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Creating Sacred Space in Daily Living |
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Perhaps a new spirit is rising among us. If it is, let us trace its movement well and pray that our own inner being may be sensitive to its guidance, for we are deeply in need of a new way beyond the darkness that seems so close around us. — Martin Luther King, Jr. |
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Spiritual retreats |
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What Can I Expect? The goals of the spiritual retreat are fourfold: Transition – Most of us are in some form of life transition, or we could use some help gaining clarity on how to add deeper meaning or balance tour lives. Our goal for this retreat is to help facilitate a greater understanding of transition processes. This may mean gaining greater clarity about the type of life transition you are in, or it may mean that you gain greater clarity about what questions you need to ask yourself to help you move through a transition, or how to let go of things that encumber or interfere with moving toward the next phase of your life with more purpose and excitement. Sometimes we need to let something go before we can move forward, so we will be focusing on how each of us will articulate the question—“from what to what.” Each of you has your own questions that have to do with personal transition or transformation, and these will help guide your direction in the retreat. Integration – The retreat helps to integrate the spiritual parts of ourselves with the parts that anchor us to the realities of life. This retreat will help work toward blending the spiritual (inspiration and creative potential) with the practical (daily obligations) and will strive to help you develop a daily rhythm that attends to both in a balanced and nurturing way. Purpose – The individualized component of this retreat is to help you identify the next steps in your life’s purpose, whether that means gaining personal, individual clarity around your passion or creativity, or helping you to connect your passion back into the world or your community. No two people here will have the same purpose, although there may be common themes, concerns, and desires about how to connect one’s personal purpose back into the larger community once we leave. Structure – The design of the retreat structure itself will be part experiential, part reflective, part journaling, part time alone and in small groups. The overarching intent behind all activities and aspects of the retreat is to invite an experience of being in a sacred space together. In addition some didactic information will be shared on universal elements of entering into communion with the sacred or divine.
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