What does it mean to be spiritual?

[Annik]

Annik,

I'll bet that class was equally hilarious and frustrating. I've asked many people what they mean when they say "I'm spiritual" and I consistently find a smug superiority built into every answer, along the lines of "I'm an enlightened, connected to the world, with a higher-level of awareness kind of person" while rest of us are knuckle-dragging trogs who mindlessly rotate from our stalls to our yokes to our food troughs day after day. It's often couched in flowery language ala a 60s acid-trip or a new-age Deepak Chopra or "The Secret" type speak. But it boils down to the same message. I think it is also often used as a mid-point for those who have realized there is no god but are not yet ready to admit it to themselves or others.

It was very interesting to see how different everyone's thinking was. One girl even said that only Christians and Jews can be spiritual.