7 Principles for Integrated Spirituality
(Click to read all of them, these were my favs)
There is not a single myth that was ever literally true – mythology is a powerfully metaphorical language, that offers up it’s gifts to those who learn to think symbolically.
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Spiritual practice makes us more fluent in the language of the inner life, which is where meaningful transformation, healing and insight arises. Being mindfully present with our emotions, thoughts, memories, longings, sensations is a journey into deeper self awareness, heart awakening and embodied liberation.
…Trying to pretend everything is always ok, perfect and divine is the antithesis of spiritual inquiry. By cultivating awareness and compassion, spiritual practice enables us to face the shadow material of life: suffering, injustice, trauma and death with more honesty and courage.
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We are also observing how the mind lives in the body and how emotional tension patterns tell the story of our lives.
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When we are open to beauty, love, pleasure, reason and wonder we find that the natural world and our relationships with one another are infinitely more spiritually satisfying and meaningful than the misguided emphasis on anything supernatural.
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