Inrageous/Outrageous Self-Care Enchantments for This Week
What do you feel is “sacred†in your life? I have slight keyboarding dyslexia so I often type the word “sacred†as “scared†and maybe this is actually a Freudian slip! I talk with many women who have lost the “sense of the sacredâ€, equate sacredness with religion, who are scared of the power of their own spirituality and who mix spirituality up with religion.
In this season of build up to many sacred religious and secular holidays, it is a wonderful time to ponder and reflect on your spirituality. First, here are some definitions from Wikipedia (www.wikipedia.org ):
Religion: A religion is a set of tenets and practices, often centered upon specific supernatural and moral claims about reality, the cosmos, and human nature, and often codified as prayer, ritual, or religious law. Religion also encompasses ancestral or cultural traditions, writings, history, and mythology, as well as personal faith and religious experience. The term “religion” refers to both the personal practices related to communal faith and to group rituals and communication stemming from shared conviction.
Spiritual: Spirituality, in a narrow sense, concerns itself with matters of the spirit, a concept closely tied to religious belief and faith, a transcendent reality, or one or more deities. Spiritual matters are thus those matters regarding humankind’s ultimate nature and purpose, not only as material biological organisms, but as beings with a unique relationship to that which is perceived to be beyond both time and the material world. Spirituality also implies the mind-body dichotomy, which indicates a separation between the body and soul.
As such, the spiritual is traditionally contrasted with the material, the temporal and the worldly. A perceived sense of connection forms a central defining characteristic of spirituality — connection to a metaphysical reality greater than oneself, which may include an emotional experience of religious awe and reverence, or such states as satori or nirvana. Equally importantly, spirituality relates to matters of sanity and of psychological health. Spirituality is the personal, subjective dimension of religion, particularly that which pertains to liberation or salvation.
So, while spirituality may be connected to religion for some, it can also be the subjective sense of “a power greater than oneself, a sense of expansiveness, connection and awe†that is experienced outside the realm of organized religion.
Your self-care enchantments for the next few weeks will be encompassing the themes and spirituality and sacredness.
Self Care Enchantments for the week:
1. Read through the above definitions again and design your personal definition of spirituality.
2. Ponder in which conditions or circumstances to you feel a “sense of sacredness�
3. Determine what will make this season especially special or sacred for you.
“The true harvest of my life is intangible – a little star dust caught, a portion of the rainbow I have clutched†– Henry David Thoreau
We would love to hear about your experience with these enchantments. Please share about your learning and exploration with these enchantments on www.thepowblog.com in the comments section!
namaste,
Zoey
Zoey Ryan
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