An emotionally healthy spirituality includes every aspect of our daily life and allows us to deal with challenges and difficult situations constructively. This down-to-earth spirituality nurtures us on a profound level and doesn't avoid negative feelings or experiences.

In this blog post, we will dive into 5 keys to living an emotionally healthy spirituality and explore how we can foster deep inner peace and freedom. We will also look at possible spiritual concepts and misunderstandings that can hinder us from living a happy, fulfilled life.

Emotionally Healthy Spirituality

An emotionally healthy spirituality allows us to be in deep contact with our being and enables us to live from the inside out. This conscious way of being connects our true nature with every aspect of our daily routine. When we live in natural alignment with our inner being, our life flows, and we don't create states of suffering and separation. The following aspects can support us in cultivating a healthy, practical spirituality that allows us to embrace every moment of our life.

1: Groundedness

One of the most important attributes of an emotionally healthy spirituality is groundedness. This vital quality enables us to stay rooted in our essence and connects us with our body. When we are grounded, we balance our energies, and we grow our resilience and inner power.

We can ground ourselves by bringing our awareness to our body and by strengthening our physique. We do this by practicing yoga, tai chi, or other body-centered exercises. A walk in nature can also support us in grounding ourselves. Every activity that allows us to connect with our body is helpful in this important process. When we practice meditation and other mindful exercises, it is always helpful to combine these techniques with body-centered exercises.

2: Inner Stability

Inner stability enables us to deal with changes and challenging situations and allows us to live a healthy, practical spirituality. This essential attribute gives us the strength and resilience to live a happy, fulfilled life. Without inner stability, we are like a leaf in the wind, and we can't handle the ups and downs of our daily experience.

We cultivate inner stability by calming our mind and by discovering a space of inner silence and tranquility. We do this by learning not to identify with our unconscious thoughts and by routing ourselves in our essence. When we gently stop following the countless stories that appear in our mind, we prepare the space to rest inside ourselves. Meditation and other mindful exercises can help us calm our thoughts and strengthen our awareness and inner wakefulness.

3: Faithfulness

Faithfulness allows us to be dedicated to our spiritual path and gives us a sense of inner orientation and stability. Faithfulness fosters our connection to our inner being and enables us to be honest and authentic. Without faithfulness, it is not easy to stay on our path and to cultivate inner strength and stability.

We cultivate faithfulness by staying true to ourselves and by being dedicated to our inner being. We do this by always coming back to who we truly are and by committing ourselves to be authentic and reliable. When we give more attention to this truthful way of being, we grow in our inner strength and stability.

4: Discernment

One essential attribute of an emotionally healthy spirituality is our ability to discern. When we are able to differentiate between healthy, nourishing aspects and those that might weaken our inner strength and stability, we prepare the ground for deep inner peace and fulfillment.

We awaken our ability to discern by closely observing if our actions, etc. are aligned with our inner being or if we are creating separation by unconscious, unhealthy activities. When we are clear about our inner motives and condition, we build the basis for inner orientation and stability.

5: Compassion

Compassion allows us to be kind towards ourselves and others and supports us in living a healthy, meaningful life. This essential quality enables us to be vulnerable and strong at the same time and fosters our resilience. Without compassion, we fail to be caring and empathetic individuals, and we can't love without condition.

We cultivate compassion by learning to sense our feelings and inner reactions and by trying to understand others and their individual circumstances. When we increase our self-awareness and empathy towards ourselves and others, we grow in our capacity to create deep, meaningful relationships. For this process, we maximally benefit from learning not to be too hard to ourselves and others and by letting go of unrealistic hopes and expectations.

Hindering Spiritual Concepts and Beliefs

In order to live an emotionally healthy spirituality, we need to overcome toxic spiritual concepts and beliefs. For this process, we need to identify every illusion or idea that stands in the way of living a happy, fulfilled life.

We can identify possible hindering concepts and beliefs by asking ourselves if certain spiritual ideas are realistic and fully aligned with a practical, down-to-earth spirituality. Every concept that hinders us from fully embracing our life and experiences might support bypassing our daily experiences. Every idea that takes us away into realms of our mind and disconnects us from our body hinders us from living an emotionally healthy spirituality. The following three examples can illustrate the negative impact of certain spiritual ideas and concepts.

The world is an illusion

The expression that the world is an illusion (we are dreaming, etc.) can be strongly misinterpreted and used to avoid negative feelings and experiences. Using such beliefs to bypass our vulnerable human nature doesn't foster a healthy, practical spirituality. These concepts weaken our connection with our body and bring us into realms of our mind.

We are Spiritual Beings having a Human Experience

Ideas like "We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience" don't support a healthy, practical spirituality. These concepts don't really grasp and reflect our true, human nature. These ideas are one-sided and incomplete; they support bypassing our daily life and experiences. We can only grasp our true nature by diving deep into our being and by letting go of these hindering concepts and beliefs.

We will Find Liberation in the Afterlife

The belief that we will find liberation in the afterlife can take us away from our present experience and support projecting our hopes and wishes into the future. Through this projection, we might weaken our ability to positively influence our momentary situation and circumstances. Believing in liberation in the afterlife might also hold us back from healing our emotional wounds and suffering because we unconsciously hope for a better life in the future.

The three mentioned examples illustrate how certain spiritual beliefs and concepts can hold us back from living a healthy, practical spirituality.

Final Words

As we have seen, groundedness, inner clarity, faithfulness, discernment, and compassion can strongly contribute to cultivating an emotionally healthy spirituality. When we remind ourselves of these essential attributes, we can navigate our spiritual path with love and compassion, and we don't bypass negative feelings or experiences. Living this down-to-earth spirituality fulfills us at our core and enriches our life to the maximum. When we fully embody this practical spirituality, we contribute to a balanced, peaceful life and support others in their growth and evolution.

If you want to dive deeper into this conscious way of being, I highly recommend my book "Awaken Your Inner Being". You can order the book under the following link: https://mybook.to/AwakenYourInnerBeing