meditation

Yesterday I sent this:



I wonder what “spirituality” is without action? I wonder what “spirituality” is without embodying it? If you’re not living it out in your world, doing what you believe, then I wonder what it really is? If your “spirituality” calls you to pray, and you pray that the world changes, but you don’t change, then I wonder what it really is. Is there a point to “spirituality” without the possibility of transformation?

– Anonymous



And I got some responses asking why “spirituality” or spiritual practices needed a purpose. And you’re right… why does it “need” a purpose?



Questions for us all – how often do you spend time in your day doing something with no inherent purpose? If you do… do you feel guilty for having “wasted” time?



How often do you spend time doing something just for the sheer pleasure of doing it? How often do you take a walk just to walk? Or read for pleasure only? When was the last time you “look at the clouds” and felt moved by what you saw? Or just sat and thought about something of interest… or called a friend just to talk?



I wonder if these things are more spiritual than we think? I wonder if these things build more spiritual “muscle” than we’re led to believe by the “experts” out there? I wonder if these moments with no established purpose help us “find” God as much as the overtly goal-oriented mindsets we’re led to think like?



Well, something to ponder, no.