could be some kind of sport, car, happy family, home, etc. Stick them around the house and just look at them.

Use imagination and visualization techniques to imagine yourself the way you want to become. It is advisable to do in the morning and before going to bed for 10 minutes.

- Always be grateful. Give thanks when you wake up, give thanks when you eat, give thanks when someone wants to help you.

How long does it take to develop yourself?

I think from the information received you have found something close and useful for yourself. For further, continuous development, you need "Kaizen" in Japanese means constant, ongoing improvement. As Confucius said " Good people continually improve themselves."

Therefore, we can say that the problem, in fact, is not at all in starting to develop yourself intellectually, physically, spiritually or emotionally, but in not losing this craving for constant self-development all your life and feeling the need for this as soon as possible. .

Decide today that you need to change your lifestyle, program yourself for absolute success and self-confidence. Write down on paper what you need to work on, give yourself a word that you will do it!