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Living Soulfully
by Rev. Laurie Sue Brockway |
To me, living soulfully means engaging fully in life and
all that life asks and demands of us -- including the
stuff we would rather not have to deal with -- and
engaging as fully in that which is sacred ... spiritual
... nourishing to the soul.
We’ve all heard it before but I will say it again.
Mundane tasks completed with love and intention are as
holy as any religious experience. For example, my living
room is filled with beautiful Goddess icons from the
world’s traditions and it is a wonderfully calming and
visually appeasing place. But it sure does get dusty …
I find that if I take on the dusting and the caring for
the Goddesses with the spirit of the priestess in a
temple, cleaning the room and dusting is an honor …
and a soulful experience. It is as fulfilling as sitting
there in prayer and contemplation. Knowing that both
experiences and everything in between are equally as
sacred is, to me, living soulfully, because in each
scenario I feel a sense of aliveness, awareness and
connection.
Soulful means we are fully alive, because we are
experiencing life -- not just marching through it -- and
it means we are connected to "all that is"
while we are expressing ourselves in daily life. When we
realize there is no separation between our day-to-day
lives and our soul, then we live soulfully.
Some of us mistake "living soulfully" for
avoiding pain, and "real life" or "being
spiritual instead of practical or emotional." But
none of us are exempt from difficulties in life. Soulful
is dealing with them, not ducking them. Psychotherapists
call it "spiritual override" when we do a lot
of spiritual work without having completed the necessary
growth steps to ground the emotional life.
Living soulfully is more than just being a spiritual
person. I think it is a matter of blending ALL aspects
of life, and dealing with all aspects of life, yet
living from a perspective or point of view that is
essentially "soulful." When in touch with the
needs and abilities of our own soul, life is a much more
interesting, healing and fulfilling journey.
© Copyright 2002 Reverend Laurie Sue Brockway All Rights
Reserved.
Rev. Laurie Sue Brockway
is
an interfaith minister who is often called upon to
teach, speak and write about women’s spirituality and
The Feminine Faces of God. She is author of, A
GODDESS IS A GIRL’S BEST FRIEND: A DIVINE GUIDE TO
FINDING LOVE, SUCCESS AND HAPPINESS, from Perigee
Books, December 2002. For more information:
Website: www.GoddessFriends.com
or to join "The Goddess List" for
inspirational and informational electronic message,
Email: GoddessLaxmi@aol.com
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