Elevate Your Game: How Spirituality Fuels Success

f you are engaged in creativity, innovation, business, and entrepreneurship, chances are high that you are challenged by fear of failure, lack of meaning, isolation, imposter syndrome, or the risk of burnout. Additionally, your private life dramatically impacts your journey: relationships, family, and health make this professional journey easier or more challenging.

Many overlook spirituality: irrelevant, "woo-woo," or missing a practical implementation in our busy lives. The thing is, our intellect has become limited to solving complex problems. Spirituality is essential for satisfying our need for connection, meaning, and impact in today's world.

Spirituality is a universal yet singular journey that enhances inner peace, creativity, resilience, focus, and connection. It impacts every aspect of our lives: health, wealth, relationships, and happiness.

Spirituality in Action

A writer facing the dreaded block discovers inspiration in nature walks and journaling, tapping into a wellspring of creativity that flows into their work.

A solopreneur facing fatigue finds renewal and inspiration through meditation and self-reflection, rekindling their passion and perseverance.

A busy parent juggling home and life's demands will find solace in brief moments of breathwork, leading to a calmer home atmosphere and more harmonious relationships.

Viktor Frankl, a renowned psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor is celebrated for his belief in finding meaning through suffering and personal responsibility. His ideas encourage writers to explore deeper in their work, creating stories that challenge readers and offer valuable insights.

François Cheng believes that spirituality is about finding beauty and truth in art, nature, and the relationships between beings. According to Cheng, pursuing truth requires integrity and authenticity in one's work and creations. For entrepreneurs, this means building successful, ethical, and transparent businesses and contributing positively to society.

Redefining Success

Now, more than ever, we need to tap into spirituality to reshape what success means, build genuine value, deepen connections, and leave a lasting impact.

In a world obsessed with wealth and achievements, spirituality opens the door to a deeper kind of success. It encourages us to follow our intuition and make choices rooted in our deepest, sustainable values.

Spirituality arms us with resilience in this ever-changing world, teaching us to dance in the rain instead of complaining about it. 

It urges us to create with real purpose. It reminds us we're all in this together, fostering more profound, meaningful connections and actions that look out for the future of our planet and humanity. 

Demystifying Spirituality

Let's clarify what a spiritual life is in the context of entrepreneurship, knowledge work, or business ownership.

Spirituality does not require an ashram.

Many seekers travel far away for what they can find within and in the proximity of their daily lives. Spirituality means integrating a sense of purpose into your work. It's about leading with heart and guiding our life and business with principles that uplift both you and the community around you.

Spirituality is not a thing.

The remainders of the materialistic worldview would like us to handle spirituality as an object. But try to grasp it, and it escapes you.

The spiritual path is ever-present, intangible, accessible within any moment or breath, and not confined to objects or places.

Strive to be present and aware in any activity.

Spirituality is not a concept or science.

It defies strict definitions. And me writing about it is only a perspective, not a definition. Science seeks to explain the world through observation and logic.

Spiritual life is an intimate journey of connection with ourselves beyond mental constructs. While inviting us on a personal journey of discovery, it offers a finer and more profound connection with the world around us.

Spirituality accesses truths beyond empirical evidence.

Let experience, not intellect or logic, guide your spiritual exploration.

Feel more, think less.

Spirituality is not religion.

Religion is collective, made of dogma that unites and also separates. Dogmas create divisions, outlining who belongs and who doesn't, fostering exclusion.

Spirituality is not knowledge that brainwashes you and tells you how to think, behave, and feel.

Spirituality is universal and singular. 

Spirituality is something that everyone can experience. 

However, the way it feels and means can differ for each person. 

And while we all walk different paths in life, these paths are part of a larger journey we're all on together.

It's about enquiring about the meaning of life and striving to grow as a human being.

It is an inner journey that inevitably has consequences on the outside world and influences our decisions and relationships.

Embracing Spirituality in Your Daily Life

I had to practice a lot to breathe continuously with a deep belly breath. I tried various approaches before finally focusing on one. Eventually, the practice became so ingrained that I didn't have to schedule specific times or pay attention. 

It became an embodied practice.

Spiritual practices all work the same way. You have to repeat them. You take them with you until you realize they are always with you.

Below, you'll find a selection of practices you may want to begin with.

Reduce stimuli and take proper rest.

The one thing that is under your control and that reduces stimuli beyond sleep is silence.

Begin and end your day with a moment of silence and meditate. My preferred one comes from The Presence Process, a 15-minute meditation. It is a mantra-based meditation.

• Inhale - repeat silently "I."
• exhale - "Am"
• inhale - "Here"
• exhale - '"Now."
• inhale - "In"
• exhale - "This"
• Repeat.

Purify your home and diet.

Nearly all of us have a deficiency of sattva in our lives: we need more simplicity, lightness, purity, and clarity.

• Create room for positive energy in your surroundings by removing any unnecessary items. Sweep away anything that you don't require.
• Practice fasting (I will create specific content in the future) - keep it simple for the moment: avoid eating for 16 to 18 hours, at least one day per week.
• Eat organic, preferably fresh products from the earth - remove sugar altogether. Prāṇa-rich foods are rich and vivid in color, texture, and flavor.
• Start your day with a glass of water with cider vinegar. Follow with ghee (clarified butter).
• Have your body sweat every day, preferably in the morning. It activates your detox system.

Breathwork

I am trained in Kundalini yoga, Shaolin, heart-brain coherence, and Wim Hof's breathwork. Choose one in this article and practice daily. 

You will experience a tremendous increase in energy and clarity within a month.

Reflect, Relate & Expand

Here are a few simple practices that you can incorporate into your life easily:

• Make an effort to have meaningful conversations daily. Talk with people who are totally different. Don't judge. Be curious about their thoughts and their model of the world.
• Journal. Write about how you think. Keep a journal to note insights, dreams, and intuitions- use journal prompts if you need more inspiration. Often, our subconscious communicates in subtle ways. Regularly reflecting on these notes enhances decision-making and creativity. 
• Anchor yourself. The 4 Winds ritual helps you ground yourself in the present and find clarity and alignment. The more you practice this ritual, the more resilient you become.

Enjoy

Gratitude shifts focus from what's lacking to the abundance in our lives, fostering a mindset of prosperity and openness. 

Practice gratitude daily. 

Your mind might find it useless as it looks like a vain repetition. This is the reason why you need to continue. Continue to look for new elements of gratitude (you'll see that content will evolve along your spiritual journey). 

Simple things in life are often the most meaningful. 

Open your eyes.

Open your heart

Here is one yoga kriya to open your heart center:

Posture: Sit on your heels with a straight spine.

Mudra: Lock your hands together so that each pulls on the other, with one thumb straight up and the other straight down. Your hands join together in front of your heart center, the pivot point.

Breath and Movement: On the inhale, raise your left elbow and, keeping a straight line between your elbows, lower your right elbow. On the exhale, raise your right elbow and drop your left elbow. As you fall into a rhythm, quicken the pace.

Immerse in Nature

Take time for long, mindful walks in nature. 

Nature has a way of recharging our spirits and reminding us of the interconnectedness of all things. 

And this is a great way to disconnect from digital devices.

By intertwining spirituality with your personal and professional endeavors, you unlock new dimensions of achievement and satisfaction. It's a journey of being and becoming, where the goal isn't just to do better but to be better in every facet of life.

I call a Spiritual Warrior one who makes space for spirituality lived not as a parenthesis or an escape from the mundane but as one who embraces it to manifest it in all aspects of his life. 

Book a call if you're ready to embody the essence of a Spiritual Warrior as a powerful force for manifestation.