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Nurturing Your Spiritual Journey
Robert C. Atchley, Ph.D.
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We are spiritual beings.
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We are on a Spiritual Journey.
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To appreciate the spiritual journey, we must be conscious of it.
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What is our responsibility toward the spiritual journey?
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Conscious journeys involve preparations, provisions, and traveling companions.
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Preparation is ongoing and cumulative.
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Provisions are materials we keep close by on the spiritual journey – books, tapes, images, materials involved in spiritual practices.
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Pointing fingers are important.
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Motivation comes from the fulfilling nature of the spiritual journey.
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People who have spiritual experiences usually want to have more.
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Motivation also comes from an growing experience of deeper meaning.
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Our experience of meaning comes from sense, significance, and purpose.
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Spirituality is a region of one’s inner life.
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Spirituality is a capacity to see the spiritual dimensions of what we experience.
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Spiritual Capacity develops through experience.
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Spiritual Experiences have particular Qualities.
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Three Types of Awareness
Present-Moment
Transcending the Personal Self
Openness to the Sacred
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Qualities of Spiritual Experience
Wonder Playfulness
Compassion Humor
Clarity Openness
Aliveness Expansiveness
Mystery Beauty
Stillness Well-being
Silence Energy
Appreciation Groundedness
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Wonder
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Stillness
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Majesty
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Playfulness
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Peace
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Mystery
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Beauty
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What other qualities would you put on your list?
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Spiritual Journeys are stories that summarize how we became the spiritual beings we are today.
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Spiritual intentions express our spiritual sense of direction.
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Spiritual intentions are not fixed, but instead are adaptable and responsive to what we learn from experience.
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The curriculum for the spiritual journey is shaped by enduring questions.
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Enduring Questions
What is my spiritual nature?
What makes an experience spiritual?
How does spirituality manifest in my world?
What do I think about my spiritual journey?
Do I want spirituality to be a central factor in my life decisions?
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What other questions would you add to your list?
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Spiritual Growth happens both gradually and in spurts.
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Growth Cycles
Awakening Interest
Inquiry
Endeavor
Integration
Intention
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Striving for spiritual growth is a double-edged sword.
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How do we maintain motivation without creating expectations?
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Growing Spiritually is hard. It usually involves commitment, discipline, and coping with discomfort.
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Spiritual Practices focus attention toward spiritual experience and toward spiritual capacity.
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Be patient and loving toward your imperfection.
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Spiritual Community nurtures spiritual capacity, experience, and expression.
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Spiritual Community provides honest, loving, and constructive feedback.
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Spiritual Friendship creates Spiritual Intimacy.
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Spiritual education and other programs provide stimulation, respite, and motivation.
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The Spiritual Journey has no destination.
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The Spiritual Journey encourages letting go and opening up.
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Yet spiritual journeys require strength and a sense of purpose.
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Spiritual Journeys are usually done with traveling companions.
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“When we clearly see, we are drawn to BE LOVE and to SERVE.”
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BON VOYAGE !