Discovering
and Creating a Spirit-Filled Life
Like many men in our
culture, I spent my young adulthood living a
very focused, pragmatic existence that neither
required nor welcomed anything spiritual. In fact,
as a trained scientist, I attacked anything
spiritual with the scathing and withering weapons
of skepticism. In my middle years, however, I
experienced a remarkable passage, finding a new
view of the world and my place in it, and a new way
of living.
My spirituality connects me
with nature and humanity, it inspires, and it
teaches me. My life today is richer in so many
ways. I live each day in gratitude, with a sense of
having come home to where I belong.
Is there a way to distill
what I have learned along the way, so that others
can benefit from it too? For awhile, I focused on
sharing my insights and practices with others who
had already chosen the same spiritual tradition as
I had, Pagan witchcraft. Because I was talking
with people who already shared my chosen practice,
I didn't have to worry about seeming to proselytize
(an activity which I greatly dislike). Not everyone
chooses such a path, however, and I kept wondering
if there was a way to make the good things I have
learned over the years accessible to a broader
range of people.
This series of articles is
an attempt to do just that. Each article points to
a spiritual doorway, a portal opening onto a
larger, richer landscape of thought, practice, and
being. I encourage you to look at these articles in
the order presented, as the later ones build on the
earlier ones.
Although intended to be
useful for people on many different paths, this is
not meant to be a "universal philosophy" or
something of that sort. I expect these articles
will resonate most with seekers who are just
beginning to explore metaphysical, new age, or
Pagan ideas. They will be of less interest to those
who are already solidly committed to a particular
belief system. I firmly believe that each and
everyone of us has a different story to live, and
for many of us, the path of life does not lead
through these doors at all.
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