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Uniqueness Spirituality Religion We understand religion plays an important part in the lives of people. But we are also aware that religion is a mixed bag for many. Properly, the function of religion is a system of rituals & symbols that a group of people share in common that articulate and express their spiritual awareness, needs and understanding. It is through this spiritual awareness as it is expressed by their religious practice they find meaning in the human condition in relationship to the Divine. All religious traditions define the spiritual journey as confronting & wrestling with the powers that interrupt ones unity with the Creator's energy and help the person be in union with the Divine. In this view, then, religion is the vehicle through which the individual's spiritual journey is enunciated, expanded and challenged. Religion serves the spiritual quest rather than being an end in itself. As Pastoral Counselors, we believe in the expansiveness of spirituality, that each religious tradition leads to the One and the importance of each person finding their own truth. That is in the ideal world. But, we also understand there are many people who have been wounded by religious institutions and, as a result, have been alienated from religious practice and has damaged their understanding and pursuit of spirituality. We are committed to helping those persons be healed from those religious wounds. We do so that they might find a way toward spiritual and/or religious practice that addresses that deep human need within them once again. that may have been damaged by early negative interactions organized religion. We do this without imposing our own religious views on others. Back To Spirituality |
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