What Is Spirituality Meaning? 6 Unique Things Spiritual People Do

You’ve probably heard someone say that they are spiritual but not religious or they refer to themselves as a spiritual person. But what is the meaning of spirituality?

It can mean many things to many different people. In my opinion, it is very simple. Spirituality is connecting to your soul and spirit.

It is trusting your gut feeling even when someone is telling you something different. It is connecting with yourself to find your own truth, not the truth that you were brought up to believe or that someone else thinks you should have.

We are all spiritual beings having a physical experience. In essence, everyone is spiritual. It’s just that some people choose to focus on it more and make it a part of their everyday life.

Some people are more spiritual in the way they connect and perceive the world. They choose to focus on it and make it a part of their lives, while other people don’t. But everyone has the capacity to be spiritual on whatever level they want.

In this article, we dive deeper into what it truly means to be spiritual.

What Spirituality Is NOT & Common Misconceptions

When I first dove into spirituality, I thought there was a checklist that I had to pass in order to be considered spiritual. When in fact there wasn’t. I thought if I did these things below then all of a sudden, I wasn’t as spiritual as I thought I was.

This couldn’t be further from the truth as doing these things and experiencing all emotions actually brings you deeper into your own spirituality.

Let’s First Dive into What Spirituality Is Not:

1. Spirituality is Not One Way Fits All

I was raised Catholic and noticed that there were all these rules and you had to do certain things to be considered Catholic. Something felt off to me and it felt very restrictive.

When I grew up and left the church, I realized that being spiritual isn’t one-size-fits-all. What might work for someone may not work for someone else. It was way too restrictive to put someone in a box and say, “you have to do this to be spiritual.”

Spirituality is much freer and it’s not one way for everyone.  There are different paths for each person depending on where they are on the journey here on earth.

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2. You Have to Keep Your Beliefs and Never Change Them

This is someone else that I felt was off with religion, why can’t we change our beliefs? Isn’t that part of growing and evolving?

In fact, changing your beliefs after you learn something new or go through a transition can be very beneficial to you. In spirituality, you are allowed to change your beliefs as you evolve.

You aren’t labeled as “wrong” for having a certain belief. Because at the time that belief likely served you for where you were then. Also, who’s to define what’s right or wrong?

In spirituality, change your beliefs as often as you like and as often as they serve you. It is what helps you to grow and connect even deeper with your soul.

3. You Never Have Negative Emotions

This is a huge misconception of the spirituality meaning. Many people define someone as spiritual who lives in bliss in connection to the oneness of the universe.

While this seems very nice, it’s not true. Spiritual people get negative emotions just as much as anyone else. They are human too.

The difference is that they learn how to understand their emotions and what they mean. They figure out how to use them for their benefit. They often dig deep into the layers of communication that the emotions are showing them.

So, if a spiritual person appears to not have negative emotions often it’s because they’ve learned how to work with them and how to understand them. They likely went through some extremely tough times in order to reach a new level of evolution and understanding of their emotions.

4. Thinking Your Way Is the Only Right Way

When you are spiritual, you know that there are many right ways and there isn’t one correct way for everyone. You understand and accept other people’s choices.

For example, maybe leaving your job is the right thing for you but for someone else in the same situation, it isn’t right for their souls’ growth.

Maybe they are having an experience that their higher self wants them to have even though it can seem confusing as to why they’d stay.

As a spiritual person, you respect their life choices and understand that what is right for them may not be right for you, and what is right for you may not be right for them.

5. Being Told What to Do and Listening Because It’s from Someone ‘Spiritual’

Another thing that I am happy to see dissolving is having gurus and doing what you are told from a so-called “spiritual” person. Just because someone is spiritual, it doesn’t make them right about everyone and everything.

This includes me. Don’t take everything I say as true, run it by your own intuition and higher self to see if it feels right for you.

Spiritual teachers may have a connection to the divine, but you have that too. It’s all about tapping into it for yourself.

There are many false gurus out there and just because they have tons of followers or appear to know everything, they don’t. You know more about you than anyone else. Spirituality is no longer about taking someone else’s guidance as everything.

Of course, listen to their knowledge and take what resonates, and get rid of the rest. Run everything by your own intuition first and foremost.

6. Not Having Boundaries

Another thing that spirituality isn’t is being a pushover and letting people disrespect your boundaries. Often this label of “spiritual” comes with a handbook that says you must be kind to everyone even if they’re treating you wrong.

This isn’t true, in fact having healthy boundaries actually makes you a more spiritual person. It shows that you respect and love yourself.

What Is Spirituality Meaning?

1. Trusting Your Higher Self and Intuition

Spirituality is trusting how you feel and your intuition above all else. It is practicing communicating with your higher self to understand your truth.

You see, not everyone in life is honest and much of what we’ve been told about our history isn’t true. As 2020 hit this became even more clear than ever to many people.

There has been a veil of illusion over us (which is lifting now). But when you are spiritual you know that something is off, and you trust that voice that tells you that. You don’t just believe something because a professional told you it was true.

2. Changing Your Ways and Beliefs as You Grow and Evolve

As a spiritual person, you change OFTEN. If you aren’t, then you aren’t growing. You may have a different belief in the afternoon than you had at breakfast and that is ok. Other beliefs may take more time to change.

Why wouldn’t you change your beliefs if they help you? The reason you may not is if your ego gets in the way and says you can’t because that would mean you were wrong to have the belief in the first place.

This isn’t true because that belief served you when you needed it. Now you no longer need it so it’s ok to get rid of it.

Growing and evolving is a huge part of being spiritual and of having an experience here on earth.

3. Accepting All Your Emotions

Being spiritual is about accepting all of your emotions even your so-called negative ones.

When you try to stop your emotions or only feel positive ones, they stay stuck in your body with nowhere to go. This can lead to other problems down the road.

Allow your emotions to flow through you and show you what they are here to show you. Emotions are a great communication tool that lets you know what is going on with you on a deeper level. They are guidance for you.

As a spiritual person, you do not need to be in bliss 24/7 or only be happy. This is impossible to do here on 3D earth. You came to experience all emotions so why not embrace all of them and truly live this experience to the fullest.

4. Accepting Other Peoples’ Ways of Doing Things

As a spiritual person, you don’t try to change anyone else. You accept that they have their own soul contract and that their higher self knows best. You don’t try to change anyone to do things your way.

When you are spiritual you understand that you create your own reality, so it doesn’t even matter what anyone else is doing anyways. They are simply a mirror reflection of you.

Think of it like a movie. You are the star of the show and everyone around you are the supporting characters who react and do things according to you and what your energy is. The only way they change is by you changing first.

Everyone is here to have their own experience and their way of doing things may be different but not wrong.

5. Being Sovereign

You are a sovereign being and as a spiritual person, you understand this. You know that you get to choose what you do and how you experience life no matter what anyone else says. You are here to make your own choices and follow your own rules.

You listen to other people’s information but ultimately, you make the best choice for yourself in the end.

Sometimes the choices are hard, but you trust your soul will take you to where you need to go and that the universe will support you.

6. Having Healthy Boundaries

As a spiritual person, you respect yourself. This means that you set healthy boundaries when you need to.

You know that if you don’t it will drain you and make you resentful. What good are you to anyone when you feel that way?

So, you know that setting healthy boundaries isn’t wrong or not spiritual; it is an act of self-love.

In Closing…

Spirituality is whatever you want it to be as it is connected to your heart and soul. It isn’t being told how to be and then being it. There isn’t a checklist on what you have to be and do to be spiritual.

Spirituality means connecting to the inner aspect that you have inside of you. It is following your gut and intuition even if you are being told otherwise and even if no one else agrees. It is trusting yourself and what you feel to be right above all else.

You are a soul having a physical experience; therefore, you are spiritual even if you don’t feel like you are. However, you can always connect deeper to your soul and have a more spiritual experience here on earth if you choose to.

~Meghan