‘Yeah, I’m a spiritual person.’
~Patrick Wilson
When I tell people I am spiritual, they tend to take a step back from me. Maybe they think spiritual automatically means that I am religious. There is a difference between religious and spiritual. Although I am catholic and I am currently deferred from a Bachelor of Religion, I am not religious. I love how faith helps people to overcome tragedies, it interests me.
Spirituality is a way of life for me. It is a way to incorporate kindness into my life and the other lives that I get to touch. It teaches me to be grateful for what is. It has taught me the importance of simplicity. Spiritual means I focus and try to focus more on the human spirit, I try to move beyond the material aspect of life to find a deeper meaning. Spiritual doesn’t mean that I don’t have feelings. That I don’t get sad sometimes or depressed for that matter.
Spiritual definitely doesn’t mean that I can’t find dirty jokes funny or that I haven’t smoked a couple of joints in my time. Friends and family that have known me a long time know that there are two parts to me the silly childlike smiley Kylie who likes to table dance at parties and the spiritual reflective Kylie. It is the duality of me. I can’t be one without the other. It completes me. Being spiritual helps me to fill that huge void inside of me with putty, you know, that piece of you that always feels like there is something missing. I’ll get there.
Yes, I do believe that God exists, I see god in you, he is in me, he is in everything. I believe we are all connected, we are all one and what you do to someone else you are really doing to yourself. I live and breathe gratitude. It makes me feel good to express gratitude for what this life offers and all of its beauty. Life is simply amazeballs. I do talk to my Angels and I do talk to other people’s angels. This does not make me special. Everyone has the ability to talk to their angels. They are here to help us. There’s been times where I have been so low where I can’t see a way out and they are always there to drag me back up, without a doubt. They make me smile, love me unconditionally.
This developing spiritually is what keeps me going. It keeps me positive, it helps me to remain motivated. There are moments when I still get caught up in the shitty stuff, guilt, judgement and pain, however I am beginning to spend less time in this space. I now understand my connection to the universe. I really do look at life through rose-coloured glasses and I struggle to see the negative side to any situation. Call it naive if you like. It helps me to sleep at night and that’s all that matters. My goal in life is to try to help others to feel the innate happiness and know that this is the ‘normal’ space that we can live in. It is available to all of us.
I believe what you say you create. I don’t like to focus on the negatives but you can always tell me about your problems. I would love to be able to lend an ear. I might help you to see the positives of the situation however, it is what I do. I am a healer so I can tell when you are sick, I feel your sadness if you are depressed. It sometimes means that I need to be alone… I need a lot of alone time. Please don’t take it personally. I am different, weird and spiritual mixed with a bit of silly, sarcastic, funny and loving for good measure.
I have always been spiritual. I remember as far back as two asking my Abuela (grandmother) to put a movie on about the Virgin Mary. At sixteen I was writing and drawing spiritual insights. But at nineteen I was binge drinking and partying. I have some stories that would surprise you and others that will enlighten you.
I no longer drink, I am vegetarian, I don’t eat sugar or preservatives, I can’t go to loud concerts because I can feel peoples energy. For fun now I go to the beach, eat at organic cafe’s and enjoy nature with my kids. At the core I am still the same Smiley Kylie, the spiritual side of me is a lovely reminder to be a kind person. I am not going to try to push my beliefs down your throat, although I would like to be able to chat about the things that are of interest to me, like I would like to hear what is of interest to you. There may be something we can teach each other.
So, if you know someone who has just gone spiritual know that they are the same person. They are just trying to make a better version of the original copy, trying to feel closer to home and aiming to make the world a better place. Becoming spiritual is merely a way to define their new quest in life to find pure happiness. In that respect I guess we are all spiritual. It takes great courage to come out of the spiritual closet. I can say now say with pride, fear doesn’t live here anymore.
Originally posted on: http://mindfulmummyhealing.com
Light and love and all things nice,
Kylie Riordan x
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