I have been thinking about what it means to be spiritually awake and have not yet figured out what that means. I've beengoing from one Internet site after another looking for informationthat will explain exactly what spiritual awakening is all about.

The nearest I came to discovering an answer talked about being a Christian and all that has to it. But, being a Christian is only a very small part of what it means to be spiritually awake. One website talked about the attributes of a spiritually awake person in a paper titled "The Purpose of Life is Spiritual Growth". I can agree with this statement but still it is only a title to a paper. The paper talks about the fact that there are 2 types of people in this world.

One is the materialist-minded person and the other is the spiritually-minded person. The paper says that a person with a "materialistic mind is greedy, selfish, competitive, cold hearted, deceitful, unintelligent, close-minded, ill mannered, unfriendly, easily addicted, overly emotional, easily angered, revengeful, vicious, barbaric, inhumane and war like. They're destructive through their thoughts, words and actions". The paper goes on to describe the "spiritually-minded person as being generous, kind, helpful, cooperative, loving, forgiving, caring, considerate, compassionate, patient, calm, honest, intelligent, logical, open-minded, friendly and peaceful. They're constructive through their thoughts, words and actions".

Now, what can we do to become totally spiritually awake?Well, I think that the description above of the spiritual-minded person tells all. We can be that kind, generous and loving person we claim to be 24/7. It only takes a little mindfulness to make it so. Keeping in mind those attribute that make us a spiritual person.

I want to be a totally awakened spiritual person and I want you to awaken also. We can change this world from being totallymaterialistic to be spiritually oriented world in 2012. 2012 will bea year of change, a transitional world into the higher aspects of thespiritual life. You and I can be a part of that. We only have tomake up our minds to be so by promoting to the world that we are indeed a spiritually awaken person.

All of the above questions about spirituality have their answers in a positive "yes". True spirituality has its place in everything we do, day in and day out. We are all spiritual beings here on this earth and it is one of our goals to find God and practice his teaching in the best way we know how. We are here to search the "scriptures" to find the teachings that best express our spiritual understanding and to evolve spiritually.

Throughout the history of Man, there have been a number of men and women who have come into this world to show humanity that there is a better path. A better way to look at our life: and a better way to solve our problems so that we understand them and act accordingly.

Spirituality is practicing our belief in God, and practicing our belief in Jesus and his teachings. Spirituality is something that takes place within us and it shows in our life. We can't help showing how our love for God, Allah, Buddha, Jesus affects us. It is something that really cannot be explained, but must be "experienced" to comprehend. It shows in the face of a person who literally "glows" saying, I'm a believer. Rev. Ron Koch