Spirituality derives from “spirit.” Spirit is something immaterial that cannot be perceived through the physical senses. It is “the principle of life” that lives in the deepest part of ourselves, our purest essence.
The opposite of spirituality is materialism. It can be perceived with the physical senses. A lot of people were religious for centuries because the word “spirituality” was not used as such.
This should be clear: religiosity is not the same as spirituality. Religiosity implies a belief in suggestions and dogmas of the religion itself. Spirituality requires an inner experience of oneself.
You can be religious and spiritual, or you can be spiritual without being religious. Being spiritual does not imply believing in gods, dogmas, or doctrines. It doesn’t imply to practice yoga, meditation, reiki, or any other current of the New Age. Being spiritual is not about being vegetarian, pacifist, or in favor of animal rights. And it doesn’t mean wearing white, talking slowly, and waving palms together saying “namasté.”
What does it mean to be spiritual?
To be spiritual means that we spend a few minutes a day, looking inward and disconnecting to reach communion with ourselves.
Consider your daily activities to be spiritual. Sadhana is a personal yoga practice or discipline that can be done without attachment to the fruits of the actions. Sadhana is a Sanskrit word for daily spiritual discipline and practice.
All great people have great Sadhanas. When I think about mine, I feel very spiritual. It’s like God’s personal vehicle to go and a vessel of natural law.
My Sadhana is: that I practice Astanga Yoga every day (except Saturdays), and I eat only 100% raw food. Surely, this is both a spiritual practice and a health regimen. Yet, it’s the healthiest regimen in the world.
You don’t have to start Sadhana by eating 100% raw food and practicing yoga 2 hours every day immediately.
Then, you should start by eating one banana a day more than you would have already eaten, and begin with one sun salutation every day. This Sadhana would take about 1 minute and a half. This is just spiritually powerful enough to start.
Next week, try to eat two extra bananas and do two sun salutations. After that, you can evolve your Sadhana in a while with patience. In a way that you only eat fruit before noon, and practice 30 minutes of yoga daily.
In conclusion, anybody can have a Sadhana. What I want to inspire, is that the Sadhana of eating Raw Food and doing vigorous Yoga practice is the most powerful tool for healing and restoring.