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Everybody who is on this earth is on a spiritual journey. You don't have to subscribe to a religious faith group to believe this to be true; it simply is what it is. We know science and technology have come a ways in explaining our bodies and our behaviour path to awakening us and science has done well inside this respect. But even technology and also science can't explain the human experience without thinking about the x-factor that goes together with studying humans.
What is this x-factor? What is it about humans that cause us to be different? It is believed to be the soul. The soul's mission is to help us realize that a successful life has nothing to do with worldly stuff; rather it's the achievement of successfully living a spiritual life that ends in us becoming what we have been truly meant to be.
Since the beginning of humankind, society has tried to realize why we have this connection with one another as humans. Why do we feel things and are moved by them, why do we behave sometimes against our own interests, why are we tortured by thoughts and dreams? If all that matters are houses, cars, wealth and parties and we have all those things, then why do we feel unsettled and unsatisfied?
The answer is the fact that we are in essence spiritual beings housed in a physical body and living in a physical world. For several of us who do not realize we have been in need of spiritual guidance, this causes us great problems. We become negative and destructive when we attempt to fulfil a spiritual need with physical things, since the core of the matter is the fact that nothing physical in this world can ever take the area of true spiritual practice.
Exploring we are able to see that there is a great deal of trouble on the planet today, and people could become either totally despondent or realize that we have been more than what we can easily see, touch, taste, smell or feel. We are here to experience what shapes our soul. The inevitable end of our physical life means the death of our body forever, but it is only the beginning of the spiritual journey.
No usage of drugs, alcohol, food, or attainment of cash, fame, status, or beauty can truly bring the happiness that all of us declare we want, because true happiness comes from a experience of internal peace derived from living a spiritual life. That ever elusive peace is only achieved by recognizing that we have been creating marks on our soul once we move along through life.
What ever form your spiritual journey is taking and what ever it involves, you will find that this book, Tantalus as well as the Pelican by Nicholas Buxton contains a great deal which will help you to search out what ever it really is you are searching for within your life. It's a book that may inspire and be of interest to anyone who is on any sort of similar spiritual journey.