According to Dr.Weil, director of the Integrated Medicine at University of Arizona, every disease has a spiritual ( deficiency) root. I heard about this not only from Dr. Weil, but also from Buddist belief in Taiwan. The Buddist says that you harvest what you sowed. The so-called 善有善報, 惡有惡報 in Chinese language. Although, today we no longer believe in this connection, because bad things can also happen to good people. Nevertheless, spirituality does not hurt in promoting health.
According to Dr. Weil, attending church, giving money for donation,contributes very little for spiritually. For true spirituality, one must provide care for other people without asking for any return. According to this definition, mothers, grandmothers, and care givers are those person blessed with spirituality. For those people who do not have to care for other people, Dr.Weil suggests those people to volunteer in hospital, visit shut-in, or volunteer in either the emergency shelter or warming shelters.
I am glad to report that I take Dr. Weil's advice seriously and begin to engage in this type of activities.
How about reading and writing about inspirational stories? Dr. Weil did not mention that, yet I found writing alone is also a very powerful tool to grow spirituality. Let me illustrate this with a story from one of my painting friend, Judy (name has been changed to protect the identity of the individual). She had a very bad first marriage; the experience was so bad that those bad experiences haunted her either in sleep or in awake even she has been happily married to Nick, her second husband. She began to write about those haunting stories and the strategy to overcome those fear. When she finished writing, miraculously, those haunting experiences disappeared. Her husband, Nick went into deep depression after his son took his own life at age of 21. Nick also overcame his depression by writing. My own experience of writing stories in blog or writing e-mail with a friend on "Trust in God" and "Forgiveness", also helps my spirituality.
In short, for spirituality I will continue to volunteer in shelters, writing inspirational stories in blog, meditate or say prayers, and read inspirational stories.
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