The One Word That is Spiritual for me

Excerpt:
Before religion, before the world, before even thought, there is one word that belongs to us all: “I.” This reflection by Harjinder Kaur explores the pure, original self that exists beyond ego, belief, and identity. If I am here, everything is here. If I am gone, nothing is here, not even God. The question remains: What is this I?

The One Word That is Spiritual for Me

To answer the question “Which word is ‘spiritual’ for me?”
I must first understand what I mean by spiritual.

For me, the word “spiritual” means pure me, my pure being, my real existence, and my true seed-form.

This seed-form is not only mine; it is the proper, pure, original form of everything and every being. People often say that spirituality comes after religion, that a person believes in God, reaches the soul, and from there a spiritual life begins.

But I ask, what if a person does not believe in God? Does that mean they cannot be spiritual?

For me, spirituality is not dependent on belief in God.
For me, spiritual life belongs to all of us. To be religious, social, or worldly is our choice.

True, pure, and real existence is not a choice; it is what we already are. Religion, society, and the world are only journeys we travel through.

When I look deeply, I see that the existence of every being and everything is already spiritual. Which means, for me, there is only one word that is truly spiritual, the first word born from our existence:

“I”

Yes, I am. My existence. My I-ness.

The First Mark of the Spiritual Word

If I were not here, you would not be here either.
If I had not been born, my world, my relationships, and even my God—none of it would exist for me.

If I am here, everything is here. If I am not here, nothing is here.

How we sow this I, how we nurture it, becomes the field of action in which our world is created.

My journey begins from me, and so I am spiritual, because I was born from the soul, not from the mind.

The mind is linked to the world, to others, and to my parents.
I, the “me” you see, am my parents’ desire. I am also the world, and I am the mind.
But the deeper I go, the one untouched by these is spirituality for me.

Why We Blame the World

This is why we often never blame ourselves; we blame others, because the “other” is the world.
We blame the world, we blame fate, and we blame God.

But our journey is simply this: we are travelers, seeking to know ourselves or perhaps to create ourselves.

Yes, we are born from our parents’ desire, but they are also the first step of our identity.

If we see our parents only through the mind, our journey becomes worldly, and our vehicle will be the mind.

If we see our parents as the first step of our soul’s journey, our path becomes spiritual, and our vehicle will be meditation.

When “I” Becomes “Mine”

When the spiritual word “I” begins to wear the garment of “mine,” it creates a boundary, a wall between “mine” and “yours.”
In this boundary, joy gets lost, and the door to darkness slowly opens.

That darkness becomes ego.

Ego means giving shape to the “I,” giving it a limit.
A pure I is the soul light.
An impure I is ego darkness.

The Core Truth

If there is no I, there is no life.
The point on which life stands, the point from which the conscious and unconscious journeys of all beings begin, is the I.

Virtues and faults are both valuable. Faults awaken us; virtues are the milestones of growth.

We see the world only through the lens of our own ability, and even that ability may be only perception.

What truly matters is understanding our relationship with ourselves. Once we find a true relationship with me, that relationship will naturally extend to everyone.

No matter our name, religion, country, or color, there is one thing we all share:
We call ourselves “I.”

Our journey begins with I, and it will also end with I.

If I am here, everything is here.
If I am not here, nothing is here, not even God.

So the question remains:

What is this “I”?

The Only Spiritual Word: “I”

The question is not whether we are spiritual or not.
The question is:
This existence of ours, which we call “I,” what is it?

Now we have to go further.
We have to understand what this “I” really is.
When we understand I, we will also know what God is.

Today, many of us believe that God exists, but we have not known Him.

A believed thing can be a notion, a thought, or an idea; it can be our conjecture, but it cannot be the truth for us. As long as we have any notion, thought, or idea, our faith will always waver.

A known thing, that is, what we know, what becomes our experience, that becomes faith for us; it will never break.

Religion and faith can take us to the door, but the door must open from within, and that door starts with knowing the “I.” Only then is the knowledge of God complete, unshakable, and eternal.

Now, again, the same question is, what is this ‘I’?

Today, my question is not “Who am I?” Today, the question is, what is this “I”?

Beautiful Questions

If the I is the first doorway to all experience, why do we spend more time knowing the world than knowing ourselves?

What would happen to your idea of God if you truly understood the I that knows Him?

When you say “I,” are you speaking from the soul or from the ego that calls the soul mine?

If belief can still doubt, why settle for belief when you can know?

How would your life change if the I in you was as clear as it was before the world named you?

If you have accepted that God exists but have not yet known the I, how will you ever truly know God?

Quotes And Captions

“If I am here, everything is here. If I am gone, nothing is here, not even God.”
Caption: The pure I is the seed of all existence. What is this “I” for you?

“Spirituality is not belief. It is being.”
Caption: Beyond religion, beyond thought, there is only the pure, timeless “I.”

“When I become mine, ego is born. When I stay pure, it is light.”
Caption: Hold your “I” without walls, and it will shine.

“The journey begins with I, and it ends with I.”
Caption: Every path starts and ends at the same door, the door of the Self.

“No matter your name, color, or country, we all say I.”
Caption: In the pure I, humanity is one.