Have you ever felt that a good part of your spiritual life doesn't make it into your real life? Have you ever felt a frustration within yourself because your life experience doesn't reflect your spiritual desires. Perhaps, there is no separation of the two and it is only in your perception. We often keep our spirituality in a “higher plane” than our earth realm. We can fall into the trap of expecting our spiritual desires to be created in the moment, without necessarily any preparation on our part. Just connect and it's there for us. It is certainly true that everything is there for us, but something more needs to be added for us to have access to it.
I have seen many spiritual seekers forgo the practical tasks of everyday life. But if you think about it, how can we bring our spirituality into the world and connect with others consistently if we don't do what is needed in the earth realm. I am talking about things like, money management, organization, planning, learning new skills, taking care of our bodies, etc. I am sure you can name the areas you neglect for yourself.
I can say for myself that lack of organization in my life has greatly decreased my effectiveness in both growing spiritually and making a difference. That is a painful realization, yet true. What is your limiter. I ask this not in a way to make you feel pain, but for you to free yourself by seeing the truth. (Another fallacy of the spiritual life is that it will be void of pain or conflict, a subject for another blog).
So how would your inner and outer life change if you considered balancing your checkbook, or planning your time, etc a highly spiritual act? Will that take you out of the flow or put you more in the flow? Do things happen for you more spontaneously when you are prepared or when you haven't prepared?
