/r/spirituality

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Here, we discuss such things as personal transformation, the meaning of life, death, and moments of clarity. There is no single, widely-agreed definition of spirituality.

Many people gravitate toward spirituality to seek religious-like understandings without the ideological constraints of institutional religion. This community, however, is open to everyone, religious and non-religious alike. Join us in finding our place in the universe. 🌌


Welcome to /r/Spirituality!


Here, we discuss such things as personal transformation, the meaning of life, and moments of clarity.

There is no single, widely-agreed definition of spirituality. Many people gravitate toward spirituality to seek religious-like understandings without the ideological constraints of institutional religion.

But /r/Spirituality is open to everyone, religious and non-religious alike. Join us in finding our place in the universe.

/r/spirituality

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Can we actually feel when someone is thinking about us?

Eveybody is saying that humans' brains are very connected so I have been wondering if we can actually feel it when someone is thinking about us. If yes, how so?

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2024/04/26
19:50 UTC

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Actual good therapy

Most modern therapy focuses on the human vessel and is tied to logical forms of understanding the brain/cognitive processes little is known about our inner soul and that’s really the place where all our traumas and emptiness lies. This mental health consulting business is different as it targets this versus what other traditional therapy typically covers, try it yourself and I promise you, you will feel an obvious difference. Really what humans are seeking is meaning and getting rid of those empty feelings, humans crave real love, connection, and warmth. Therapists can go to school and get training but not everyone is born with an ability to touch the human psyche therefore bringing to the surface wounds that may exist in our unconscious and are affecting current behavior. In addition to the latter we need warmth we need to feel like the person listening actually cares not that it’s some callous professional money transaction. Dm me for questions and link to website.

0 Comments
2024/04/26
19:30 UTC

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Using the "R word" on Reddit

Hi everyone, I have a question for you. I could have posted this in many different subreddits, but this is the one I'm most active in.

I've seen users in this subreddit (and others) avoid using the "R word." Why is this? To use a "softer" phrase, I was sexually abused when I was very young. Sometimes, I prefer to use the "R word" to describe my experience. Is it inappropriate to use the "R word", even if it happened to me? Does it offend or trigger people? In today's world, even young people (puberty age) need to know what "R" is, because it could happen to them and they need to stay safe.

I'm okay with using euphemisms such as "sexual assault" or "sexual abuse", if using the "R word" upsets other people who have experienced "R". I want Reddit to be a safe place where people feel comfortable, and I would never want to use language that drives people away. At the same time, I often find it empowering to use the word that best desribes my experience. Sometimes when people avoid using the "R word" I feel like my experience is being erased—that people are unwilling to talk about what happened to me (and what happens to millions of others).

"R" is a terrible thing, but we need to talk about it. Please let me know your thoughts.

11 Comments
2024/04/26
19:05 UTC

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How to go deep into my energy to receive a message?

I'm not sure who to share this with, but I feel compelled to write it here. I've always had a strong intuition, but I've tried to suppress it because it scared me and others thought I was crazy. Now, I'm learning to embrace this side of myself and listen to my gut. My in-laws are going on a trip next week, and something in my gut tells me something will go wrong. I can sense it, but I'm not sure what to do. How can I tap into my energies to see if there are any messages for me?

2 Comments
2024/04/26
18:20 UTC

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The desire for knowledge and understanding is a barrier to attaining it

Don’t fall for this trap! I’m finally coming out of it myself. I had always been obsessed with seeking knowledge, looking for signs and trying to put the pieces together to figure it all out. But for you to be able to conceive of a question, the answer must already exist within you.

Consider that you already contain the exact knowledge needed for any given situation you might find yourself facing in the moment. The notion that you don’t is your ego grasping to keep control of how you perceive your reality: through separateness, fear, self(ego)-preservation and a sense of lack. Foster your continued presence in the present, secure in the knowledge that you know what you need to know, and don’t know what you don’t need to know. Continuing to focus on the latter takes you further and further away from yourself, and spreads your attention and focus in ways that were not intended.

There’s only Here, and there’s only Now. You’re in It. You are It. Love yourself enough to grant yourself awareness of your own presence, and carry that love and awareness with you in all that you do. Nothing to figure out, or decipher, or find the meaning of. Funny enough, you truly don’t even want to know.

2 Comments
2024/04/26
18:03 UTC

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Thoughts on religion and the idea of being "against" anything in self-reflecting Holographic Perception

2 Comments
2024/04/26
17:10 UTC

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Sending You Healing Energy

May it assist you on your journey.

1 Comment
2024/04/26
15:31 UTC

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Building an online spirituality community

Hi everyone!
My name is Excel, and I am 22yo based in Europe. I have always had a curious mindset since childhood. I'm smiling writing this text cos I remember my mum who called me "The Questioneer" 🤣

I had my spiritual awakening in 2019-20 and since then my belief systems and inner world had been shattered! Prior to this growing up was difficult as I had traumas and challenges from every corners of my life. I forgot to mention as well I used to be soooo sooo shy and non-confrontal but I have been fighting this trait for a while
Fast forward abit, I started learning and understanding the secrets of our universe and how to create my unique reality through mentors like Dolores Cannon and Billy carter.
Which leads me to why I am typing this... I have made it my mission to help those around me in a similar situation get better and posses the techniques. I have been using tiktok and my instagram but I am really new and still understanding the algorigthm. I have come to an understanding that if I do not share my knowledge with the world then I am selfish keeping it to myself.
My goal is this - to share my understanding with the world and build a private community I can call a family.
Please how do I make a community from zero

1 Comment
2024/04/26
15:22 UTC

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What does seeing double rainbow means?

I saw one today, for the first time in my whole life. I literary felt the universe is telling me 💋

What does seeing double rainbow means spiritually? And as anyone experienced the same feeling? Refresh and happiness. Sudden happiness

3 Comments
2024/04/26
15:14 UTC

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Why is this year making everyone suffer so much? (Including me ofc)

Idk if anyone has noticed this or not but this year is really effing up people's lives. Literally everyone I talk to is telling me that life has gotten worse this year. For myself I have been depressed ever since the start of this year. Does this have do to something with astrology or the Planets or do you think there's another reason behind this huge downfall? Nothing seems to be working for me. I wanna know if anyone could help me overcome depression and anxiety because I might kms at this point.

54 Comments
2024/04/26
14:35 UTC

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RE: ways to better connect to dark feminine energy??

There was a comment in this about looking into goddesses like Lilith, Kali, and Hathor. This is the type of energy within myself I’m trying to better connect with. I think my original post might have phrased it wrong. If anyone has info on how to do this (not deity worship) it would be appreciated.

23 Comments
2024/04/26
14:19 UTC

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Maslows heriarchy of needs

I’m not sure if this really belongs here but I think Maslow hierarchy of needs is really interesting. It’s such a logical explanation to the key of being satisfied with your life. I learnt about it in my uni class and thought I should share this because it should be taught in primacy schools in my opinion. Basically his motivational theory is that there’s 5 basic types of needs. I want to share an image but it won’t let me soanyone that’s looking for something to help you stay motivated, should do a little google search on this and see what’s missing from their life. He also updated his theory like 3 times to make a point that, (this theory is usually drawn as a pyramid) it’s not a one way path, it goes up a level and down. Life is good and bad. This diagram has kind of opened my eyes as to what’s missing from my life. Personally I’m all over the place. I have good sleep,water,food and a home. I sometimes skip from level 1 (physiological) to level 5, (self actualisation.) Sometimes I move from level 5, to level 3 (social) I’m not sure if this makes sense but just thought it could help someone out

6 Comments
2024/04/26
14:18 UTC

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How is moksha better than our life?

What is Moksha? Moksha is liberation from the cycle of death and rebirth. Moksha is self-realization and God-realization. Moksha is freedom from all suffering on earth, freedom from the pain of the body, misery of the mind, agony of the ego. Therefore, how can Moksha not be better than life? Life is full of suffering. There are desires, passions, attachments and we suffer. We live and we die. We cry, we question why. But in Moksha, we discover, who am I and why am I here? We discover that we are the Divine Soul, Spark Of Unique Life. We realize that we are a manifestation of the Divine, of the supreme we call God. Therefore, Moksha is the ultimate goal, to realize we are the Divine Soul. Then although we are living life, we are liberated. We are enlightened, we are spiritually awakened. This is Moksha. Ultimately at death, we become one with the Divine.

5 Comments
2024/04/26
13:59 UTC

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He never said his name….

I was sleep once & my ex popped up at my house. He rung the doorbell & I heard his name clear as day in my head which then made me pop out of my sleep to my feet instantly. The crazy part was that I looked at the cameras later that day & he never said his name. Why did I hear it in my head like that?! 🤯

5 Comments
2024/04/26
13:31 UTC

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Do illegitimate children inherit their parent's karma?

This is something I've been wondering for a while now, but I couldn't find any book or article approaching this theme.

For context, this is sort of a personal experience of mine, as a child born out of wedlock from a mistress. My life has always been quite miserable, and my father's (picture perfect) family likes to say that me and my other siblings were "born from sin". My father was wealthy and had many, many affairs and many children out of his wedding.

Even before I was old enough to understand where I came from, all my experiences in life were extremely negative. Rejection, humiliation, abuse and all kinds of misfortune came from everywhere. And after hearing someone saying that to me, I do think that maybe this is why. Maybe I carry some sort of debt?

Can children be truthfully "born from sin" in the way that they may be plagued with misfortune due to their parent's illicit affairs? Sorry if it sounds stupid.

15 Comments
2024/04/26
13:22 UTC

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Okay I can’t think of anything anymore, I cannot rationalize this-

I have been mostly trying to stay grounded in my spiritual beliefs as I didn’t want to say “THAT MUST BE RIGHT-“ to every bit of spirituality there is, butttttt last night just BODIED me with coincidences that I simply CANNOT IGNORE-

Let’s start off with what this started with, I was scrolling YouTube looking for something good to watch, and came up a Kurzgesagt video titled “You are the centre of the universe”, which I just went; “Eh, probably just a new video that kinda is related to what I’m researching.”

…. It was made 6 months ago.

Odd.

After a bit, another video came up this time from Game Theory about 5 months ago LITERALLY TITLED: “Death is not the end!”

And I just thought OKAY, this is probably just YouTube recommending me things I have been researching in relation to death

Cut to an hour later, I’m off YouTube and listening to some music while playing Guts And Blackpowder, most notably an Undertale Playlist was playing while I was gaming

…. The first song to come up was from an Undertale Fangame with the title “AFTERLIFE”

….

I think I’m going insane-

4 Comments
2024/04/26
13:20 UTC

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If the ultimate aim is moksha, why do people marry and lead a worldly life?

No doubt the ultimate goal of human life is Moksha but people marry and lead a worldly life because they think that a worldly life gives greater happiness than Moksha. They think marriage is a bed of roses without any thorns. And they want the pleasure of a married life, children, family, food, fun, not realizing that all this is just the first part of happiness called pleasure. We lose our peace and we don't discover the purpose of life. When we discover the purpose of life, we attain Moksha. Moksha is the highest type of happiness. It is SatChitAnanda. We reach a state of truth consciousness in which we enjoy eternal bliss, Divine love and everlasting peace. Unfortunately, we are ignorant. We don't realize what Moksha is, how to attain it, and therefore, we find it easier to live a worldly life, running after success, money, achievement and happiness, which only gives momentary pleasure.

6 Comments
2024/04/26
13:18 UTC

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Somehow creating new memories of my deceased spouse

I lost my spouse on April 4 and I have obviously been struggling a lot with it.

Last night I finally had a dream about him. It was nothing significant it didn’t make me feel better or worse etc.

But when I woke up, my first thoughts were of him looking very healthy (died from overdose) and very happy. But it was not me reflecting on an old memory pre addiction, it was a new memory. Like a new experience. I was seeing him in a way I had not seen him before.

It was really lovely and gave me some comfort this morning.

2 Comments
2024/04/26
13:17 UTC

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The deeper meaning behind jealousy & how to cope with it in a relationship?

I’ve never dealt with jealousy in my relationships up until recently. I’m finding myself hyper fixating on my boyfriend’s relationship to his female coworker, feeling very threatened and insecure about it after some recent conversations. I won’t go into details because they’re irrelevant here, but I was just wondering if there’s a way to deal with this that keeps spirituality at the forefront. Feeling very disconnected from spirituality as a whole and very ungrounded because of this, and I find I’ve been acting from my ego while handling it.

I realize attachment is the root of this intense mental suffering. And I do know mentally that, if the worst thing happened and he left me for this person or cheated on me, it would be a blessing in disguise and my life would continue to grow forward without him. I’m young (only 21) and I would survive. But that doesn’t seem to be helping with the obsessive thoughts or feeling the need to control the situation in some way.

Have any of you dealt with relationship jealousy while on your spiritual path? If so, how did/do you cope and grow from it? I’d love to hear your experiences

6 Comments
2024/04/26
12:48 UTC

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This synchronicity so insane it creeped me out

I was looking at this takeout menu and deciding if I should add coffee, but I hate hot coffee outside and wanted iced.

https://postimg.cc/jLpx2m9w

The store opens a few hours later so I put the menu away. As soon as I open the app, this short pops up about this lady being handed an iced coffee and she wanted hot. This is too much of coincidence and so specific. I don’t think I can ever doubt another synchronicity again. Trust me, you have to experience it firsthand to know how creepy it is when you were literally deeply thinking about it and it appears. Lmk what you guys think honestly

This is the video:

https://youtube.com/shorts/6BaEoTlhIVc?si=wY-9f82IXwCAFe7a

5 Comments
2024/04/26
12:45 UTC

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Cannabis

Hey guy! Do any of you guys feel any form of spiritual way with weed? Like enlightenment? Relief? Etc? Please let me know!

11 Comments
2024/04/26
11:05 UTC

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Guidance, please

Hi there, if you’re seeing this, thank you for reading. I am posting because I don’t know where to turn. I have had a tumultuous journey, but the abridged version of my current issue is that about a year ago I experienced a complete turnover of my life. I lost everything. I was starting to discover some things about myself, and in the middle of seeking guidance, I lost my home, my family, my friends, all of my belongings, my animals, literally everything except my car and my SO. Since then, I am stuck in a cycle of regain and loss. Every time I rebuild, (place to live, job, support system) I start trying to take time to center myself, take care of my wellbeing, and it gets ripped away again. It’s happened maybe 6 or 7 times in just the last year. Is there a lesson I’m just not learning? I feel like I’ve tried every approach, including not having one at all, and still, like clockwork, something tragic happens and I lose everything once again. I am trying to remain hopeful, but my body is tired and my optimistic spirit is weak. Thank you in advance for your wisdom/advice/cat videos. 😅 I am so lost.

5 Comments
2024/04/26
09:49 UTC

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Care for others

25/4/24

See how their cold shoulder hurts others. How you treat others is important. Treat others as you would like to be treated. This is a simple message but so important. The connections we make here in physical form is a large part of the play. Cherish those you care for and treat them with respect and love.

1 Comment
2024/04/26
08:27 UTC

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Heart chakra anti clockwise

To those who work with chakras, would you be able to please shed some light for me?

I’ve been working with my Lemurian crystals and a clear quartz pendulum and today I did my usual; placed my Lemurian points in a circle facing inwards around me and activated with the pendulum. Then I put on a meditation that guides me through a Lemurian healing blue light temple I’ve been enjoying and feeling a great sense of calm and healing from. Afterwards I checked my chakras with my pendulum and all were spinning clockwise steadily, when I got to my heart, the pendulum jerked to a stop and spun backwards anti clockwise… I continued up and it spun clockwise through my other chakras. Half an hour later I checked again and the pendulum was still going anti clockwise only for my heart chakra.

Any insight on what this could mean?

1 Comment
2024/04/26
07:12 UTC

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Just watched the new Bob Marley movie…

I didn’t know much about Marley’s life and I have to say it was a beautiful film and tribute to him. I cried! But afterwards I was reading about the Rastafarian movement/faith. And I found something cool I didn’t know about them. They never refer to themselves as I, alone. Like they won’t say, “I am going to the store”, they always say “I and I am going to the store”, referring to themselves and the God source within them. And yes they believe in Jesus/Jah and have their own Rasta Bible which I think is really cool. When I heard it in the movie I thought it was a Jamaicans phrase.

But I just thought that the idea of “I and I” was extremely beautiful. Like you never walk alone.

And although in the movie Marley dies young possibly due to his faith, I just don’t think it ever mattered how much time he had here. He truly seemed to believe in life everlasting. Being a part of god…

Just wanted to share! One Love y’all

2 Comments
2024/04/26
07:00 UTC

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We are all spirtiual beings

We are not human beings we are spiritual beings, we have a spirit, do you really think we die and thats it?

9 Comments
2024/04/26
07:00 UTC

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How to become more spiritual?

I was born into a Christmas family but I was never religious myself. I had recent events in my life that have made me start praying and I want to do/learn more to become closer to God.

What can I do? I do spend time in my room praying but I don’t hear anything back. Do I just continue to pray and believe? Is there something specific I should be doing to become more spiritual?

6 Comments
2024/04/26
06:45 UTC

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Hug Your Inner Chilr

I’m travelling to work this morning and, for whatever reason, I’m having an imaginary conversation in my head with someone about the various masks I wear around different people. It’s something I’ve been aware of that i do for a while and usually causes shame or frustration when I think about it because i want to be authentic - I want to demask myself, but it’s hard.

I really got into this conversation, about how I put a lot of energy into creating these masks when I was younger because I didn’t know any better.

Instead of the feelings of shame or frustration or whatever I’d usually feel, I felt a strong compassion for myself. A sadness too, but that didn’t matter, it was welcome. And my inner child received a hug. I think I was the one who hugged me. I was very grateful for it.

Anyway, I just thought I’d share this, maybe someone on here has an inner child that needs a hug. We didn’t know any better when we were younger. And I think it has helped me putting this into words. I hope u don’t mind it being here :)

☮️❤️

5 Comments
2024/04/26
06:33 UTC

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looking for authentic ppl talking

i love watching listening to nice kind people talking in an authentic nice kind way guru in the broad sense of the word btw i love how down to earth he is and i don't get bqd vibes from him at all 🐝 uplifting guy 🩷

0 Comments
2024/04/26
06:12 UTC

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Visions. Can someone explain what is going on?

Last night I saw 2 nets above me as I was laying in bed. The one that was closer to me was dark made of thick threads the other one was right above it. It was dark green net with thin threads. I also saw a thick cabel coming out of the right side of my face (I often feel pain there). The cabel was long and it went above into the nothingness. There was also movement between and around the nets. What is happening?

5 Comments
2024/04/26
06:09 UTC

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