The true purpose of spiritual practices is to achieve inner peace, self-awareness, and a deeper connection with oneself or the universe.

Many still believe that being spiritual means performing certain practices, meditating, and so on. Some are convinced that the more tools they have in their spiritual toolkit, the cooler they are.

What it truly means to be spiritual and what spiritual practices are actually for—read below.

How to open your own energy channel

Every person is a channel through which cosmic energy flows down into the Earth. This unique property is inherent to humans. No other creature in the planet’s flora and fauna is capable of conducting energy except for humans. The question is whether we feel this energy, in what states we perceive it, and whether we can control this process.

Ask questions or seek answers on your own? How to piece together the puzzle of your worldview.

Many people find it easier to ask a question and get a quick answer than to spend a lot of time searching, studying, and researching. Can you build your own worldview this way—by asking in one place, then another? I think it’s impossible. In this article, I’ll explain why.