What 'Spirituality' Means to Me

My personal thoughts on 'spirituality' are that it should be just that - personal. 

I should say upfront that I'm not religious, or a wiccan, or a pagan. I don't follow a 'faith' of any kind. Personally, I can see both positives and negatives of following those types of lifestyles and I prefer to judge people on their behavior, rather than which book they keep by their bed. 

Having said that, I do consider myself to be a spiritual person. By this I mean that I feel strongly that there is more 'going on' (for want of a better phrase!) than we could possibly understand with our tiny human brains. I think that as a species, we have learned and developed in incredible ways but that we are naive if we think that we have it all 'sussed out'. 

I'm not saying I know what 'else' there is, but I simply can't believe that we've seen, understood and quantified everything. 

So to me, 'spirituality' is more like a feeling of a power within me, which gives me the sense that I can create a certain outcome. I view prayer, spell casting, meditation, the law of attraction, the power of suggestion and self-fulfilling prophecies very much as pages from the same book. 

Some view it as purely psychological or scientific, whilst others see these things as a connection with a higher deity. I am open minded and (believe it or not) fairly skeptical when I want to be. I certainly believe whole-heartedly in science, logic and reason. However, whilst I accept certain things as factual, or 'true' I also believe that we should consider the possibilities of things which we haven't yet managed to explain. 

I don't necessarily think that we need to explain them all. I just choose to keep an open mind about it, as that is my gut instinct. 

So, I enjoy discovering my 'spirituality' and the possibilities it introduces. if you choose to read on, you may find that you have your own theories on the experiences I write about. You may think them shallow, or deeply philosophical (maybe both!). You may relate, or you may think me barmy. 

Either way I am happy because spirituality, as I said, a very personal thing.