hi everybody i'm brianna and in this video i'm going to tell you what spirituality means to me
and i'm going to give you five tips on how to discover and engage with your own spiritual path
i am camping somewhere on vancouver island with my dad and this is the river along our campsite
and i really wanted to make this video here in the spot because i feel so at home along this river
and it's just so beautiful so magical and so enchanting and when i'm in this spot i feel
totally surrounded by spirit and so i just think it's the perfect place to make a video like this
spirituality is actually really difficult to define because everyone has their
own perspective and their own belief so this is my perspective in this moment so
feel free to take what resonates and then leave what doesn't
to me spirituality is about having the belief in a higher power and then intentionally connecting
to that higher power you can call that higher power god spirit the universe source energy the
divine call it whatever works for you and what feels good for you and in this video and in my
other videos you'll notice that i most often call it spirit because that's what feels right for me
i believe that we are souls having these human experiences
in these human bodies and the experiences that we have
and the experiences that we do have contribute to our soul's growth i also believe that when
we are born we have this type of amnesia where we don't necessarily remember all of
the wisdom and the knowledge that our soul and our higher self carries so it's kind of almost
like we're sleepwalking through life until we begin to do the intentional soul growth work
and then things start to unfold for us and we begin to gain access to that knowledge that we
already have within ourselves and as we do that inner work we begin to move more into alignment
with spirit with our soul and with our higher self and that enables us to break down the blocks and
the barriers and the programming that society put on us the second that we were born and when we
do that work it moves us closer into a match vibration and into alignment with our most
truest and authentic self i also want to say that spirituality is not religion
i've come across a lot of people who are turned off by the word spirituality because
it feels linked to religion and while the two words can have similar meanings and sometimes
the line between the two does blur spirituality is not religion spirituality is more about
finding the meaning and the connection in spirit and moving into alignment with your authentic self
in whatever way suits you whereas religion is more about organized systems and groups
sharing often objective views and mindsets that dictate their own actions and beliefs in the world
now let's get into five tips about how to engage with your own spirituality and your spiritual path
number one be open-minded as you embark on your spiritual path you will surely come across
people who have different perspectives and different beliefs than you and as you change
and transform yourself your views may also begin to change so be open-minded to those things
i think that being open-minded means for us to try and release judgment and fears
and attachment to outcomes that try to control the experience and when we release those things
we can be more open-minded to the experiences that we are having being open-minded does not
mean that you have to tolerate other people's crap and it does not mean that you need to accept
views and perspectives that harm other people that's not what being open-minded to me means
remember that your spiritual path is not an overnight thing it's a lifelong
process and so you will change and try to be open to that change because you don't need to
hold a grudge against yourself for the way that you used to be if you're not happy with that
because when we release that part of ourselves then our mind becomes more clear and open
to the way that we are now and to the experiences that we're having now and the experiences that we
might have in the future number two develop a practice develop a spiritual practice that
helps you connect with spirit and with your soul and your higher self an intentional practice can
help you gain a deeper understanding of your own beliefs and your own passions and your own path
a spiritual practice can be really simple it can be as simple as a daily affirmation
journaling or forest bathing or sitting by a river or it can also be something more detailed like a
daily routine or a ritual that you do for me my spiritual practice is witchcraft and that can look
many different ways as a witch my spiritual practices are intentionally nature based and
so they can look like moon magic or divination or spell craft and i also have a really strong
journaling practice that in a lot of ways links to my connection with nature so witchcraft is my
spiritual practice and that guides me to do the inner work that i need to do for myself
and it guides me and supports me on my spiritual path number three nurture a connection with nature
to me nature is an extension of spirit so these animals and plants and trees and rocks and
the elements they are all extensions of spirit that have messages and wisdom to share with us
i see nature as my sanctuary it's my place to go where i can feel inner peace within myself where
i can ground and root with the earth and within myself and it is the place that makes me feel
most supported and seen in this life nurturing in connection with nature can look like so many
different things it can be you actually going on a hike or going into nature in some way
it could be you staying inside and spending time with your plants and your crystals there are so
many different ways that you can connect with nature and obviously everyone's circumstances
and environment is different so you can find ways to nurture a connection with nature inside
but it is so amazing when we do have opportunities to be in nature with nature surrounding us
entirely it is one of the most profound things that you can do for yourself for me nature is so
comforting and it reminds me that i have choices in how i see my life unfold in front of me
it reminds me that i can see this river as just water sitting beside me or i can see it as
the elemental spirit flowing through and i can see it as this beautiful magic all around me so nature
reminds me that even in my hardest times i have a choice on how i can witness and experience things
number four learn about spirit begin learning what spirit means to you and begin learning how spirit
communicates with you spirit sends us signs and messages when we ask them and it can also
send us those things when we don't ask them being spiritual can be about learning how to recognize
the communication from spirit and then trusting it when it is happening in your life spirit can
send us signs and messages when we feel that we need the information or the guidance and when we
recognize how spirit is communicating with us that can be really beneficial for us
on our journey not everything is a sign so when you understand how spirit communicates with you
that can really help you decipher the things that are happening around you
for example a beautiful animal could cross your path and it could just be saying hi and
it could just be this really beautiful moment but if that animal species had been showing up for you
over and over again or if you asked spirit to see that specific animal or if you pulled that animal
oracle card that's that morning then that could that experience could be a sign or message for you
when you are first beginning to learn what what spirit's way of communicating with you is i
totally recommend just asking spirit for really specific signs and that can help you establish
the way that spirit is communicating so i have two examples on how i did this one night i
was really really emotional and i was really confused about the way things were unfolding
and so i asked spirit to send me a baby deer to say to me that i don't need to doubt
the things that i'm experiencing the next morning at like 8 a.m it was the first thing that i did
in the morning i went to my mom's house and as i was walking through the kitchen door a
baby deer was poking its head in the window and i had a total out of body experience
that was a really big moment for me because it was just this really immediate answer from
spirit that yes i'm here yes i am real and you do not need to doubt what you're going through
another experience that i had was during a time when i was again doubting myself
i was really downing my path and i was really doubting my spirituality
and so i asked spirit to send me a butterfly and have it land on me three days later i was down at
the river and a gigantic butterfly landed on me it flew away and then it landed on me again and then
when i was going back to my car i found an eagle feather right beside my car door and that was only
the second time in my life i had ever found an eagle feather it was like spirit was saying to me
you'd absolutely do not need to doubt yourself and that you're doing the work and that the magic that
you're seeing the connections that you have and things that you're experiencing are real for you
and you just don't need to doubt yourself it was almost like the eagle feather
was just like a giant underline on my message saying stop doubting yourself
this is real number five begin to uncover your purposes we have many purposes in this
life but we also may have one specific purpose that drives us it can be a really interesting
experience in our life as we begin to tap into our passions and uncover what our purposes may be
but as you do the inner healing and you go deeper and you go deep within try to see if over time you
witness a greater calling within you i worked with a shaman who retrieved my life's purpose
in a shamanic journey and when that happened so many things just kind of clicked for me for one i
realized that i had actually started my spiritual path a lot sooner in my life than i thought i did
and when my life's purpose was retrieved i also began to see the synchronicities and in
my life and how things were from my past and my present were connected realizing what my life's
purpose was also created this really strong foundation for me to really go deep with the
gritty work that i needed to do for myself because i felt really supported like spirit had been
supporting me this whole time whether i knew it and so i almost felt safer going within myself to
do that really really deep work so that's all for today thank you so much for watching this video
and i hope that it was interesting for you i hope that you were able to take something away from
this thank you so much for sharing this really beautiful enchanting river with me and if you like
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