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For the past year and a half I have been exploring the mandala as a symbol for wholeness. In the process I have found that the wholeness of who I am includes many faces some readily seen and some obscured and in the shadows, I continue to work in the round, the symbol of the circle providing a sacred vessel in which to continue to explore myself. Lately I have found myself working in an unfolding process. First I draw the image intuitively using a black Sharpie marker and making peace with the imperfection that arises in the image as it unfolds itself on the page. Then I pull out my watercolors and again release my expectations and let the paint have its way. Finally I take my drawn and painted image to the photographic process and use my camera editing software to transform the image again. The image above has actually had the hue shifted and has been flipped from the positive image to the negative. What emerged from the digging into the shifting nature of the photograph and then exploring its shadow side is immensely more pleasing than the original image. <br />
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I am one who is alight with possibilities. Sparking, seeding, ready to take flight. So many creative seeds bursting forth. Which should I follow? Which will land in fertile soil? For now I wait for a puff of spirit wind to lift these possibilities into their flight path. For now I will watch and wait to see where the breath of the spirit leads me.<br />
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Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02303876262746026708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6709250450180735093.post-29661718796671662692015-04-07T21:19:00.000-04:002015-04-09T15:01:00.144-04:00Unlimited Diversity in Wholeness<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, 'lucida grande', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Unlimited diversity in wholeness....a paradox reflected by each manifestation. Each Image mirrors both the unity of merging into the center of oneness and individuality spreading its own unique manifestation of beauty at once. I am reminded that every moment offers itself to me as a paradoxical reflection of wholeness and uniqueness all at the same time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For a workshop or retreat customized for your group, please contact me to discuss options for group needs. Just like individual sessions, I try to make my services available to everyone, regardless of their material resources, abundance, or lack thereof. The needs of each group and the circumstances of the classes and workshops are unique and can be explored on a case by case basis. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">We are all on the spiritual path... exactly where
we need to be. The labyrinth is a model of that path. Seeds for Change Consultations has its own labyrinth open for use by appointment.</span></div>
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wholeness. It combines the imagery of the circle and the spiral into a
meandering but purposeful path. The Labyrinth represents a journey to our own
center and back again out into the world. Labyrinths have long been used as
meditation and prayer tools. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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a direct experience. It is a metaphor
for life's journey that we can actually walk. It is a tangible symbol that creates a sacred
space and place and takes us out of our ego into the sacred place within our
souls.</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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A person may walk with the intention of
addressing an issue in their lives, to pray and meditate. It is helpful to
pause before you enter to center your thoughts on your intention. You may or may not choose to walk the path in
bare feet. You only have to enter and follow the path. However, your walk can
encompass a variety of attitudes. It may be joyous or somber. It might be
thoughtful or prayerful. You may use it as a walking meditation. </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the lines of the circuit, being aware that you are sharing the labyrinth with
others, you may pass other walkers, or let them step around you. When you reach
the center you have entered the most sacred space in the labyrinth. The center
is a place to pause, reflect, and receive insight.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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time for deep reflection and a chance to consider what it might mean for your
daily living. Once you have completed your labyrinth walk, you may want to find
a quiet place in the garden or inside to sit and reflect, to write, to draw, to
make a collage card. My hope is that you will leave with renewed vision and a
refreshed spirit.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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From time to time choose a different attitude. Make it serious, prayerful, or
playful. Play music or sing. Pray out loud. Walk alone and with a crowd. Notice
the sky. Listen to the sounds; most of all pay attention to your experience.</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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centered. Give acknowledgment through a bow, nod, or other gesture and then
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reach the center, stay there and focus several moments. Leave when it seems
appropriate. Be attentive on the way out.</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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experience. Use journaling or drawing to capture your experience. </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02303876262746026708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6709250450180735093.post-52005628871422280682014-02-05T09:10:00.003-05:002015-10-08T17:19:58.241-04:00Holistic Life Coaching<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Holistic Life Coaching</b> is a one- on-one partnership where the
coach encourages, educates and supports an individual as they develop a fuller understanding
about their own life and changes they wish to make. It is grounded in the belief of working with
the entire person as an integrated WHOLE toward the understanding that all
facets of a person’s life are inextricably intertwined. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Holistic Life Coaching does not just address
relationships, wellness or career goals but seeks to integrate the body, mind and spirit in service of the authentic
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<span style="background-color: #e1d7cd; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span>Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02303876262746026708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6709250450180735093.post-49791280118133877042014-02-05T08:59:00.000-05:002015-10-08T17:20:14.385-04:00Inner Journeys Dream Work<div id="topic-subtitle" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #4e4e4e; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Inner Journeys Dream Work</span> is grounded in Jungian psychology. Working either one on one or in small groups we seek to hear the unopened letter from our inner wisdom in the service of wholeness. All work is based on the Projective Dreamwork Model taught by Jeremy Taylor at the Institute for Projective Dreamwork in California. The basic principles of this work follow:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One</span></div>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e4e; line-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">All dreams speak a universal language and come in the service of health and wholeness. There is no such thing as a "bad dream" -- only dreams that sometimes take a dramatically negative form in order to grab our attention.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e4e; line-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Only the dreamer can say with any certainty what meanings his or her dream may have. This certainty usually comes in the form of a wordless "aha!" of recognition. This "aha" is a function of memory, and is the only reliable touchstone of dream work.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e4e; line-height: 22px;">There is no such thing as a dream with only one meaning. All dreams and dream images are "overdetermined," and have multiple meanings and layers of significance.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e4e; line-height: 22px;" /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Four</span></div>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e4e; line-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">No dreams come just to tell you what you already know. All dreams break new ground and invite you to new understandings and insights.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e4e; line-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When talking to others about their dreams, it is both wise and polite to preface your remarks with words to the effect of "in my imagined version of the dream..." and to keep this commentary in the first person as much as possible. This means that even relatively challenging comments can be made in such a way that the dreamer may actually be able to hear and internalize them. It also can become a profound psycho-spiritual discipline -- "walking a mile in your neighbor's moccasins."</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #4e4e4e; line-height: 22px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">All dream group participants should agree at the outset to maintain anonymity in all discussions of dream work. In the absence of any specific request for confidentiality, group members should be free to discuss their experiences openly outside the group, provided no other dreamer is identifiable in their stories. However, whenever any group member requests confidentiality, all members should agree to be bound automatically by such a request.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span lang="EN">SoulCollage</span><a href="http://www.soulcollage.com/facilitator-training/about-the-training"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black;">®</span></span></a></b><span lang="EN"><b> </b> is
both an intuitive personal art form and a spiritual process. </span> It is a gentle, playful way of exploring one’s
life, recognizing and honoring the different aspects of the authentic self and giving
<span lang="EN">voice to the soul through collaged
images</span>. Through a simple process of cutting and pasting images
from magazines, participants create cards that will help them access their
inner wisdom, quiet their thinking mind, allowing intuition and the work of the
Spirit to have a voice. A<span lang="EN">ll facets of our personalities, gifts, challenges,
dreams—have wisdom and healing to impart. Over time, participants
create a deck of SoulCollage</span><a href="http://www.soulcollage.com/facilitator-training/about-the-training"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black;">®</span></span></a><span lang="EN"> cards that
facilitates self-exploration and encourages self-acceptance.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Through
this creative and intuitive process, <span lang="EN">aspects of the
personality, archetypal influences, significant animal companions and individuals
who have provided wisdom for a person’s spiritual growth reveal themselves through
imagery. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Once images have been created, participants are guided
through an exploration of what they have created through journaling, dyads and
small group experiences. Periods of
silence, music and poetry support the process of listening to that small still
voice within.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No art experience is required and everyone can do it. All
materials are provided for participants to create the beginnings of their
own personal SoulCollage® deck of cards. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Introductory workshops generally last 3-6 hours. Follow up 2 hour open studio and exploration
sessions are recommended to deepen the spiritual practice and allow more time
for creative exploration. A 4-6 session
series which includes the introductory workshop followed by a series of focused
exploration sessions is ideal.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">SoulCollage® Facilitators complete an 18-hour SoulCollage®
Facilitator Training where they review the basic structure, principles,
and guidelines of
SoulCollage®. They learn how to make cards, facilitate others’ making, sharing,
and reading of cards, and experience how to conduct basic exercises for an
introductory workshop. Completion of the Training enables Facilitators to use
the SoulCollage® logo, call themselves a “SoulCollage® Facilitator” and call
their workshop a “SoulCollage® workshop”.
There are now almo</span></span><span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">st 1200 trained SoulCollage® Facilitators offering
workshops in 8 different countries around the world.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span>Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02303876262746026708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6709250450180735093.post-42524613539892410002014-02-05T08:38:00.000-05:002015-10-08T17:21:17.328-04:00What is Reiki?<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Reiki </b>is a Japanese technique for stress reduction and relaxation that also promotes healing. It is administered by "laying on hands" and is based on the idea that an unseen "life force energy" flows through us and is what causes us to be alive. If one's "life force energy" is low, then we are more likely to get sick or feel stress, and if it is high, we are more capable of being happy and healthy. </span> </span><br />
<i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> The International Center </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">for Reiki Training</span></span></i><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span>Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02303876262746026708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6709250450180735093.post-31321553038392978502014-02-05T08:32:00.002-05:002015-10-08T17:21:51.388-04:00Centering Prayer<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; width: 100%px;"><tbody>
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<i>Centering Prayer <span style="font-weight: normal;">is a method of silent prayer that prepares us to receive the gift of contemplative prayer, prayer in which we experience God's presence within us, closer than breathing, closer than thinking, closer than consciousness itself. This method of prayer is both a relationship with God and a discipline to foster that relationship.</span></i></span></h4>
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Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02303876262746026708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6709250450180735093.post-77472405240999386422014-02-05T08:24:00.001-05:002014-02-05T08:24:43.104-05:00What is Sacred Listening or Spiritual Direction?<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"Spiritual direction (Sacred Listening) explores a deeper relationship with the spiritual aspect of being human. Simply put, spiritual direction is helping people tell their sacred stories everyday.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br />Spiritual direction has emerged in many contexts using language specific to particular cultural and spiritual traditions. Describing spiritual direction requires putting words to a process of fostering a transcendent experience that lies beyond all names and yet the experience longs to be articulated and made concrete in everyday living. It is easier to describe what spiritual direction does than what spiritual direction is.<br />Spiritual direction helps us learn how to live in peace, with compassion, promoting justice, as humble servants of that which lies beyond all names."<br /><i style="border: 0px; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></i></span><br />
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Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02303876262746026708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6709250450180735093.post-21403396617245457582013-09-04T13:28:00.000-04:002013-09-04T13:28:16.206-04:00Welcoming the Spiritually Independent<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;">by Frederic and Mary
Ann Brussat<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;">Co-Directors of
Spirituality & Practice<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;">We're offering a free
gift to all Spiritually Independent people and those who love and welcome them.
After reading about who they are in this article, click this link to claim your
gift:<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><a href="http://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/GiftsfortheSpirituallyIndependent">http://www.SpiritualityandPractice.com/GiftsfortheSpirituallyIndependent</a>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"> </span></o:p></i><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;">Let's stop being so negative about the group that is
transforming religion and spirituality in the 21st century. One-fifth of the
American public -- and a third of adults under 30 -- do not identify themselves
with a religion. Some of this number (6%) describe themselves as atheists or
agnostics, and the other 14% say they have no particular religious affiliation.
In an attempt to label the last group, two terms have emerged: "Spiritual
But Not Religious" (SBNRs) and "Nones." We don't like either term.
They categorize people by <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">what they are</i>
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">not. </i>We are interested in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">who they are</i>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;">That's why we like the term "spiritually
independent." It was coined by Rabbi Rami Shapiro in his forthcoming book <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Perennial Wisdom for the Spiritually
Independent.</i> He'll be leading an e-course on "The Way of the
Spiritually Independent" for Spirituality & Practice in September. You
can read more about it and sign up here: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><a href="http://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/GiftsfortheSpirituallyIndependent">http://www.SpiritualityandPractice.com/GiftsfortheSpirituallyIndependent</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;">Shapiro likens the spiritually independent to the
politically independent. The politically independent find good ideas and
policies in different political parties and choose not to join one in
particular. They are less interested in where ideas come from than in how they
contribute to creating the world they want to see. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;">Similarly, the spiritually independent person seeks out
wisdom from many sources: the religions, the sciences, the arts, the humanities,
the popular culture, the Internet and social media. They are less concerned
with where the wisdom comes from than in its capacity to make them more
compassionate, just, and awake to the unity of all life. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;">Who Spiritually
Independent People Are<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;">We want to celebrate who</span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"> Spiritually
Independent people are! Here's what we have learned about them from their
visits and interactions on our website.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;">Spiritually independent people express their spirituality in
a wide variety of ways, often participating in several communities: a
meditation group, a yoga class, peace marches, workshops, and conferences. They
are not necessarily <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">independent, </i>neither
wanting nor having community, nor are they individualistic. They are only
independent in their spirituality; no one religion covers where they are in
their beliefs and experiences. They could check "none of the above"
on a list of religions, and they might also check "all of the above."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;">Spiritually independent people find wisdom and inspiration
in many sources: sacred texts, books by spiritual teachers, poetry, Ted talks,
YouTube videos, movies, art, nature, scientific studies, pop culture, Facebook
memes, and more. Because no authority has told them what is and is not
appropriate for their spiritual formation, they look everywhere. Our website
visitors read reviews of spiritual books, meditate with galleries of
illustrated quotes, and then browse through our coverage of current movies. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;">Spiritually independent people are seekers without borders
(another term coined by Rami Shapiro). They celebrate the interdependence of
all life and talk often about unity consciousness and oneness. In not
recognizing clear borders between religions or feeling the need to stay in just
one, they are not alone. As a multifaith website, we have reviewed many books
by authors who claim "multiple belonging" because they practice more
than one religion. Perhaps they are Jews who observe the Sabbath and go to
synagogue and teach Buddhist meditation. We are initiates in a Sufi order but
we also worship at a progressive Christian church; our mysticism crosses two
traditions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;">We and the spiritually independent have another thing in
common. We create our own spiritual practices. We call this the Indiana Jones
School of Spirituality. You probably remember that scene in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Raiders of the Lost Ark</i> when Indy and
Marion are hiding from the Nazis, and she says, "Do you have a plan?"
And he replies, "No, I'm just making it up as I go along." </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;">There are tried-and-true spiritual practices that have been
passed down within the religious traditions through the centuries. Many
spiritually independent people regularly pray, meditate, do sacred reading, and
sing chants and hymns. And then there are practices that just come to you as
you go through your day - your own way of living a spiritual life. Fred says a
prayer for whoever is in trouble and whoever is going to help whenever he hears
a siren on New York City streets. Mary Ann bows to her computer in gratitude
for its service to her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A good friend
regularly visits a Hudson River pier to allow the water spirits to nurture her.
Another identifies something "wonder-full" with her daughter every
day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;">If you want to welcome the spiritually independent people in
your life, ask them how they practice their spirituality. You will be surprised
and delighted by all the ideas you get for your own practice.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">An invitation and
some gifts to readers of this article.</b> We've created a special page at
Spirituality & Practice offering you some special resources for spiritually
independent journeys! For a limited time, we have a free download for you on
"How to Practice the Alphabet of Spiritual Literacy," 37 universal
practices. We've also created a "Field Guide for the Spiritually
Independent" with more "identifying signs" plus everyday
practices, mantras, movie and book recommendations, and more; it's a bonus when
you register for Rami Shapiro's e-course "The Way of the Spiritually
Independent" running from September 9 - October 4. To claim your gifts and
sign-up for the e-course, visit us at:</span></div>
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Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02303876262746026708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6709250450180735093.post-56673062842908967522013-08-30T09:06:00.000-04:002015-10-08T17:22:22.707-04:00Filled at the Center<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-G-2vTFXZ05E/UiCYErS55TI/AAAAAAAAAHY/NIiAyy5VBhQ/s1600/Rose+of+Sharon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="186" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-G-2vTFXZ05E/UiCYErS55TI/AAAAAAAAAHY/NIiAyy5VBhQ/s200/Rose+of+Sharon.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">A hummingbird zips toward the garden pausing</span><br />
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blossom</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Shadowed windows open. </span></div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Am I the guide or the guided</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Learning which path to take </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Opening the door to understanding ?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Am I the guide or the guided</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Listening to the innocent,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Opening the door to understanding,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The lessons from the unexpected </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Parting the curtains to the distant mist </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Shadowed windows open.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <em><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></em></span><em><span style="font-size: x-small;">~ Karen Perrell
Campbell</span></em></span>Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02303876262746026708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6709250450180735093.post-78470004828538329842013-04-03T19:53:00.003-04:002013-04-03T19:53:59.522-04:00Circle Round the Trees<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="userContent"><em><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Look at the Perfect One<br /> At the Circle’s Center:<br /> </span></em></span><br />
<span class="userContent"><em><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He Spins and Whirls like a Golden Compass,<br /> Beyond all that is Rational,<br /> </span></em></span><br />
<span class="userContent"><em><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To show this dear world<br /> </span></em></span><br />
<span class="userContent"><em><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That Everything,<br /> </span></em></span><br />
<span class="userContent"><em><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Everything in Existence<br /> Does point to God. --Hafiz</span></em></span>Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02303876262746026708noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6709250450180735093.post-40848710252274790812013-03-20T10:33:00.000-04:002015-10-08T17:25:49.504-04:00Wise Woman<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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