I seem to throw the word “spiritual” around a lot without really knowing what it means. It clearly is not something supernatural and is a very natural part of who I am and who I want to be. Using the word “spiritual” to refer to things unseen is a rather weak notion of what it can mean.
I seem to enter the real of the spiritual the more I move away from notions of self. The less I have of ego, the more I have an experience of spiritual. Spiritual is the awareness that comes when my ego is muted. It is a phenomena of the mind, of awareness that has been freed of the babbling and constraints of ego.
I also think that spiritual has something to do about breaking with the past and the future. The ego is supported and sustained by the notion of what has already happened and what is projected to happen. Time is framework for the ego. To remain focused in the present is to step into a realm of the spirit.
Being present is an eminently spiritual act. I have the experience of simply being. There is no beginning or end in sight. I have become a spiritual being.