If you read religious and spiritual texts they more often than not say serve people and reach out to others. If this is virtue and in line with spirit/God etc then what is the spiritual basis for asking to see people (friends or sig.others) if *you* want to go out? I've found that when I concentrate on what's missing I feel contracted but as soon as I think "how can I serve" or "what can I appreciate" I start to feel more open.
As far as I can see there are these options if you follow my reasoning:
- if you want to go somewhere but it probably wouldn't benefit/give ennjoyment to someone you know then *you* have to do it alone
- if you can serve through being somewhere then you should make the effort to go and try to enjoy it
- if you think somebody else will enjoy something you do then ask somebody to join you
I'm hazy about how practically to do the third. Most people don't want to classify their fun time into a spiritual quest but if you dig deeper then ideally there'd probably be some kind of spiritual purpose behind it e.g make the most of life.
Any thoughts from a spiritual/religious perspective welcome.
Topic: Asking for stuff (Read 832 times)
