Not exact matches
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.
A business
of animals, as you say, but we human animals also have been gifted with
spiritual natures, which adds a completely different
quality to that
experience.
In a culture that derides the importance
of birth as a
spiritual experience, being honest about the transformative
qualities of your birth can be a profound gift to others.
The purpose
of the Santa Cruz Naturopathic Medical Center is to provide the highest
quality health care available so that our community has the opportunity to
experience freedom & vitality in their physical, mental, emotional and
spiritual bodies.
Since the 1960s, artists such as Robert Irwin, James Turrell and Dan Flavin have addressed the phenomenological,
spiritual and transient
qualities of light by giving it physical form and creating an immersive
experience for the viewer.
Finding kinship with the world
of the great American painters Morris Louis or Agnes Martin, McKeown's paintings have an otherworldly, almost
spiritual quality, yet one that is simultaneously grounded in the
experiences of the world around him - childhood memories
of the places where he grew up or the light at a certain time
of day.
I think that abstract painting can remind us
of spiritual, mysterious
qualities of experience, but it's important to avoid painting
spiritual or mysterious images.
The majority's rejection
of the Chief Justice's dissenting proposal to include notions
of quality of life in the right to life under s. 7 is important, for while attractive (we all treasure the things invoked by the Chief Justice — cultural and
spiritual experiences, memories, and forming friendships, for example) it would limit the application
of the right to life and devalue all
of us who will, sooner or later, whether by accident, disease, or age, reach a stage where our capacities are slipping away.