The spiritual person has embraced their own inner journey and therefore is ready and effective at helping the world outside as well. While the concept of authenticity can be difficult to grasp for the average person, the idea is really quite simple.

A spiritual person knows that they should always stay on track in life and that they should not go against their morals just to meet a certain goal.

They are thankful for all of the bad experiences that they have had in life, because these made them who they are today.

They allow diversity and difference to flourish around them and take note of even their own negative reactions to people and situations as learning experiences, instead of interpreting them as condemnations. This Vietnamese Buddhist Zen Master put in unrelenting time to reconcile North and South Vietnam during the Vietnamese War. So when Paul says that the natural man cannot understand the things of the Spirit, I don't think he means, the natural man can't construe the meaning of the gospel. You don’t need to chant or visualize your chakras to be spiritual, although there are lots of great meditations for inner peace that you can try. During my intensive period of following the teachings of the Law Of Attraction and Abraham Hicks, I thought that anyone who did not ‘get it’ was an idiot.

But the word of the cross is not just a simple statement that Christ died on the cross for our sins. Instead of following the leading of the Holy Spirit, he chooses to allow the lust of the eyes, lust of the flesh, and pride tempt him, which produces ungodly works and the inability to grow in Spiritual maturity and discernment (Romans 7:14-25; 1 Corinthians 3:1-14).