Connection to a reality beyond than the physical world and oneself, which may include an emotional experience of awe and reverence. Spirituality can also include the development of an individual's inner life through practices such as meditation and prayer, including the search for God, the supernatural, a divine influence, or information about the afterlife. This is what I know is the meaning of spirituality......
Steve, you once explained a theory to me of the human "state of being" in this physical world and how it "appears real," in this realm its only physical matter that we appear to see. I would like to ponder on this theory...maybe you could refresh my memory of your feelings on this subject? (do you recall what I am asking of?).....
Starling
Yes everything is energy. We are made of energy. Everything we see is vibrating with energy. We think we are material bodies but in reality we are energy. If you look at a projector you will see light pouring onto a screen. That light energizes a screen so that we see motion pictures. Like wise God's light is projected on the screen of the outside world therefore we see a movie taking place. In the same way we see movie pictures on the screen of our consciousness at nite with true to life characters that evaporate at dawn. Likewise the true to life characters that we see in this life will soon evaporate and this will be nothing but a dream also. A dream of God's light and energy.
When someone becomes truly enlightened they no longer see this life as real as we do. They see rather a projection of light that has made a seeming reality go back into it's component parts of light and energy. They become one with what has created this physical universe. At this point the seeming reality of this universe is just another dream reality like the dream reality we have at nite in our own personal dreams. The difference is that God gives a preview into our own dream movie house so that we can see how he has a dream movie house called this universe.
One meditates to reach higher states of consciousness so that we to will be able to see this creation as it is and not as we imagine it to be. In higher states of samadhi one gains an understanding of these principles and at a certain point is able not only to understand the dream nature of this reality but is also able to change the light and energy to suit the divine purpose. This is what is called a miracle to unenlightened souls.