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 Human spiritual nature, the missing piece of us as a whole
Either it is called soul, heart, spirit, there is no doubt that human beings are endowed with a spiritual nature, which goes beyond our physical dimension. Otherwise, questions about the meaning of our life or the causes of our unhappiness would never cross our minds. We are a whole, composed of a spiritual nature and flash and blood, although we do not always act like this. We lead our life under the pressure coming from the outside (friends, family, society) and we often forget about our inner world and its demands. And when our spiritual nature is neglected, we usually find ourselves unhappy.
On one hand, the standards imposed by the external environment are driving us away from our spiritual nature, but on the other hand, our spiritual nature is like the "Sleeping beauty" within us and all it needs is a sign from us to wake up.
Research revealed that, contrary to common beliefs, the center of our spiritual nature is in the brain. In the early 90's, a study conducted by the University of California argued the existence of a "God spot" in the human brain, based on the observation that, each time spiritual topics were brought up, the activity in the temporal lobes of the subjects' brain increased. Studies conducted later on contested the existence of a single spiritual spot, claiming that our spiritual nature resided in more areas of our brain, the same that people use daily to interpret the others' moods and intentions and to analyze experiences. Moreover, brain-scanning made by the neuropsychologist Richard Davidson of the University of Wisconsin on Zen monks and yogis has shown that, after an eight-weeks course on compassion meditation, the brain activity shifted from the right prefrontal cortex to the left, an area associated to a greater sense of well-being. Meditation is considered the most efficient way to a stress-free life and the supreme state reachable by our minds.
Not only meditation is an enabler of our spiritual nature, but also a change in our lifestyle. Unfortunately, this change is rarely voluntary; most often, undesirable experiences push us towards our spiritual nature. In her book "On death and dying", Elizabeth Kublais-Ross describes the five stages of grief that someone facing his own death or someone else's death is going through and that unleash the human spiritual nature. These stages, the same for any traumatic experience, are the following:
1)Shock and denial
2)A flood of emotion (usually anger)
3)Bargaining - the point where we start to become aware little by little of what happened, but we don't accept it totally because it is too painful.
4)Depression - we realize we are powerless and since we can't change anything, we become upset and depressed.
5)Acceptance in two phases: intellectual (when we come to terms with our experience and deal with it rationally) and emotional (we internalize it and start seeing it as a transformational and useful experience)
It is a paradox that we start to discover our spiritual nature that can bring us more happiness, following unhappy events. But it is our choice to rush this process by turning to spirit-oriented practices like meditation or yoga or simply to a deeper perspective on life, that goes beyond its material side.
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