{"id":9,"date":"2007-11-16T09:15:00","date_gmt":"2007-11-16T09:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/Wordpress\/EverydaySpirituality\/wordpress\/?p=9"},"modified":"2007-11-16T09:15:00","modified_gmt":"2007-11-16T09:15:00","slug":"spiritual-props","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/EverydaySpirituality\/?p=9","title":{"rendered":">Spiritual props?"},"content":{"rendered":"

>\"\"<\/a> Who or what do you need to help make sense of – or to experience – ‘the spiritual’ in your life?<\/p>\n

For many centuries various religions have provided organisational structures to help followers understand and practice their spirituality – from churches and pews, to rules for everything from patterns of prayer to dress and diet.<\/p>\n

But what if you do not follow a particular religion or are trying to develop a spiritual path that makes sense to you? Do you still need these orders and structures and ‘ways of doing’?<\/p>\n

And if so, what orders and structures do you use?<\/p>\n

In the words of one of our bloggers:<\/p>\n

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‘spirituality…is a letting go of everything.<\/div>\n
And in this state of having let go,<\/div>\n
peace, happiness, openness and wonder well up\u2026<\/div>\n
Inevitably we bring with us to this state<\/div>\n
our own background and experience,<\/div>\n
and this influences how we accept the new realization.<\/div>\n
Angels, gods, spirits, Wicca,<\/div>\n
whatever helps to put it all into context.<\/div>\n
Great spiritual thinkers<\/div>\n
like the Buddha, Christ, Lao Tsu can help us,<\/div>\n
but we must each find our own way.’<\/div>\n

How do you<\/em> find your way?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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