How Can I Evolve, Need help Options

I want to become better, more connected, a more "spiritual" me. Im working on my downsides, but i would like to know what other activities do you recomend, like tai chi, meditation etc to help me in the things i lack information about.

Thank you.

Taking up Tai Chi, meditation etc.. will not in itself make your life more spiritual. Judging from the vast majority of people who do that with the expressed intention of spiritual growth, I can say that they are very efficient ways to become full of crap. There is nothing more shameful in spirituality than the guy who knows the secrets of the universe because he spends 15 minutes a week playing Tai Chi master.

If you want your life to improve, make an honest assessment of your resources and obstacles, and work accordingly to remove them within the limits of your circumstances. You might have the resources to alleviate the difficulties in others' lives as well. If you do this in a way that you consider noble, you're a step ahead of at least 90% of the world's spirituality-seekers.

This post has been edited by Imperial Arts: Feb 10 2007, 07:27 PM

I would caution against equating tai chi with meditation exactly. each person's path is unique, but no matter who you are meditation helps calm and center the self, and ultimately allows the mind chatter to quiet down so that the true self can be heard through the din of everything separating you from yourself.

Tai chi can be a meditation, but does not have to be. Tai chi, in itself, will not make you more spiritual. Meditation, however, when done earnestly, has the specific effect of connecting you to your spirit, regardless of the tradition one follows, and moreover it is a skill that afterwards can be applied to any area of life, to make any aspect of life a spiritual endeavor. There is a reason every spiritual tradition, ever, involves some form of meditation.

no big deal, but for anyone who is totally unfamiliar, that should be said. Meditation, in itself, simply the desire to order one's thoughts and become centered, and not even that, simply following some techniques (the most basic, others require some idea of what you're doing and why) to the letter, will in fact open up the opportunity for spiritual growth, even if you're not looking for it. It's largely superficial at such a stage, having to do specifically with the brain alone, but it's true none the less.

peace