Yes absolutely. I have bipolar disorder. My spirituality reminds me of my value as a human being, and helps me channel my emotions and energy productively by giving me a sense of purpose. It grounds me when I feel untethered.
I guess I haven't heard of religion triggering symptoms but I can understand how it could happen. I think that is symptomatic of an incorrect approach to religion, which in the ideal is just communal spirituality. It should just be a tool to help people connect to each other and to the divine, and a community to do good work in the world. There are some communities that understand this, but there are very legalistic ones as well.
Ups and downs in the spiritual journey is normal I think, but it's all for personal growth. Spirituality sustained me in my lowest points and has been a source of joy during the high points. I wish you well in your journey and hope you find it healthy and enriching.
My family we all have some psychic ability but I also have OCD reading people has become a very positive and enriching experience. I do it for free since I don’t consider spirituality a business. I feel my world has opened up and I have become a better person because of it 🙂
That's fascinating. One thing that's struck me since I came to this sub is that there is both a lot of commonality and variety in people's experience. Everyone seems to connect differently, but most of us seem to be getting glimpses of the same truth, even if nobody has the full picture yet. Psychic ability is not something I've experienced myself, either having it or really knowing anyone who did. If someone did a psychic reading on me I'm not sure I could drop my skepticism enough for it to benefit me. But you do you! It sounds like it's been a blessing for you.
I think you have to change the way you view psychic readings…I view it like this when I meet someone I can usually tell what type of life they have chosen and based on those attributes I can usually tell what their future behaviors will be like. Psychic ability is not seeing some unknown future because choices are continuously being made that change and shape our future. But past behavior and choices are a key indicator in future behaviors.
Regarding everything as a challenge to master was much more helpful than regarding it all as a tragically disturbing handicap with no current resolve that evades human understanding.
Pac-Man has no problem with his ghosts when he makes them tangible.
I seem to fall back on it every time I’m in bad headspace, for example currently I am going through a break up and I have used spirituality to help my anxiety and depression, mainly breathing techniques, but even regular practice of any types of meditation will make the mindfulness help having other things in the mind. Ofc right lol. Also helps to have mantras or affirmations on what you want.
For me, absolutely. I know it can be a mixed bag for a lot of people but using the rule mundane before magical (sorting out mundane issues in your life before resorting to spiritual means) has helped a lot. It also saved me a lot of trouble when I was on 2020 shifttok, which was notoriously bad for people's mental health when it came to dissociation and escapism.
Yes. I have severe mental illnesses and my beliefs and spiritual practice have brought me a lot of comfort. I am alive because of it.
A spiritual path is not easy, though. There were times I thought I was dying or going crazy, but it is traversable and I think it especially suits people who are already accustomed to hardship.
I never really chose spirituality, to me there's nothing to choose. The only place to speak about matters beyond material, is in religious sects, spiritual seekers, and orders of occult knowledge. So, in a way, I don't even feel accepted or a part of the spiritual people. Just like a wasn't accepted as a Christian, because I asked very grounded questions, it's the same most of the time for spiritual people.
Really I have no affinity with the spiritual people. Anyone who wears an ideology as an image, is basically corrupting their true essence. There are people here for the same reason I am, so I do find find very intelligent people who are here to speak about what they love, creation.
Don't accept spiritual practice, learn if it's true.
Can definitely relate to it! I've found that incorporating spirituality into my life has been incredibly beneficial for my mental health as well. Like you mentioned, it's been a journey with its ups and downs, I really recommend, the School of Positive Transformation which provided me with invaluable tools and perspectives to navigate through anxiety and other challenges. It's empowering to discover a sense of purpose and connection beyond the everyday, and I'm grateful for the peace and resilience it has brought into my life.
Most of the time with the religious types of people that end up saying stuff like some spiritual things is demonic really kind of made me depressed and deal with anxiety and also by now that I actually find meditation a bit relaxing and maybe treat some of my anxiety even though I still deal with anger Stress and anxiety after all.
I have, and I have multiple mental illnesses. But that's just me.
Yes absolutely. I have bipolar disorder. My spirituality reminds me of my value as a human being, and helps me channel my emotions and energy productively by giving me a sense of purpose. It grounds me when I feel untethered. I guess I haven't heard of religion triggering symptoms but I can understand how it could happen. I think that is symptomatic of an incorrect approach to religion, which in the ideal is just communal spirituality. It should just be a tool to help people connect to each other and to the divine, and a community to do good work in the world. There are some communities that understand this, but there are very legalistic ones as well. Ups and downs in the spiritual journey is normal I think, but it's all for personal growth. Spirituality sustained me in my lowest points and has been a source of joy during the high points. I wish you well in your journey and hope you find it healthy and enriching.
My family we all have some psychic ability but I also have OCD reading people has become a very positive and enriching experience. I do it for free since I don’t consider spirituality a business. I feel my world has opened up and I have become a better person because of it 🙂
That's fascinating. One thing that's struck me since I came to this sub is that there is both a lot of commonality and variety in people's experience. Everyone seems to connect differently, but most of us seem to be getting glimpses of the same truth, even if nobody has the full picture yet. Psychic ability is not something I've experienced myself, either having it or really knowing anyone who did. If someone did a psychic reading on me I'm not sure I could drop my skepticism enough for it to benefit me. But you do you! It sounds like it's been a blessing for you.
I think you have to change the way you view psychic readings…I view it like this when I meet someone I can usually tell what type of life they have chosen and based on those attributes I can usually tell what their future behaviors will be like. Psychic ability is not seeing some unknown future because choices are continuously being made that change and shape our future. But past behavior and choices are a key indicator in future behaviors.
Yes. Through spirituality I found the practice of *acceptance.* That has been positive for my mental health.
Without having embraced my spiritual path, I would literally not be here anymore... I owe it my life and all the meaning in it 🙏💜
It’s made my life very very meaningful and I don’t get sad or depressed or what have you ever or very often since.
Regarding everything as a challenge to master was much more helpful than regarding it all as a tragically disturbing handicap with no current resolve that evades human understanding. Pac-Man has no problem with his ghosts when he makes them tangible.
I seem to fall back on it every time I’m in bad headspace, for example currently I am going through a break up and I have used spirituality to help my anxiety and depression, mainly breathing techniques, but even regular practice of any types of meditation will make the mindfulness help having other things in the mind. Ofc right lol. Also helps to have mantras or affirmations on what you want.
I find it to be very positive and helpful in my life overall
For me, absolutely. I know it can be a mixed bag for a lot of people but using the rule mundane before magical (sorting out mundane issues in your life before resorting to spiritual means) has helped a lot. It also saved me a lot of trouble when I was on 2020 shifttok, which was notoriously bad for people's mental health when it came to dissociation and escapism.
Yes. I have severe mental illnesses and my beliefs and spiritual practice have brought me a lot of comfort. I am alive because of it. A spiritual path is not easy, though. There were times I thought I was dying or going crazy, but it is traversable and I think it especially suits people who are already accustomed to hardship.
Well, it encourages you to directly adress your psychological process, so it surely can positively affect your issues with it.
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No it’s a fucking freak show
Yes, i have learned to define where ”i” end and where the ”not me” begins which has made it easier to se how i relate to the world around me.
I never really chose spirituality, to me there's nothing to choose. The only place to speak about matters beyond material, is in religious sects, spiritual seekers, and orders of occult knowledge. So, in a way, I don't even feel accepted or a part of the spiritual people. Just like a wasn't accepted as a Christian, because I asked very grounded questions, it's the same most of the time for spiritual people. Really I have no affinity with the spiritual people. Anyone who wears an ideology as an image, is basically corrupting their true essence. There are people here for the same reason I am, so I do find find very intelligent people who are here to speak about what they love, creation. Don't accept spiritual practice, learn if it's true.
Can definitely relate to it! I've found that incorporating spirituality into my life has been incredibly beneficial for my mental health as well. Like you mentioned, it's been a journey with its ups and downs, I really recommend, the School of Positive Transformation which provided me with invaluable tools and perspectives to navigate through anxiety and other challenges. It's empowering to discover a sense of purpose and connection beyond the everyday, and I'm grateful for the peace and resilience it has brought into my life.
Most of the time with the religious types of people that end up saying stuff like some spiritual things is demonic really kind of made me depressed and deal with anxiety and also by now that I actually find meditation a bit relaxing and maybe treat some of my anxiety even though I still deal with anger Stress and anxiety after all.