It seems to me that many people in today's world ask themselves this question. From the perspective of the rapidly developing technology, which promises pie in the sky, this topic is definitely timely - why do we need an "additional" sphere of development, if in a few or a dozen years technology will do everything for us? Isn't it better to just implant a chip (or drop an acid!) and have access to other dimensions of reality with its help? Why bother with meditation, or belong to corrupt religions? Many will also say that people can be manipulated through spiritual practices, as the Church does. Many will say that only science offers us solutions worthy of the future.
In my humble opinion, the Church as we know it today (at least in Poland) has nothing to do with spirituality. I won't elaborate here, but it's certainly not my intention to offend believers, I just have doubts about, let's call it, the integrity of the very institution of the Catholic Church. I'm not sure to what extent people at its higher levels act in accordance with the assumptions of, for example, love for one's neighbour. As a person who considers herself "spiritual", it hurts me a little that for many people this is an indicator that spirituality does not work, is stupid, closed, meaningless.
On the other hand, science has always fascinated me. For most of my adult life, I actually existed only in the mental sphere, in logic, in what was written in "wise" books, in what was researched. I always wanted to know a lot and knowledge was easy for me to assimilate (here thanks to my defined Head and Ajna centres according to HumanDesign!). I became good in my studies, not many mistakes at work neither. Unfortunately, I forgot about the body and spirit for a long time.
Strangely, today I am very grateful because it really struck me what life is without paying attention to these aspects of life. And they are inseparable. Surely you know that without taking care of the body through proper nutrition or exercise it's hard to stay healthy. However, I discovered something else. Health doesn't come back overnight. These are often years of work on ourselves (according to the author of the Gene Keys Richard Rudd, it can be 7 years, because human life is very cyclical), our habits, our programs and assumptions that limit us. Sometimes it's years of very turbulent medication withdrawal, like mine.
What do you do when your brain can't comprehend what's going on with your body? What do you do when you don't know when you will finally stop suffering? When will the pain and fear pass, and what if it never does? I was using soft drugs to escape. But it was so bad that it wasn't enough. Then I discovered that it's all actually an illusion, matrix, maya. I found Existence within myself. A different kind than a Mind that always wanted to be smarter, kept trying hard to solve my problem, to no avail. I discovered that not all problems can be solved from this level - from the mental level you cannot solve a problem that is not a mental problem. Simple as that.
My problem was disconnection from the body, which also resulted in disconnection from my own Soul. Or vice versa? But it's nothing out of ordinary and nothing to be ashamed of. Unfortunately, most of us have quite limited contact with our true self. We can thank the toxic environment and the excess of thinking compared to Being. "I think, therefore I am" is unfortunately a nonsense - forgive me Descartes. 😉
I was very happy when I read about it in "Heal Thyself" by Dr. Edward Bach, the creator of Bach Flower Therapy, the secrets of which I have recently started to explore. I feel as if I have found the answer to the question that bothered me for so long: how can an ordinary person regain this contact, connection with himself, without having to fall into a huge health crisis. Much of what I blog about will help with that, but I think it's important to understand what we're doing here. We return to spirituality - through the body, through experiencing. True spirituality, which does not exclude science, but which harmonises it with experience (as noetic scientists do!) We return to the rhythm of Nature, ritual, to ordinary love and self-care. We combine the strength of the mind with the genuine power of the heart - I dare say that this is just impossible to imitate.
It doesn't have to look any particular way. All you need to do is close your eyes sometimes and say to yourself "I am." Or better yet, feel it. Yourself behind the mind, behind the body, behind everything. Eternal beauty!
Because why not?