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Spiritual Life
When we think of a tree, we think of what we see above ground; the trunk
and its branches loaded with leaves, flowers and fruit, but at the base,
underground and unseen, is the root which nourishes the tree. In our lives
sensory, emotional, intellectual, psychic and material experiences are
equivalent to the trunk with its branches, leaves, flowers and fruit.
The roots represent the human spirit on which we depend for life and strength,
and which is buried deep within us, unseen.
This human spirit, which nourishes and strengthens, has to be harmonised
with the external and manifest experiences. The awareness of spiritual
life leads to a profound understanding of the subtle movements of energy
and consciousness governing the whole life process. When spiritual life
is in harmony with material life the qualities and strengths of the human
character, such as willpower, optimism and creativity, become effulgent.
To attain this harmony spiritual traditions prescribe sadhana (spiritual
practice) which becomes as spontaneous, constant and integral to life
as eating, drinking and sleeping.
Spiritual life is the awareness of the play of consciousness and energy
in material life.
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