Most spirituality information is concerned with the question of, “what are some of the challenges people face when attempting to live a more spiritual life and how they can overcome them?”
The biggest challenge people face when attempting to live a more spiritual life is that they are going against a lifetime of conditioning and beliefs that have continually reinforced the idea that they are a separate person from all other people, places and things. They have been taught their whole lives to view the world exclusively through their physical senses and to believe in Newtonian physics which tells us that the universe is mechanical and so are we.
Because of this conditioning many people define themselves as a two part being of a body with a mind when in actuality they are a three part being of body, mind and spirit. The body is physical and they can relate to that. The mind is non-physical but works primarily through the brain, which is physical, so they can relate to that. But the spirit is meta-physical and cannot be defined in physical terms so it is often not used in a conscious manner in their decision making process.
So it is the challenge of allowing the spiritual aspect of your being to be part of your conscious life process that keeps people tied to the idea of separation. This is what the spiritual life is all about, being in balance in your mind, body, spirit make-up. Allowing the spirit to be part of your definition of self and using the spiritual aspect of your being for guidance in your life journey. The spirit is the part of you that is eternally interconnected with all of life including your source so it is critical for the spiritual seeker to recognize and understand that their true nature is one of spirit and not one of physicality. (The Templar Globe)
