WHAT DOES SPIRITUALITY MEAN TO YOU?
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Spirituality for me is about "becoming." My spirituality means that there is that one place I can go stripped of all that is phoney and in nakedness BE. Within the context of that naked honesty is the relationship and dance I have with the Sacred. From Pat
Spirituality is the realization that universal energy provides each of us with the opportunity to co-create our own reality and expand our natural talents. From Jean
Spirituality is everything that pertains to me.My spirit-the essence of me-affects my thinking, my emotions, my physical being and everything else about me.Spirituality is not a separate part of my life, it is not something I do on Sunday morning.It is how I view life, how I care for my garden, how I prepare food and how I hug people.My essence, or spirit, longs to be manifest in the world and through my physical body it is.Each action I take and each word I speak reflects my "spirituality"...who I am, the footprints I want to leave in this world.Spirituality also includes the more mysterious aspects of my life: intuition, longings, and my hope for what comes after death. Spirituality is life. From Susan
I am a Protestant through and through--the inheritor of some 5 generations (or more, I haven't quite counted them all) of American Protestant preachers. I was reared in church and Sunday school, but with a Grandfather known for his liberal religious and social points of view. I am grateful for this inheritance of deep pietism coupled with freedom of thought and spirit. Very religiously active in YWCA and Methodist Youth movements through college, I went to very liberal University of Chicago Divinity School where I majored in Theology and Social Ethics (avoiding the usual women's specialties}, married a Seminary student, and with him went into mission work in the Philippines as a way of jointly living out our faith and belief in helping the poor and working for peace. The War brought unexpected insights and strengthened my faith--a long story, but seminal to my whole life experience. I have 3 adult children, a long and varied career; after 63 happy and fruitful married years, my husband died 5 years ago. "Spirituality" is not the word I would ever have used to describe my life pilgrimage, though perhaps it could be useful in this discussion. From Marilee
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Faces of Goddesses Cover the Planets by Linda Sharpe
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Linda Sharpe writes "The fun is in allowing the creativity to flow-from my heart and soul-from my love for color, drama, fantasy and whimsy. For me painting is about putting color and form to paper to express feelings and ideas... I never know what will awaken out of the empty white or a form already painted. The picture paints itself and finds its own balance and resolution. Groups of people appear-ones that are not often depicted in art or photography- and tell me their stories. My work explores how individuality is challenged by relationships, how relationships pressure us to conform and how we respond to these demands." She is also a writer of personal development / spirituality books, a book on intuitive creativity, and several illustrated gift books. To see more of Linda Sharpe's wonderfully creative work, visit her website at www.lindasharpe.womanmade.net.
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