Spirituality

Hello Everyone:

Happy Rosh Ha Shana to everyone who is celebrating the Jewish New Year.  My wish for all of you is a  long life, good health, and good fortune.  I want to share with you a conversation Inhad with the bf yesterday, amidst all the pre-holiday preparations.  I called to wish him and his family a joyous and good new year and we ended up talking about spirituality.  The impetus for this conversation was the documentary, George Harrison, Living In The Material World.  If you haven't seen it find a way to get a hold of a copy.  It really sheds light on a very profound and complex person.  All people are complex but what fascinated me about George Harrison was the way he tried to negotiate being "George Harrison, the Beatle" and "George Harrison, the person."  For the late Beatle, the physical things of this world were less important than the direct connection with the spiritual realm.  Throughout his life, George Harrison looked for a direct connection to a higher power.  Drugs weren't the answer but Hinduism, specifically Krishnaism was.  It was that personal connection that he sought.  As I explained to the bf, that was something I look for in my life. I've never felt comfortable praying or performing a ritual in public.  It's always devoid of feeling and meaning.  I told the bf that my ideal practice is to open a prayer book and just do.  The whole emphasis on correct performance takes away from the meaning of the action.  In my daily life I try to practice the "just do it" approach to spirituality.  I think it comes from my repetitive readings of the Dao De Ching and a Daoist meditation book.  I first picked up both books as an undergrad studying Chinese art.  Something about the organic nature of Daoism appealed to me.  Zen Buddhism holds the same appeal.  What really stood out for me in Daoism is the idea of just being.  Just going with the rhythm of the moment, having the personal experience with a higher power.  This is something I can't find in public prayer and ritual.  This is something that George Harrison practiced in his life.  The bf was able to wrap his head around the idea.  Of course if I try to explain this to anyone else, I just get weird looks, but that's due to lack of understanding and being conditioned a certain way for so long.  I don't consider myself more spiritually evolved than anyone else, I'm not that arrogant.  I just consider this my path in life.