Spirituality - What Does it Mean?

Much has been written about the subject of spirituality and the following is my own interpretation based on my experience. In the fast paced information age we live in people are searching for the meaning of life and trying to make sense of the world and all its troubles. The awareness of the population has increased especially over the last fifty years, seekers such as myself and yourself are beginning to explore other possibilities when the material world is found to be lacking and without substance.

People are abandoning organised religion in droves because of the information that has come to light regarding the manmade dogma which was created to control the masses. I firmly believe your church is where you are and you don't need to be dictated to or follow creeds that do not ring true. Each person is entitled to their own opinion and should follow their own star wherever it may lead them, we all want truth especially from our elected representatives and when we are let down disenchantment must surely follow.

To be spiritual it is not necessary to belong to a religion or organisation which professes to hold the key to enlightenment. Those that do are highly suspect in my opinion as they are built on the need for control and the ego stroking of the hierarchies that run them. I will not name any of them but where there are groups or organisations, politics inevitably creep in however democratically the officers were elected, the saying power corrupts is so true even in groups that profess to be spiritual.