When I’m talking to people throughout my day at work I attempt to talk about several key quadrants of our being: physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual is my go-to framework. Another one I use is: mind, body, spirit, and money.
Needless to say that in most of our lives something around spirituality is on the table.
The topic is personal so when I’m first getting to know someone I’m curious to find out what “spiritual” means to them. The conceptualization often follows some commonalities.
The most common being religion and people associating spirituality with religion is not always good. Some just can’t get past religion to see spirituality as anything other than religion which inhibits many who’ve been wounded by religion. (Religious wounds are common.)
Whatever religion or spiritual beliefs a person has when I ask them what is sacred in their lives and/or how much time are they spending doing things that are sacred I get a pause.
Yesterday, I asked a woman, ”Are you sacred?” Tough question to ask of anyone because of the implications that come with it around god, connection to the divine, being worthy of worship, etc etc. but a question that I think is good to ask.
Along a spectrum with sacred being on one side what’s on the other? My argument is that most of us are not spending enough time seeing more things as sacred. Or… engaging in a state of being or the experience of sacredness.
The opportunity:
What could you do to spend more time doing what’s sacred to you?
Do you have a sacred connection with yourself? Others?
Could your definition of “sacred” handle to be updated? If so, what is the new version for you?
Thanks for your time, have a great day!