Spirituality is not a kind of ecstasy. Rather, it is about the sublimity of character. There are two facets of spirituality: internally, it is positive thinking and externally, it is living in peace.

Spirituality means giving more importance to non-material values than to material values. Spirituality promotes the culture of simple living and high thinking. A person with a simple lifestyle becomes a no-problem person. Someone who develops high thinking becomes a truly selfless person, concerned about the whole of humanity. Clashes between people over conflicting material interests often lead to all manner of inhuman actions. When you go beyond these interests by developing spiritually you will no longer find yourself constantly fighting with others. You will become a healthy member of society, and a society which consists of large numbers of people of this kind is bound to emerge as a peaceful society.

Spirituality is the culture of nature, as it were. Nature demonstrates this spiritual culture in various ways. Take the case of a rose bush.

It is a combination of two opposite parts: flowers and thorns. Both flowers and thorns live together on the branches of the bush. There is no clash between the two. It is this culture that makes a rose bush such a very beautiful scene to behold. This indicates what the better way to live in society is. Man should live in society as a rose bush lives in the wilderness.

Spirituality makes a person a true human being. But this is not enough. A person’s spirituality must be manifested in his surroundings. He must behave with people according to the spiritual norm. He must manifest spiritual values in his dealings with others. In the face of conflict, he must choose peaceful adjustment over confrontation. He must be able to turn negative experiences into positive ones. And so on.

If positive men and women are like spiritual trees, their applied behaviour, or their applied spirituality, makes the society in which they live a spiritual garden. Applied spirituality is the multiplication of spiritual values. Applied spirituality is beneficial to both the spiritually-advanced person as well as his neighbour. It makes the person a happy person, and his neighbourhood a problem-free society.

Spirituality is a science, the science of mind. It nourishes positive thinking, positive tastes, positive habits, and positive behaviour. A positive person is a blessing for his home, his society and his nation. In secular terms, spirituality is positive thinking. In religious terms, it is divine discipline.