What really is spirituality and resilience? Spirituality is associated with connecting on a deeper level to your innate spiritual self and understanding what is a more accurate representation of the soul inside rather than the image that is portrayed by the outside. Focusing on the infinite being that we are, that connects all things together. Some use religion as their guide to approaching spirituality while others do it in the form of meditation. The method of exploring your spiritual self is inconsequential in comparison to the end result of your findings. As that will be understood by what is acceptable to you on the level of your soul, what is more important to your soul, and how to feed your soul to grow in a way that will be useful as well as a source of satisfaction to you.
In western civilization the lookout for satisfaction is constant, but what is a manner of obtaining satisfaction that proves to be consistently useful to the individual? Something that comes from the inside, and not from the outside? You would notice a lot of people chasing fleeting satisfaction. They will try to place their satisfaction with temporary things and then expect to get permanent satisfaction or happiness or some sort of contentment from those temporary things. But how do they feel when these things have been taken from them? Their possessions, status, or looks?
Of course, this method is entirely wrong if thought about on a deeper level. As NLP states, it’s not what happens to you, it’s your interpretation of what happens that determines your feeling and actions. How can one possibly receive any sort of permanent satisfaction from temporary things such as material things and outwardly symbolized projections and images? This is why it is essential for an individual to tune into their spiritual self and spiritual character to understand what it means to choose the things you get satisfaction from and understand yourself and the way you get satisfied on a deeper level.
If your satisfaction is tied to material things, that is fine, but if that satisfaction leaves you a few moments after you possess that material thing, then soon enough you’ll find that something is not right about this whole equation. But how can you find the right equation for you?
How Better Decision Making With The Aid Of Spirituality Can Impact Your Life
Assessing and reassessing your approach to life is a sign of the intelligence that humans have been bestowed with over other species. It seems that our never-ending will to not give up and our constant determination towards correction, recheck, and re-correction has been a powerful tool in us humans enjoying the position we do in the hierarchy of all species. Using this tool is part of our everyday behavior in some way or the other to ultimately achieve any kind of reform that we seek as individuals.
But what happens when searching all the time does not lead you to feel the way you thought you would feel? After you have ‘checked’ all the places you thought that you ‘should’ check? What can one find that is unconditional, free of any changes, free of any external effects?
What we are suggesting is to look within and explore your spiritual self, your true nature. Broadly speaking, this can not only have highly positive effects on the way that a human being lives as well as treats themselves, but to even awaken you into a new awareness.
What we are talking about here is all about what an individual really wants. This is something that the individual can discover as opposed to beliefs of just having to conform to the way that everyone else around us is doing something. It is easy to forget in our focus on collectivism, how important individualism is. Expressing your own unique voice regardless of what you were taught that is right or wrong, letting your truly unique color to be openly seen in the world.
“Life is a dancer and you are the dance.”
~ Eckhart Tolle ~
Strengthening your spirit is not an easy task for most. But the rewards are tremendous, as by being connected to your spiritual essence you are liberating yourself from being dependent on external things that are destined to disappear and vanish in one way or another. When you ‘have’ spirituality, you have everything that you’ll ever need, as this spirituality is the true source of who you are. It is your compass in life, that will guide you through intuition to everywhere that you need to go. When you’re following this compass, you are not resisting life, rather than embracing peacefully the ways and manners that life unfolds in front of you.
This compass plays an important role in helping any individual with their decision making. Decision making in any field of life needs to be a strong suit of every individual in order to take action on the ideas they possess in a definitive and useful manner. A small decision today impacts the way our life is tomorrow. Where undue pressure is unsubstantiated, the importance of these decisions and decision making skills should not be understated. Whether what an individual really wants is constant change or stagnancy to help himself be happy is a separate idea. Whether he has it in him to be able to realize which one of those he wants and how he can do and what he can do, in order to achieve the one that he wants and is right for him.
Benefits Of Resilience And Consistency
After understanding the importance of spirituality and decision making, it is also essential to understand the importance and benefits of resilience and consistency. That is because after an individual understands and embraces his own spiritual self and he has stronger abilities of decision making present in himself, the next natural step is the application of that decision he wants to take in favor of his spiritual self.
This application can be done once or twice, once you embrace it completely you’ll obtain the real effects and positive outcomes of your spiritual decision making process. And when these decisions and applications seem hard to you, remember that they are only a reflection of who you are and how you feel on the inside. Something that is a part of who you are, therefore you should be resilient in face of these difficulties, as denying these decisions and actions is like denying yourself, denying who you are. Resilience is a key element in this process of life transformation, as you will not only reaffirm your ability to do anything, but also reaffirm the very fact that this is something that your spiritual self innately wants. Because being consistent and resilient requires a commitment and that level of commitment is manifested by higher and deeper goals fuelled by a deeper connection to the cause and results. And this connection is the secret to perseverance.
Benefits of consistency and resilience are far and wide. These benefits include developing an attitude of discipline towards your goal. When we dedicate ourselves to one goal that we follow with consistency and resilience and repeat doing we are developing and increasing the amount of discipline that is nurtured within us towards that goal. Moreover, it also builds our level of trust with our own selves at the individual level. When we are consistent, we start to learn to trust ourselves and to feel responsible as we’ll see with each step towards consistency the results that we are getting and are able to achieve for ourselves.
Furthermore, being consistent and resilient will also help in bringing that achievement to us faster than if we are not being so. As consistent effort will transform to the reward that we are working towards, it develops a very good system of reliability linked with our accomplishments. This reliability will further impact and create a cycle of positivity and credibility that is stemming from our own self. Creating an environment of trust, credibility, reliability, and positivity, that can be achieved through small consistent efforts over time, building a massive momentum. When you are able to pull off your desired actions with consistency and resilience in face of whatever difficulties that come across your way, you will be able to feel accountable for your own actions and the motivation to follow up with your goals and path in life.
Tips To Be Consistent And Resilient
Getting started is always the hardest, and the following tips will help you with getting things moving in the right direction for you:
- Start Your Day Off With It– Whatever you are trying to make consistent, if you start your day off with it, it is relatively easier to inculcate it as part of your routine, which will eventually help you make it more consistent.
- Force Yourself When You Don’t Feel Like It – Learn to be a little strict with yourself at least when you are committing to be consistent with something. That means that you should do that thing even when you don’t feel like it. Remember, your true self and spirit are guiding you now, so any feelings of resistance you have are a lie, and will fade away eventually.
- Understand The Emotional Effects Of Your Actions – Tune in to how not fulfilling your consistent plans is having an effect on your emotions. When you want something with this much vigor, chances are that you will find yourself hurting over not being consistent and avoiding dealing with it which can turn into a cycle. Acknowledge these emotions, understand that coping with them means to really build your resilience, that this is a natural part of the process.
Building Resilience And Overcoming Your Problems
So what do you get with combining your tools of decision making, spirituality, and consistency? Over time, the combination of these three things and implementing all of them together can be extremely beneficial to anyone who employs the use of them. It is not far-fetched to say that consistently sticking to your spiritual goals is bound to build resilience in you or anyone who does so. It may not be easy, but it’s so worth it.
It may take time to understand, to accept things the way they are, to be more mindful of the effects your own actions have on you, and that’s OK, as you’ll see that patience is a blessing. To go beyond the short term gratification in order to get something more meaningful in the long term is all part of the resilience that is built due to being consistent with your spiritual goals. Remember that even when it’s not convenient it is a positive effect overall, that helps you and any individual in overcoming any problem of theirs. As you are finding more within yourself, finding something that is perpetual and is unconditioned, your true divine self.
