Before taking this course my belief of what spirituality correlated with religion. My belief were just the common religions like Christianity, Buddhism, Judaism, Islam, and so on. But during this class it taught me that spirituality and religion are two different things. I grew up in a Christian home, my father grew up catholic and my mom grew as a Pentecostal- Christian. For some reason I’m not sure why we primarily went to Pentecostal churches, its just where we would always go. Apart of the Pentecostal religion we believe in the holy ghost and spirit. The holy ghost is what goes through you, so that you can feel god run through you which allows you to speak in tongues. I’m not exactly sure about what the catholic religion does because
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With these traits it shows that you have found happiness in your life, feel a completeness with yourself and others. This can be practiced with prayer, mediation, or any good deeds you believe has a purpose to you and others.
The reason for me believing that your spirituality is what you make it is because of the course this semester. Mindfulness has taught me a lot of how to find my own spirituality, and how to be in the moment. If are not religious it does not mean that you cannot be spiritual, which can make me people not under stand the true meaning of spirituality. Also, its about finding yourself, your inner peace, and what brings joy into your life. Maybe that’s what religion does for you, its what completes you and your purpose in …show more content…
My freshman year I remember how stressed out I was with college classes. I noticed that my body would easily crack and just the amount of tension I carried was not normal. That’s when I started getting monthly massages back at home, and I remember one of the mousses asking me if I worked at a desk. Which at the time I did, and said he could feel the knots in my back, and I was just too young to have all of that already. Which I agreed with him, that’s why I went to him so he could help release some of those knots. Now, that I do not get monthly massages, I usually get a back massage from my boyfriend or meditating really helps me as
With these traits it shows that you have found happiness in your life, feel a completeness with yourself and others. This can be practiced with prayer, mediation, or any good deeds you believe has a purpose to you and others.
The reason for me believing that your spirituality is what you make it is because of the course this semester. Mindfulness has taught me a lot of how to find my own spirituality, and how to be in the moment. If are not religious it does not mean that you cannot be spiritual, which can make me people not under stand the true meaning of spirituality. Also, its about finding yourself, your inner peace, and what brings joy into your life. Maybe that’s what religion does for you, its what completes you and your purpose in …show more content…
My freshman year I remember how stressed out I was with college classes. I noticed that my body would easily crack and just the amount of tension I carried was not normal. That’s when I started getting monthly massages back at home, and I remember one of the mousses asking me if I worked at a desk. Which at the time I did, and said he could feel the knots in my back, and I was just too young to have all of that already. Which I agreed with him, that’s why I went to him so he could help release some of those knots. Now, that I do not get monthly massages, I usually get a back massage from my boyfriend or meditating really helps me as