
What is it that gives us meaning, purpose, value in our living? How do we use our energy as we go about our life. One time, in the lovely story of Jesus, someone challenged him about where he was and what he was doing, maybe implying he was not where he was supposed to be and he was wasting his time. Jesus, in a healthy huff, said, “Why are you looking for me? Don’t you know, I must be about my father’s business?” Jesus, like you and me, must be about our business of living, that which gives us meaning, gives wholeness, beauty and
healing to ourselves and others? Sometimes, over the years, as I have been asked to lead some form of “
spiritual counseling groups,” we would have honest souls who would say, “I am not religious.” Or some would say, “I am atheist, or agnostic or Buddhist or Pagan, or Wiccan, or liberal Christian or fundamentalist, or conservative Christian,” or something… Always I would say, “Welcome! We are here to explore that which
gives us value, meaning, purpose and beauty in our lives, and we are here to explore that which
we create to give value, meaning, purpose and beauty for others, and in the life of the world.”
To me,
spirituality is always about values, meanings, purposes, beauty. It is how we use our energy for living, and for dying.
Spirituality is what
gives us energy to live, and how we
create energy to live – fully, richly, compassionately, authentically, and with integrity. It is here where we may choose healthy self-sacrifice, seek wholeness and
healing for ourselves, and others.