Are you quick to forgive or the one who keeps on holding grudges? Are you respectful to your coworkers? How’s your attitude towards others when you yourself are grieving from inside? Do you love more or judge more?
Your maturity is seen in your reaction and perception of all these kinds of stuff. Maturity varies from person to person and also from one form to another. Like we talk about emotionally mature people, social maturity, mental and physical maturity, etc based on the rationality and decision-making process of the people in the above-mentioned situations. Here, we will focus only on spiritual maturity and its signs.
Evaluating “Spiritual Maturity” is all about determining our spiritual condition. It is about living a life characterized by the right principles and beliefs. These 10 quality factors discussed here will help you level up your spiritual maturity and act as a guide for your future growth.
1. You don’t fail to accept the storms of life.
Rather than complaining, you have the potential to enjoy each season of your life while wearing a smile on your face. You have stopped blaming your bad destiny. Rather, now you take full responsibility for everything that occurs in your reality.
2. Becoming your true self
When you listen more to your inner voice and your needs than the others, then you are closer to your true self. Moreover, you can be more connected to your inner well-being in this way, because now you are more honest with yourself.
True-self or being authentic does not mean trying to become like others whom you consider as your ideal or the more superior one, rather it means becoming the best version of yourself. It doesn’t matter whether you are ugly, weird, or unstable, spiritual maturity allows you to appreciate and embrace yourself irrespective of your good or bad looks or deeds.
3. Self-Reflection
Most people spend their entire time spending on autopilot mode without thinking or reflecting on their deeds or actions. Self-reflection allows you to question your thoughts, habits, self-talk, beliefs, etc leading to better self-awareness. You can then empower yourself by working on your strengths, while also identifying areas for improvement.
Related post: 30 Self-Reflective Questions you need to ask yourself.
4. Growing intuitive feelings
When you are spiritually mature, you start trusting your vibes more. You are strongly sensitive to energies around your surroundings. It may be any person’s energy or any other component of the environment.
Intuition no doubt exists in all of us. But it’s just a small number of people who acknowledge their intuitions strongly. And for spiritually mature people, the power of intuition is just brilliant.
5. Being more in present.
It’s being here now that’s important. There’s no past and there’s no future. Time is a very misleading thing. All there is ever, is the now. We can gain experience from the past, but we can’t relive it; and we can hope for the future, but we don’t know if there is one.
George Harrison
There are many benefits to being in the present moment including reduced stress, increased concentration, improving mental and emotional health, enhancing productivity, and enjoying the moment more.
Related post: The Power Of Now
6. You enjoy spending time alone.
Your solitude is bliss for you. Spending a few minutes with yourself, sitting in the lap of nature works as an antidote for all your problems. Moreover, it then becomes easy for you to figure out the solutions to those problems.
7. A little more empathetic than others.
If you are always willing to help someone selflessly, you have grown to be more compassionate and empathetic not just only mature. Rather than judging people, you try to understand their perspectives more. You do so because you find happiness in doing so.
8. You don’t force your life.
Life can be both happy or overwhelming, smooth or stuck, progressing or deteriorating. Instead of forcing your life to progress as you want, you believe more in going with the flow of life.
10. At peace with what cannot be changed.
Rather than worrying about situations that are beyond your control, you focus more on the things where you know, you can work on them and improve them further. You know when and how to let go depending on the circumstances.
10. Other Spiritual qualities
Emotions like gratitude, appreciating attitude, humility, forgiveness, trust, hope, and self-awareness are in your daily TO-DO as well as TO-FOLLOW List.
CONCLUSION
Spiritual maturity isn’t measured by how frequently you pray or how often you read the Bible/Quran/Geeta etc. Rather it is measured by the relationship that you have with others as well as yourself. It’s measured by the amount of love and goodness inside you, and that flows out of you. This is a gift that you can give to yourself and others for a happy and fulfilling life.
So, choose to mature spiritually and continue to your path of personal growth and prosperity.
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