Discovering
and Creating a Spirit-Filled Life
Like
many men in our culture, I spent my young
adulthood living a very focused, pragmatic
existence that neither required nor welcomed
anything spiritual. In fact, as a trained
scientist, I attacked anything spiritual with the
scathing and withering weapons of skepticism. In my
middle years, however, I experienced a remarkable
passage, finding a new view of the world and my
place in it, and a new way of living.
My
spirituality connects me with nature and humanity,
it inspires, and it teaches me. My life today is
richer in so many ways. I live each day in
gratitude, with a sense of having come home to
where I belong.
Is
there a way to distill what I have learned along
the way, so that others can benefit from it too?
For awhile, I focused on sharing my insights and
practices with others who had already chosen the
same spiritual tradition as I had, Pagan
witchcraft. Because I was talking with people who
already shared my chosen practice, I didn't have to
worry about seeming to proselytize (an activity
which I greatly dislike). Not everyone chooses such
a path, however, and I kept wondering if there was
a way to make the good things I have learned over
the years accessible to a broader range of
people.
This
series of articles is an attempt to do just that.
Each article points to a spiritual doorway, a
portal opening onto a larger, richer landscape of
thought, practice, and being. I encourage you to
look at these articles in the order presented, as
the later ones build on the earlier
ones.
Although
intended to be useful for people on many different
paths, this is not meant to be a "universal
philosophy" or something of that sort. I expect
these articles will resonate most with seekers who
are just beginning to explore metaphysical, new
age, or Pagan ideas. They will be of less interest
to those who are already solidly committed to a
particular belief system. I firmly believe that
each and everyone of us has a different story to
live, and for many of us, the path of life does not
lead through these doors at all.
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