Can I Use Spiritual Stuff?

I happen to have a confession to make: I'm a bit of a rebel

. Yes I know as a life coach I'm purported to have certain behaviours, perceptions and frames of mind (especially in public!), and guess what, as a Buddhist I'm supposed to have a different (although overlapping) set. But if you want an article along the lines of It is all about going with the flow increasing your opportunities accepting the will of the universe struggling for results peace and love could be fabulously wealthy happiness comes from inside you could have it all now!, then bad luck That just is not what my life's like!

Luckily, once we hack through the jungle of B-grade clichs we find that modern self-development and real spiritual paths both provide tools and principles that can radically change our time on this planet. There is so much really useful stuff, as a matter of fact, that it could be difficult to choose from the alternatives, so my mission in this article is to look at what spirituality can represent, and why you might choose to explore it a bit more.

To start with, here is a quick questionnaire:

Firstly, do you think happiness comes from within?

And, simply out of curiosity, do you act like you do, i.e. do you target more attention on what is within, or on other stuff?

The majority of you will have answered yes to the first question, and assuming you're reasonably truthful with yourself I am guessing that an even bigger majority will have answered no to the second. Oops! Isnt it remarkable the way we look at the map, which says Turn right, and still we drive left instead?

Contemporary self-developers generally say you can have more riches, a fulfilling career, great relationships (etc. etc.) and spirituality (+/- whatever that implies to you). Spirituality becomes an item on the objects-that-make-you-happy menu, one more glossy thing to gain. But how about if spirituality could represent something else? After all, the Buddha did not say you will be able to have gold, power, dancing girls, much more cattle and enlightenment; he said here is a path that will take away your misery and give you huge happiness, and it is totally about changing what is happening in your head.

Spiritual ways emphasise (if I might paraphrase the Go to Jail card in the popular board game Monopoly) that you will be able to Go straight to Happiness; dont pass Go; absolutely no need to collect $200, and that this is not merely possible but also the absolute best choice you can ever make in your life.

Tempted?

I guess that one reason I draw in clients who are genuine about their happiness is as I too believe that time spent on the external stuff is usually needlessly slow.

by: Erik Teichmann

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