Spirituality

10 Spiritual Exercises for Everyone

5. The power of the imagination (imagine yourself living a different reality)

December 5, 2017

A great human gift is the ability to use the imagination to put yourself in another’s shoes, try on a different life for size or experiment with different lifestyles. Take...

10 Spiritual Exercises for Everyone

6. Making an important decision (taking the opposite point of view)

December 5, 2017

Making good decisions is difficult, often we are swayed by our own likes, whims and impulsive reactions such that we find it difficult to get a critical distance. Often we...

10 Spiritual Exercises for Everyone

7. Forcing your way out of a blind alley

December 5, 2017

Sometimes we end up in a tough situation where it seems that we have no choices left, or that there are only bad choices. This dilemma seems particularly relevant today...

10 Spiritual Exercises for Everyone

8. Discerning your thoughts (just because you can think it doesn’t mean it is good or helpful)

December 5, 2017

Descartes claim “I think therefore I am” gave way to a whole culture of the superiority of ideas and a downgrading of experience and the body. The contemporary growth of...

10 Spiritual Exercises for Everyone

9. Trust your instincts (God is in our deepest desires)

December 5, 2017

“Desire is a key way that God’s voice is heard in our lives,” says Fr. Jim Martin, SJ. Part of the joy and the pain of being human is that...

10 Spiritual Exercises for Everyone

10. Channel surfing versus targeted viewing

December 5, 2017

TV or video is a great gift and brings a lot of education, pleasure and entertainment. There can often be a difference in how we watch and what we tell...