Spiritual interests in youth, make people raise their eyebrows. People go puzzled, wondering what makes younger souls mature so fast. Maturity need not necessarily be out of pain, but can also be out of contentment that spiritual longing follows. Successful careers, beautiful relationships, happier holidays finally made many youth want for nothing more. This settling down within oneself, ignited their spirits that the self-exploration began…
Spirituality is all about working on oneself. It revolves around one’s own self bettering one’s life experiences. As false identifications fall off and the rest get distanced as needed, one inches close to oneself once spiritual. Thus, spirituality is not a hindrance to anybody’s presence or any kinda responsibility in one’s life. So, spirituality is never against marriage.
And marriage by itself, is neither spiritual nor non-spiritual. How one goes through it, will determine whether or not marriage elevates one’s experience of life. Newer roles do mean bigger responsibilities here. Yet there need not be any stress, when love takes charge of oneself here.
When love fuels your very self, you discover new energy everyday. This is not just enthusiasm from a new bond, this is really energy. Breaking cocoons of comfort out of inexplicable love, one can make marriage a stepping stone towards the Ultimate. Yes, such is the immensity of love, when one has truly lost oneself. Voiding the self, there is the potential to know the Infinite functioning from within. Empowered by trust and love, marriage can be an enlightening entanglement.