Spirituality: A Poetic Definition
I once had a vision wherein I could simultaneously comprehend and see the biggest of stars and the smallest of particles. While I am in no doubt that there exist bigger and smaller entities than these, it was a very enlightening experience. At the time, it made me feel insignificant and inadequate - understandably so - but later I came to the realization that one should not feel belittle by such, but rather acknowledge and appreciate the fact that everyone is part of the larger whole - a giant tapestry, if you will.
The existence of everything is perpetuated by every individual thing, of which could not exist without the existence of everything in itself. Everyone, everything, is a loom, a thread on the tapestry. If existence did not work in harmony, it would be obviously jarring - the picture would be messy and amateurish.
In this extended metaphor of a tapestry, of course, there has to have been an artist who 'weaved' existence. Some call this artist God, others reference energy or magic, and others believe in the hand of science and mathematics purely. Whatsoever one believes in, it is not a difficult feat to recognize the beauty and harmony of the universe.
This is spirituality. Spirituality is not meditating at the top of a Tibetan mountain chanting mantras[1]. Spirituality is the realization of the universe and the realization of the individual. It is what one does with this knowledge. It is not a set of practices. It is a path.
[1]That is what a spiritual practice is.
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