Your Spiritual Autobiography
For the past few weeks I’ve been asking myself, “What is my authentic spiritual voice?”
I think I’ve finally accepted that it is somewhere in between “deeply spiritual” and “dealing with the dishes.”
It is this space in between that is so special. The space where, when I am at my most spiritually focused, I hold the mundane and the profound in equal measures, seeing past one world, into the next, and back again.
Why is this middle space important right now?
As humans, we are confronted with the overwhelm of the physical world all the time. It’s not just the dishes, it’s the hectic schedules, the pain of poverty and suffering and injustice, the work schedule that depletes us, the family drama, and the persistent anxiety that comes with being alive in the 21st century.
Having a perspective on the world that includes a spiritual picture allows for some balance and hope to take root.
There is a way to connect with this middle space that sounds something like, “All you need is love,” but platitudes aren’t actions. So what do we do?
For me, I get practical.
Once, before joining a meditation group, I was asked to write my spiritual autobiography. It was a profound, illuminating spiritual step for me.
Why? It helped me see patterns in my spiritual life, things I was drawn to, things I was wounded by, ideas that affected me from books, art, music, movies. Once I stepped back and reviewed what I wrote, I gained a deep confidence in how much of a priority my spiritual path is to me.
My spirituality is centered in daily practices that affect my interactions, free up my thinking, balance my life of feeling, and invite me into dialogue with this gorgeous, messy, troubled world and the people in it.
So what is your authentic spiritual voice? It might be buried under the laundry, or spiritual wounds, or just a lack of trust in your own spiritual experiences.
But don’t stress…..
Now that I’m connected to my authentic spiritual voice, I’ve created a worksheet to help you explore yours.
