Embodied spirituality
Dec. 15th, 2024 07:40 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
soniaIn response to sabotabby's requestblogging: great cosmic questions, I said I would talk about my sense of spirituality as being distinct from religion, and how someone can be both an atheist and spiritual.
I'm defining religion here as belief in deity, one or many. Organized religion is all the rituals and buildings and officiants.
For me, spirituality is an embodied sense of the aliveness of the world. Connecting with my body and the earth and all the beings around me. Spirit, inspiration, breath. Soul. Life. Aliveness.
It's not about belief or imagination, and it's not about what anyone else says. It's personal, internal, an ongoing sensory experience.
I studied and practiced Reiki for many years. Reiki is translated as "Universal Life Energy." In the practice of channeling the energy around me to my clients (it sounds woo, but I did feel it happening), it felt like this energy I was sharing was love. Caring.
My sense is that loving each other and the earth and seeing all the beings on it as non-human relations to be cared for (assabotabby said) is profoundly spiritual.
Commenting note: This post is an attempt to put words around a strong felt sense that's personal and important. Feel free to share your experiences, and please don't argue with mine.
sabotabby's requestblogging: great cosmic questions, I said I would talk about my sense of spirituality as being distinct from religion, and how someone can be both an atheist and spiritual.I'm defining religion here as belief in deity, one or many. Organized religion is all the rituals and buildings and officiants.
For me, spirituality is an embodied sense of the aliveness of the world. Connecting with my body and the earth and all the beings around me. Spirit, inspiration, breath. Soul. Life. Aliveness.
It's not about belief or imagination, and it's not about what anyone else says. It's personal, internal, an ongoing sensory experience.
I studied and practiced Reiki for many years. Reiki is translated as "Universal Life Energy." In the practice of channeling the energy around me to my clients (it sounds woo, but I did feel it happening), it felt like this energy I was sharing was love. Caring.
My sense is that loving each other and the earth and seeing all the beings on it as non-human relations to be cared for (as
sabotabby said) is profoundly spiritual.Commenting note: This post is an attempt to put words around a strong felt sense that's personal and important. Feel free to share your experiences, and please don't argue with mine.
