Add a Dimension to Your Life

The author invites us to realize that the beauty and emotion we perceive on the outside (landscapes, encounters) are merely triggers: the true source of this peace is within us. By learning to reconnect with this state of consciousness, we rediscover our inner child.

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Summary: Facing the brevity and complexity of existence, this text proposes adding an essential dimension: an authentic spirituality, quite distinct from religion. This approach does not ask for belief, but rather to learn how to live in consciousness of the subtle essence that dwells within us.

The author invites us to realize that the beauty and emotion we perceive on the outside (landscapes, encounters) are merely triggers: the true source of this peace is within us. By learning to reconnect with this state of consciousness, we rediscover our inner child—that part of ourselves that remained pure, but is often buried under the weight of responsibilities and social conditioning.

The message is a call for discernment: to let this deep identity breathe, it is necessary to declutter our lives, rejecting useless concepts and vain external influences. The proposed golden rule is simple: whatever fosters peace, harmony, and simplicity is good; whatever is complicated or thwarts this peace should be set aside.

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Life is made of all sorts of things: encounters, travels, experiences, struggles, work, passions, trials, joys, and pains. Life is brief and full, and I want to give you a piece of advice here: add another dimension to your life.

The dimension I propose you add to your life is spirituality. I do not want to speak of religion. These are two different things. I am not suggesting you believe in God—that god of religions whom men have invented. The spirituality I am speaking of is a way of living one's life in consciousness of the subtle things of the spirit.

If I tell you that you are not only your body and your thoughts, your emotions and your personality, I imagine you would agree. There is something subtle within us, unknown to many: the spirit. Some give this spirit I am speaking of the name soul. This name suits me, if we strip it of religious concepts.

Our sensitivity to beauty, in all its forms, comes from this soul, and it is our profound identity—beyond our thoughts, our feelings, our learned knowledge, our memories, and our history. The spirituality I propose you add to your life is the subtle realm of the soul, of beauty, and of harmony.

The Essence of the Living

The spirituality I advise here is not a codified practice, an activity one does between work and errands. The spirituality I am talking about fills your entire life, from sunrise to sunset; it is a way of seeing life and living it, in consciousness of its essence. What essence? Thank you for that question.

The life of every living thing has an essence, and this essence is within you because you are alive. In a tree, an animal, or a person, there is the same subtle essence, which is difficult to explain but relatively easy to perceive and live. You likely perceive this life when you look at nature, harmonious landscapes, or when you experience moving events, a shared love, or a particular tenderness.

We give many names to this essence felt at times: love, inner peace, tenderness, serenity, wonder, bliss. No matter the name we give it, and no matter the reason we feel these caresses of the soul, these deep emotions. The essence of life is unique, even if many words exist in many languages to speak of it.

Emotion Is Within

When you feel something within you that resembles what I am describing, hit pause and concentrate on what you are feeling. For example, if you are contemplating a landscape that touches you—a sunset or a sunrise—and you are moved, close your eyes for a moment. Breathe deeply and calmly, and you will see: even with your eyes closed, you continue to feel the beautiful emotion sparked by that landscape you no longer see.

Why? Because if the landscape is outside, the emotion is within, and in absolute terms, this emotion—this state of consciousness—does not need anything external to live within you. The landscape, or the person who sparks this emotion in you, is only the trigger.

The sweetness of this emotion is always within you, even when you no longer feel it. Adding a spiritual dimension to your life means taking an interest in this state of consciousness, in this beauty I am speaking of—this beauty that is within you and needs nothing external to exist.

When I speak of adding a spiritual dimension to your life, I am not talking about all those things seen on the web filed under the label "spirituality." I am speaking of an authentic spirituality. What is an authentic spirituality? It is a way of living that allows one to distinguish the difference between the superficial and the profound, and to know the source of beauty within you.

Rediscovering the Inner Child

Many speak of "rediscovering your inner child," and it is a beautiful proposition because this inner child exists in everyone. Who is he? He is you—the one you were as a child and whom you still are. The trouble is that as we grow up and grow older, we have buried him under piles of trauma, learned things, worries, responsibilities, cultural conditioning, and the necessity to survive, to earn a living for ourselves and our families.

Just because the child you once were is buried under the pile I have just described does not mean he is dead! He is alive and well, and when you feel a beautiful emotion—an emotion capable of bringing tears to your eyes—it is this inner child expressing himself. Stay with that emotion for a moment, close your eyes, breathe calmly, and enjoy.

Sorting for Peace

To let this inner child express himself, to pull him out of this clutter that encumbers him, do a little clearing, tidying, and cleaning. Throw away the things you don't truly need: useless concepts, vain knowledge, paralyzing prejudices, and everything the propaganda of men puts into our heads—not in your interest, but in the interest of those who serve it to you: politicians, leaders, activists, advertisers, influencers of all stripes, religious figures, and false friends.

If something generates a feeling in you that does not favor the re-emergence of the inner child, do without it. It is the attachment to who you are today that stifles the expression of the child you once were, and I can assure you that this child still has things to bring you. Learn discernment to be able to sort what is good and what is bad for you, for your happiness.

I will give you a little trick for that: when you have to choose one option among others, ask yourself which one will bring you peace. The essence of life, the one I spoke of earlier, has a characteristic of its own: it is harmony and simplicity. Therefore, everything in your life that favors harmony and is simple is good. Conversely, everything that thwarts harmony, everything that is complicated, is bad.

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