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Your Spiritual Journey & Beliefs
Spiritual development is an evolving, lifelong journey. Each of us develops beliefs based on our religious training (or lack of), our life experiences, and from people who've influenced our thinking.
You may or may not have found a faith tradition and spiritual community that fits who you are today. Yet, examining your spiritual history will enrich your understanding of your deeply held beliefs.
Take time to reflect on your childhood religious education and experiences:
What were your thoughts about God and God's power?
What were your beliefs about heaven, hell, birth, death, and living a "good life"?
Did you ever have a "direct" spiritual experience? If so, what meaning did it have for you then . . . and now?
Take time to reflect on your adult experience of religion and religious communities as well as your spiritual journey since childhood:
Have you continued to practice the religion of your childhood? If not, when did you leave your faith tradition and why?
What other communities of faith have you been involved with in your lifetime?
How has your spiritual perspective changed over time?
How have losses you've suffered (deaths, divorce, physical illnesses, job losses,etc.) effected you beliefs about life?
Write about your current beliefs and spiritual practices.
You may or may not have found a faith tradition and spiritual community that fits who you are today. Yet, examining your spiritual history will enrich your understanding of your deeply held beliefs.
Take time to reflect on your childhood religious education and experiences:
What were your thoughts about God and God's power?
What were your beliefs about heaven, hell, birth, death, and living a "good life"?
Who were your spiritual teachers and what did they tell you about your "place" in the world?
Did you ever have a "direct" spiritual experience? If so, what meaning did it have for you then . . . and now?
When did you experience you first death and what were you told about death and beyond?
Take time to reflect on your adult experience of religion and religious communities as well as your spiritual journey since childhood:
Have you continued to practice the religion of your childhood? If not, when did you leave your faith tradition and why?
What other communities of faith have you been involved with in your lifetime?
How has your spiritual perspective changed over time?
How have losses you've suffered (deaths, divorce, physical illnesses, job losses,etc.) effected you beliefs about life?
Write about your current beliefs and spiritual practices.
What would you say to future generations about the importance of one's spiritual life and faith? Would you encourage them to participate in a religious community?
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