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3 Ways To Finally Start Your Spiritual Journey

And blossom into the person you know you want to be

Zachary Burres
3 min readJan 23, 2022

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1. Read About Other Religions

The religious context that you were born into is not necessarily the ultimate truth. Parents might just be parroting what their parents told them. Pastors might be stringing their congregation along for money.

To really understand your religion, or what true spirituality might be, it’s important to read about it. Don’t just trust what I say or what your family says — absorb what all the greatest saints and sages have said, and then make your own conclusions.

Read about the history and the philosophy of your religion, and other religions too. Read about logic. Read about psychology.

Much of modern religion is totally stripped from what it was intended to be, because time and our psychologies have distorted it. What’s the truth? Where does religion come from and what is its purpose?

The highest truths can only be seen from the highest mountaintops of wide perspective. Wide perspective comes from study and investigation.

2. Start A Meditation Habit

Study is the first habit important to spiritual growth. One cannot learn without being a…

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Zachary Burres
Zachary Burres

Written by Zachary Burres

Obsessed with psychology, philosophy, and spirituality.

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