{"id":12543,"date":"2026-03-07T21:31:50","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T01:31:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/what-it-means-how-it-shapes-your-life\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T21:31:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T01:31:50","slug":"what-it-means-how-it-shapes-your-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/what-it-means-how-it-shapes-your-life\/","title":{"rendered":"What It Means & How It Shapes Your Life"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Spirituality<\/strong>\u2014it\u2019s a big word.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Some people use it to refer to their belief system. Others avoid it altogether because it\u2019s \u201ctoo abstract,\u201d \u201cmystical,\u201d or downright \u201cwoo-woo.\u201d<\/p>\n

But strip away the rituals, the aesthetics, and the hashtags, and what you\u2019re left with is the profound realization that spirituality isn\u2019t any of that to begin with<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Your spiritual growth begins the moment you stop moving through life on autopilot and start asking yourself, \u201cWho am I, and what am I doing here?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

What is spirituality?<\/h2>\n

In a nutshell, it\u2019s the pursuit of finding meaning, purpose, and connection to something bigger than yourself\u2014whether that \u201csomething\u201d is a higher power (like God), spirit guides<\/a>, the Universe, or simply a deeper layer of your own self-awareness<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

According to Agapi Stassinopoulos<\/strong><\/a>, a renowned speaker on spirituality and bestselling author of Speaking with Spirit,<\/em> spirituality is about reacquainting yourself with your divine self. \u201cIt\u2019s your awareness,\u201d <\/em>she says in her Mindvalley program of the same name, \u201cthat the Spirit already lives inside you, regardless of your beliefs.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Vishen<\/strong>, the founder and CEO of Mindvalley, associates being spiritual with moving through different levels of consciousness<\/a>. This process, as he often emphasizes in his teachings, expands your sense of identity beyond the individual self.<\/p>\n

However you define it, it often starts with the \u201cpull\u201d to consider that you\u2019re more than your body, your name, or the circumstances that have shaped your life. Kind of like when Neo, the main protagonist of The Matrix<\/em> (1999), realizes he\u2019s not Thomas Anderson, stuck in a system he never chose.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou are,\u201d <\/em>Vishen points out, \u201csomething the whole universe is doing in the same way that a wave is something that the whole ocean is doing.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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