INTRODUCTION:
If we want to organize
and focus our inner lives,
we need some practical methods of cultivating
our deeper dimensions,
so that our inner sensibilities will put
down deep roots and flourish
rather than, once sprouted, wither and die
away.
Solitude is the precondition
of any life of the spirit.
We should not expect to be busily engaged
every moment of the day
and still hope to have some inward depth.
A human being who has not a single hour of his own every day
is no human being. ---Rabbi Moshe Leib
If we want to
become sensitive to our inward spirits,
we must find a time and place
away from the distractions of people and
events.
Perhaps we should take an extended 'vacation
from life',
a period of solitude to reflect
on the whole scope of our lives and deaths.
Rather than a vacation of escape, looking
for new experiences,
this could be a period of probing more deeply
into ourselves.
Besides solitude
to recollect ourselves,
we need some actual activities to help us
to deepen our lives.
This cyber-sermon describes 5 ways to expand our
spirits:
OUTLINE:
A. Written Meditation---A Journal of Spirit.
B. Spirit-Stimulating Books.
C. Small Groups of People Discussing the Life of the Spirit.
D. Letters about Matters of Spirit.
E. Individual Conversation and Sharing with other Persons of Spirit.
TEXT:
"Ways to Expand Our Spirits" .