SPIRITUALITY

53. Spirituality ~ 160 ~ 53. SPIRITUALITY What is spirituality? Spirituality – rabbaniah – means ‘Giving in to God.’ The spiritually inclined so elevate themselves in their thinking that they begin to live on a higher divine plane. They remain undisturbed in the face of provocation, their mental balance is not upset by unpleasant experiences, and the distasteful behaviour of others does not arouse any feelings of anger or revenge in them. Living strictly by their principles, their mental level becomes so high that the status cast by others cannot reach them. In rabbaniah they find such sublimity that all else pales into insignificance. Rabbaniah in itself is such a great virtue that the seeker after divine bliss need quest no further. On the other hand, those who have no such spiritual inclinations allow themselves to be constantly influenced by their immediate surroundings and thus unhappily embroiled in human strife. They cannot, like spiritual people, smile when abused. Nor, in countless situations, can they adopt the attitude of ‘forgive and forget.’ They