A respectful question for non-Christians?

Question

What are some of the rituals you perform in your daily spiritual life.

Answer 1

I shower, make coffee, have sex, go to work, cook dinner, have sex, maybe have desert, go to sleep. Repeat...........

Answer 2

What a good question!
I am agnostic, studying to be an atheist, but I do have some rituals in my life.
Sometimes, when I eat, I take a moment to hold hands with who ever I am with and say thank you for being here with me, and I appreciate what brought this food to my table.
I have a Buddha statue and a picture of Will Rogers in my living room, and I think about a man who lived and died and still has an impact on my life.
I make a point to look at the night sky every night and say "thank you for being there"-to the stars and moon, which make me feel so small and insignificant in the scheme of things.
I wake up every morning happy, that I get another chance to "get it right" this time.
I tell people I love that I love them, and am grateful for their presence in my life.
I swim and get into a meditative zone when I do. It is very peaceful.
I feel way more connected to my life and the earth, and more intense love for other people, now than I ever did as a catholic/methodist /baptist as a child. I am very happy and peaceful.

Answer 3

Performing ablutions (washing before prayer), daily Obligatory Prayer, saying "Allah'u'Abha" 95 times a day (it's Arabic for "God is Most Merciful") as a mantra to meditate on God (performing ablutions just before doing it), reading Baha'i Scripture twice daily, saying formal prayer (we have prayerbooks), at night writing down an evaluation of the day and praying upon how I can do better tomorrow.

During the Baha'i month of Ala (March 2 - 20), we fast from sunrise to sunset. There is no food or drink ingested, no smoking, and no sex. The month lasts for 19 days. It's a time for more prayer and spiritual cleansing.

On the first day of every Baha'i month (19 days long), we have our worship service called Feast. We also have a pilgrimage that we're encouraged to do once in our lives. It's in Haifa, Israel. We visit the Shrines of the Bab and Baha'u'llah. I don't know what else goes on during Pilgrimage, as I am not near completing it. We register for it, but it takes around 7 yrs for our turn to come up. I've not completed the first year of waiting, so I have plenty of time to read up on what else takes place during Pilgrimage.

We are to give to the Baha'i Fund. I give appx 20% of my pocket money, after all the necessities have been paid.

At least once during each Baha'i month, we're supposed to teach our faith. I enjoy doing that, and I am very gentle doing it. Sometimes not, sometimes I defend Islam a bit more strongly, like here in Answers. I do so strongly when the asker is mean about Islam. Western Baha'is have the obligation to practice Muslim apologetics, so I am obligated to dispel the many myths and misconceptions about Islam.

Answer 4

My daily spiritual life consists of keeping my mind "hooked up with" the true and the good.

The human mind has access to a source of guidance and inspiration that has been called the collective unconscious or universal mind or Holy Spirit or God or (in Hinduism) Brahman.

It's possible to maintain more or less constant contact with this source. It puts you in a mental state of mindfulness, prayer, or mediation (whatever you want to call that state).

Another thing I do is write. This helps me to articulate the thoughts and impressions I receive from this "source", and it's good practice for maintaining that connection to it.

I don't perform any rituals. Any ritual is a kind of magic--a way to try to influence reality to conform to your will. The best way to fulfill your will is to understand how reality and your consciousness operate in relation to each other. Then you don't need rituals. Your will is fulfilled automatically.

Answer 5

I'm not much for rituals as such, but I do try to read, see, or hear, the better products of the minds of my fellow humans on a daily basis. Somehow understanding a new breakthrough in science, or allowing a great work of music to pull on my emotions, places me where I can almost feel the creativity behind them. Their accomplishments and my limitations make the experience awesome and humbling.

Answer 6

I don't have any rituals. I find rituals usually distract from the spiritual

Answer 7

Rituals.. that sounds so weird... Anyway, I pray, read bible, worship God with music, mostly by playing the piano and (if I'm alone) singing;) Otherwise, all Christians' desire should be reflecting God's light in all we do. Wait a minute... non-Christians? Ah, forget it

Answer 8

Thanks For Your Question :)

Well as a Muslim we Must pray 5 times a day every prayer has a certain time and on Friday we go to the Mosque and the Imam of the Mosque talks for about 20 Minutes about anything meaningful then we pray and go home :)

Answer 9

sometimes when i recognize something nice around me like the good weather or when i think about how it seems something has happened serendipitously well, i thank the universe for it.
not out loud, though. that's weird.

i guess i sort of meditate for strength in challenging situations- i just remember that i'm one small peice of a whole bigger picture and that i can only do the best that i can, just like everyone else.

it's the equivalent of prayer probably-but i try to stay away from organized religion.it's not wrong, it just seems to divide people more often than unify them.

Answer 10

I perform nothing because I have no spiritual life.

Answer 11

I pray. I offer cool water to the Gods. I offer other things when I can. I give my Gods respect by offering henu. I perform Senut when I am able. I also try to honor my Akhu and find out more about them.