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By Phylameana lila Desy, About.com Guide to Holistic Healing since 1997

Why Being Spiritual Can Get You Nowhere

Monday January 2, 2006
New Article - Holistic Healer Annett Tate relates a true story about a woman who feels selflessness is the path to spirituality - Annett disagrees, and so do I. However, I know from personal experience the discomfort of feeling trapped in the physical and wanting to be free (read about my out-of-body tendencies). This was a lesson I overcame, but I can certainly still relate.

Annett says "Being spiritual is not about escaping the real world, it isn’t about renouncing physical needs and the fact that we are human. The real art of spiritual being is not to transcend being human, it is to achieve understanding and harmony between all aspects of who we are. Once you have that harmony of body, mind and soul, then you can truly tune into and use the higher realms..."
Read Annett's Article: Why Being Spiritual Can Get You Nowhere
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