{"id":273,"date":"2022-04-30T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-30T06:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/laiisorcerer.com\/blog\/?p=273"},"modified":"2024-07-13T23:03:14","modified_gmt":"2024-07-13T17:33:14","slug":"spiritual-shopping-and-maya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/laiisorcerer.com\/blog\/spiritual-shopping-and-maya\/","title":{"rendered":"Spiritual shopping and Maya"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/laiisorcerer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_4770-1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/laiisorcerer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_4770-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/laiisorcerer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_4770-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/laiisorcerer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_4770-1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/laiisorcerer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_4770-1-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/laiisorcerer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_4770-1-350x467.jpg 350w, https:\/\/laiisorcerer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_4770-1-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Spirituality is not any different from our existence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To put it simply, spirituality means being connected with our true nature &#8211; connecting to &#8216;Who am I &#8216;. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then why all this confusion over being spiritual or non-spiritual?\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Very often people claim with a sense of superiority,\u00a0 \u00a0that they follow spirituality. This is not spirituality but just a subtler way of boosting one&#8217;s ego. Our basic nature is spiritual. In fact \u00a0following spiritual practices should be a natural part of our daily routine &#8211; as simple as \u00a0having food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the so called quest for spirituality people go through a crazy process, \u00a0attending all sorts of workshops or &#8216;trainings&#8217; that they come across.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The search for one&#8217;s Self is a part of the journey, \u00a0but \u00a0most of the time in this entire process people lose sight of their destination and\u00a0It is important to understand that the spiritual journey is all about peeling off layers of karmas and one needs to make the distinction between the real thing versus illusions created by attending various dubious therapies. Lack of understanding of this point leads to\u00a0 stopping of the practices and landing back in square one, maybe even with added karma baggage.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One needs to realise that all of us are already on this journey and it is very important to stay with oneself and not get influenced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is a difference between being influenced and having and following a coach, a guide or a living Guru or Master in physical form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Consistent and committed practice is of utmost importance and \u00a0constant self-awareness while practicing is the key. One will meet diverse people and different teachers on this journey, but staying grounded on the path \u00a0with awareness and not getting deviated is preferable.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>People who apparently don&#8217;t practice spirituality are busy judging people who are, or at least claim to be, on the path. It is expected that such judgements will happen \u00a0and sometimes people who are following certain practices may be elevated to Angelic or Godly status by others. It is funny that nobody gives one freedom to continue shedding one&#8217;s karmic baggage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The judgements people make are rooted on their hurts, and projected onto you. Honestly these judgements have nothing to do with you &#8211; but this only highlights the fact of how much these \u00a0people \u00a0are in need of direction towards working on themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your critics do a great service of mirroring you and indicating to you how much you have healed and how much healing is still required by you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keep it simple and real.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Spirituality is a way of living&#8230;. as natural as breathing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Breathe with a smile<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spirituality is not any different from our existence. To put it simply, spirituality means being connected with our true nature &#8211; connecting to &#8216;Who am I &#8216;. Then why all this confusion over being spiritual or non-spiritual?\u00a0 Very often people claim with a sense of superiority,\u00a0 \u00a0that they follow spirituality. This is not spirituality but &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/laiisorcerer.com\/blog\/spiritual-shopping-and-maya\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Spiritual shopping and Maya&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":274,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,5,9,4,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-healing","category-learning","category-motivational","category-personal-growth","category-self-mastery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/laiisorcerer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/laiisorcerer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/laiisorcerer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laiisorcerer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laiisorcerer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=273"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/laiisorcerer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":277,"href":"https:\/\/laiisorcerer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273\/revisions\/277"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laiisorcerer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/laiisorcerer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laiisorcerer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laiisorcerer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}