On Spirituality

I think belief in God is not essential for the attainment of spiritual experience.It comes from somewhere else.A state of pleasant weightlessness which can only be realised by shedding away the unnecessary burden of hundreds of petty concerns is what one feels in the beginning.It does not happen to everybody.In the normal case the seeds of spiritual quest should be there in you from a very early age.Or at a stage in your life you should reach a peculiar mental state characterised mainly by an indescribable lightness. Or some strange or unbearably painful things should happen in your life which may open your eyes to the knowledge that many things which you once considered invaluable are in fact totally worthless.What do we attain by such an awakening?Nothing but a sort of calmness followed by the pleasure of surging up a feeling or emotion hitherto unknown to oneself, from the unfathomable depths of soul.Who am I to describe this experience with this much authenticity. I am not a learned person,not a seeker of divine happiness,not even a humble student of spirituality. But I think even an ordinary human being can experience that strange and beautiful elevation of mind that we call spiritual ecstasy for a few seconds or an extremely short span of time on certain moments quite unexpectedly.One can’t have the bliss of those moments simply by wishing for it.Long strenuous mental preparation also need not lead you to those marvelous moments.Yoga,breathing exercises and the like also have nothing to do with spirituality.All such things may make you physically fit and mentally strong.But spirituality is an altogether different thing.You may feel it while sitting idly on a beach simply fixing your eyes on the waves,or while watching a lone bird flying back to it’s nest through the evening sky,or while witnessing a small child receiving a prize for participating in a competition.The magical touch of spirituality is felt when your ego or self gets totally dissolved in the immediate surroundings in the most peaceful,natural way i.e without any annoyance ,uneasiness or sense of loss.This is only one among the innumerable ways spirituality chooses for it’s unexpected entry and short time presence in the heart of an ordinary human being .