Some questions about your spirituality

Published on October 23, 2004 By dharmagrl In Religion

I read this in Oprah's magazine and immediately thought to ask my fellow bloggers their thoughts.....

QUESTIONS OF FAITH AND SPIRITUALITY

1) Which of your beliefs are unshakable?

2) When and how has your faith been sorely tested? What beliefs and practices sustained you though those times?

3) Ultimately, faith is an individual decision. We discover for ourselves what works for us, whatwe believe in, how we relate to the divine. Write a simple prayer that expresses what is sacred to you.

4) People of strong fauth are very inspiring. Who are your spiritual mentors? Whose devotions or beliefs do you admire most? What can you learn from them and apply to your own life?

5)Author Elizabeth Oakes Smith called faith 'the subtle chain which binds us to the infinite'. What re the links in your chain? Certain boosk or teachings? A spiritual leader, teacher or advisor? Specific rituals or practices? If your chain is weak, how can you strengthen it?

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notsohighlyevolved

on Oct 31, 2004

1) Which of your beliefs are unshakable?

That we are and that we suffer (wider meaning of the word suffer, not the narrow confines of the western definition)

2) When and how has your faith been sorely tested? What beliefs and practices sustained you though those times?

When I was approx twelve and I realised that I had lived seven of those twelve years asking a question without an answer and that I wouldn't be getting one. The joys of living sustained me. A child finds sustenance in play.

Let all death be natural and let all life be good and decent.

4) People of strong fauth are very inspiring. Who are your spiritual mentors? Whose devotions or beliefs do you admire most? What can you learn from them and apply to your own life?

Nietzsche. That the road we travel is a lonely one and in the absence of meaning we find ourselves in the presence of the jester.

There is only one link in my chain and I am yet to pull on it to reach the other side - it's name is death. (Don't look at me like that. It's not as morbid as it sounds

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