About Practical Spirituality
Practical Spirituality comes from my quest for meaning as a way to learn and grow. After twenty years of being a non-religious spiritual seeker who just couldn’t find myself in the context of California new age philosophy (about Staci ), practical spirituality is my approach to life.
Practical spirituality begins with an invitation to enter the unknown of inner and outer landscapes to explore meaning. By connecting insight with spirituality in every day moments, we can find meaning everywhere.
Because each journey into the unknown is so individual, some perspectives may resonate more than others. But I share what I have found so far for the same reason: because the journey into the unknown is so individual that we must each decide for ourselves what is useful. Even though the quest for meaning has many answers, reflecting what we each gather with one another becomes a source of comfort and wisdom in remembering our selves.
Practical spirituality involves cultivating personal awareness, receiving insight, understanding lessons and then integrating the lessons into daily life interactions via relationships, decisions and projects. Practical spirituality can help people recognize how they already learn and grow and identify fears or patterns that get in the way. Practical spirituality is a process that can take place in a moment or span years. The focus is not in achieving a desired end result but on piecing together the lesson that then becomes a threshold for change.
By combining spirituality and practicality, daily life becomes the way to integrate awareness, growth and change. We can practice spirituality as mothers, teachers, cooks, dancers, truck drivers, and humans. The intention of practical spirituality is to share a way of learning that supports inner growth and interconnectedness. Balance. Balance becomes a way to embody peace. The hope is that this peace can radiate out into our daily lives and be a source of nourishment for others.
© Staci Boden, 2007-2008
