A spiritual person believes that there are different entities within him like his thoughts, mind and body.
Spiritual persons can be anyone around at places we regularly keep visiting.
Some of them disclose their spiritualness while others do not disclose it. So to recognize a spiritual person, one can notice some or all of the following characteristics
- He could be living a life of seclusion or behaving as an introvert
- Engaged into a social service
- Frequents temples or churhces or spiritual retreats/discourse.
- Reading spiritual books.
- Kind-hearted towards all.
- Always looks blissful, pleasant and rarely upset.
- Sincere and honest at his job
- Less interested in the materialistic life.
- Proficient or interested in Arts
- Could be following a controlled diet and observing celibacy.
Live a life of seclusion or behave as an introvert.
- For a spiritual person, the flow of wisdom is from within.
- To receive it, he needs to stay silent and also away from the crowd.
- So, a spiritual person might frequently be staying alone or going to places alone in order to hear his inner voice.
- This way if you notice someone, you can be sure that he is spiritual.
- At times people with depression or anxiety could be so.
- But, the difference is the spiritual person is composed and also confident and pleasant unlike those with depression.
- The great spiritual master Sri Ramana Maharshi Jesus Christ and others used to prefer certain periods of isolation and seclusion away from the crowds.
Into a Social Service
- A spiritual person who likes to live in the company of others tries to prefer social service and act as a helping hand to those in need.
- Unlike the seclusion type, he prefers to stay in the company of kind-hearted and spiritual people.
- Through social service, he tries to enhance his satisfaction and spiritual growth.
Frequents churches or temples and spiritual retreats
- For a spiritual person, frequent visits to a temple or spiritual retreats could be typical.
- These help him focus better on the spiritual path;
- These visits will also give him encouragement and confidence to perceive his spiritual path more vigorously;
- Hence, a spiritual person could be identified by his behavior of regular visits to churches, temples or spiritual discourse as he needs them for his spiritual growth.
Interested in reading spiritual books.
- A spiritual person prefers to read spiritual books or books on Philosophy.
- This he does to quench the thirst for spiritual knowledge and also clarify any spiritual doubts.
- You may find many such books in his reading room or home.
Kind-hearted towards all (including animals and plants).
- A good person can be friendly to fellow humans or even towards animals.
- But a spiritual person will be kind-hearted to all the living beings.
- He could be kind to animals, insects and even plants.
- He would not like to cause any pain or suffering to other living beings as his mind would not allow him to do so.
Is Blissful, pleasant and rarely upset
- A normal person could be happy or upset based on the circumstances.
- But a spiritual person with enough spiritual growth would always be happy, pleasant and rarely gets angry.
Sincere and honest at his job
- A spiritual person tends to belive his current position is part of his destiny by god.
- So he tries to do it sincerely and honestly without higher expectations.
- He also tries to see his job from a service-oriented angle and tries to be friendly towards colleagues and get things done for the benefit of others.
Less interested in the materialistic world.
- He would also be leading a simple life with clean and neat clothes are old clothes without being paid attention to.
- He could also be less desirous of luxurious life.
- He may not be interested in movies purpose and other entertainment related.
- However, he might be interested in music related to religion, God, etc.
He could be proficient or interested in Arts
- Some people who are spiritual tend to practice dance and music.
- These are the arts related to spiritual progress.
- In doing so, they focus their energy on the arts as well as on their spiritual growth.
Diet and other habits
- Unlike us, he could be having a controlled diet. He might have food only once or twice a day and follow fasts on certain days.
- Spiritual people might also have different food habits; like prefering a vegetarian diet or a diet that is light on the stomach.
- Further, they may be practicing regulated diets like having only fruits, water, nuts, etc. on certain dates.
- At extremes could be following celibacy.
References
- Music and spirituality.
- Celibacy by yoga journal.