Spirituality: moving from belief to understanding

Originally published on spirituality.com under the title "From belief to understanding: you can do it!"

Fear, pain, and discord can seem pretty believable. When you're laid low with flu, or anxious about the future, or stressed about work or family, it can be a struggle to accept that these things are not real—and not really part of you.

But the next time you’re confronted with fear or pain, ask yourself: Do I believe that these are true about me? Am I letting them convince me that I’m a material being, struggling for existence with other equally material beings?

Or do I dig a little deeper, go beyond mere belief, and understand that I am spiritual, and that everyone else is too?

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