Spirituality

            Isn’t it time that we move beyond religion and rules and belief into honest spirituality which is based on personal experience?  Religion offers community which feels comforting and guidelines for behavior which build character.  But true spirituality requires an adult’s presence to her own experience.  Thinking about what an authority tells us is at best a jumping off point for us to assume our own authority.

     When I walked into church on Sunday, the small congregation was singing, “Peace will fill the world when we finally understand that only from within can it spread throughout the land.” Peace isn’t an external matter that can be legislated and enforced.  Peace is a way of being­-–in harmony with ourselves, with others, and with the physical planet.