Go on making your choice, although I do nt agree with organized religion I do believe a life without
any sense of spiritual nature is a boring life at most.
Not exact matches
She says that Winfrey's strong «
spiritual nature» and deep faith helped her keep a
sense of perspective through the worst times
Moreover, it is a truth accessible to reason unaided by divine revelation that human beings have a
spiritual nature, in the
sense of being rational and free and having a soul that is not reducible to matter.
At first they may be taken merely as aesthetic moments, such as communing with
nature, savouring memories andimages, meeting mysteries, the heightened
sensing of musical sounds, odours, colours, the thrill
of acute poetic expression, or moving encounters with other human beings; but on further reflection people often cite such experiences as having a
spiritual quality and as hints
of the divine.
The
sense of living within a dependable structure — the laws
of nature, the principles
of the psychological and
spiritual life, the requirements
of life in society.
It [the realism] arises from a conviction that there is no mere analogy, but an inward affinity, between the natural order and the
spiritual order; or as we might put it in the language
of the parables themselves, the Kingdom
of God is intrinsically like the process
of nature and
of the daily life
of men... Since
nature and supernature are one order, you can take any part
of that order and find in it illumination for other parts This
sense of the divineness
of the natural order is the major premise
of all the parables... 132
«symbiotic harmony
of nature and the universe» sounds
spiritual to me so how do you make
sense of both beliefs together?
We lack a
sense of the integral
nature of knowledge (the work
of «general education» or a «core curriculum») and the moral and
spiritual formation that rightly accompany intellectual labor and professional preparation.
Jesus, the second Adam, was the first complete human being in a
spiritual sense; fully aware
of his own
spiritual nature and where it came from.
It became increasingly clear that the chief objective in the ecumenical movement should not be simply to create a
sense of spiritual unity between the Christians, or to facilitate co-operation between churches; rather, it was to demonstrate the true
nature of the church in its oneness, and in its apostolic and prophetic witness.
Our
sense of well - being and fulfillment has
spiritual components such as our innermost relationships with others, with
nature and with God.
It is as simple as that», while perhaps the most substantial
of the offerings is «The
Spiritual Senses», a series of reflections on the nature of interior apprehension which contains a comment on Saint Bonaventure neatly summing up Dom Hugh's whole approach: «For him the recovery of the spiritual sense is part of the re-ordering of the human person that comes through the encounter with Chris
Spiritual Senses», a series
of reflections on the
nature of interior apprehension which contains a comment on Saint Bonaventure neatly summing up Dom Hugh's whole approach: «For him the recovery
of the
spiritual sense is part of the re-ordering of the human person that comes through the encounter with Chris
spiritual sense is part
of the re-ordering
of the human person that comes through the encounter with Christ.»
Second, growth counseling involves a variety
of growth - stimulating methods to help people use more
of their potentialities by (1) developing better communication with self, others,
nature, and God — the four basic relationships within which all growth occurs; (2) developing new skills
of relating in mutually - affirming, mutually - fulfilling ways; (3) growing by making constructive decisions and taking responsible action; (4) using the growth possibilities inherent in each life stage; (5) learning to use the pain and problems
of unexpected crises as growth opportunities; (6) learning better methods
of spiritual growth — the maturing
of one's personal faith, working values,
sense of purpose, peak experiences, and awareness
of really belonging in the universe.
This doesn't make any
sense, because we both have the same Bible (with a few minor exceptions that all
of us can read) and the only differences I see are those
of religious and procedural / ritualistic
nature, not
spiritual.
I would describe myself as handsome, humble,
Spiritual, vision oriented, highly educated with a great
sense of humor and a competitive
nature.
I am a country raised woman grew up riding horses, swimming in creeks, camping, taking trail rides, am down to earth,
spiritual, loves
nature,,, am affectionate, non-judgemental,, faithful, honest, trustworthy, good witty
sense of humor
I began making films [out
of] a deep need... to come to terms with my family's history and suffering, to make
sense of the past and to explore my own personal terrors, both mental and
spiritual, and to examine the destructive
nature of Catholicism.
Yet it is also clear from Hofmann's writings that, apart from a persistent undercurrent
of a mystical, rather Germanic
sense of the
spiritual in
nature, his approach to teaching was profoundly informed by his pragmatic understanding
of vanguard modernism.
The culture and customs
of the Huni Kuin, their knowledge and craft skills, their aesthetic
sense, their values, their world view, and their
spiritual connection with
nature, have transformed Neto's conception
of art and become integral elements
of his artistic practice.
«The
spiritual sense of our place in
nature... can be traced to the origins
of human civilization....